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Offline Maverick

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« on: July 21, 2005, 08:57:08 AM »
It looks like a news story breaking right now. They are saying there were 3 explosions at subway statoins and another on a double decker bus. Something also going on at a hospital with Police in Chem suits checking it out. So far casualties extremely light with just one injured. The innitial reports seem to "hint" that the injury might be a potential suspect in this as well.

Brits can you shed more light on this?
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« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2005, 09:16:01 AM »
Not a brit but I got the same info As you some were in subways some on streets, they say just the detonaters went off. I have no clue though, hope every one is Hokay Dokee.:(

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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2005, 09:17:24 AM »
Damn terrorists...
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2005, 09:22:39 AM »
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2005, 09:23:39 AM »
I've heard speculation that the small size of the explosions is because it was blasting caps only, but at this stage, that's totally speculative.

One news commentator wondered if perhaps spreading a biological agent was the intent?

Personally, I'm hoping that it was just incompetence in mixing up explosives, and the caps are the only thing that went off.

Witness reports as of now on NPR say that the one person who is injured was wearing a backpack that 'exploded', which makes me hope he's one of the people caught in the act, since he's in the hospital and under guard no doubt.
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2005, 09:25:34 AM »
Here is the latest I could get from Sky News. Looks like at this point, the Jihadists have committed themselves to a war footing - possibly in the hopes that the Brits will eventually roll over like the Spaniards.
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NEW LONDON TERROR ALERT

Bombers have again targeted London's transport system - with up to four explosions reported.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said the bombs appeared to be smaller than used in the attacks two weeks ago but advised people to "stay where you are".

Passengers reported one blast at Warren Street station off Tottenham Court Road in central London.

There has also been an incident on a bus in Hackney, East London.

Stations at Warren Street, Oval and Shepherd's Bush have been closed.

Scotland Yard have confirmed there is an incident involving armed police officers at University College Hospital in Bloomsbury close to Warren Street station.

An internal memo to staff at the hospital has warned them to be on the lookout for a black male, possibly of Asian origin, about 6ft 2ins tall, wearing a blue top with wires protruding from the rear of the top.

Police officers in chemical protection suits have been seen appearing to enter Warren Street, where British Transport Police say one person has been injured.

A initial chemical search at Oval station has proved negative.

Sir Ian told reporters at Scotland Yard the incidents were "serious".

There appeared to have been a series of explosions or attempted explosions. He urged Londoners to "stay where you are and go about your normal business" for the time being.

The Prime Minister will make a statement shortly.

Services on the Victoria, Northern and Hammersmith & City and Bakerloo Lines have been disrupted. The Victoria Line has reopened on either side of  Warren Street.

Emergency services started receiving calls just after 12.30pm.

At Warren Street there were reports of shots and a nail bomb explosion. Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said police believe this may have been the sound of detonators going off.

Victoria Line train passenger Ivan McCracken told Sky News he spoke to an Italian man who witnessed an explosion just after the train arrived at the platform.

"He told me he had seen a man carrying a rucksack which suddenly exploded. It was a minor explosion but enough to blow open his rucksack. Everyone rushed from the carriage. People evacuated very quickly. There was no panic.

"I didn't see anyone injured but there was shock and fright.

"There was a smell of smoke."

"The man who was holding the rucksack looked extremely dismayed."

One witness told Sky News that passengers tried to prevent a man with a rucksack running away but they failed.

At Oval station there were reports of a man dumping a rucksack in a carriage then fleeing as the doors closed.

Police cordoned off the streets around Warren Street station. Sky reporter Mark White said: "Police activity suggests that they are looking for somebody on the outside here."

Scotland Yard said emergency services responded to an "incident" on a Number 26 bus in Hackney Road, on a junction near Colombia Road, east London.

Bus operator Stagecoach said the driver heard a bang at around 1.30pm.

The bus had left Waterloo and was in Shoreditch when the incident happened.

"The driver heard a bang which appeared to come from the upper deck. When he went upstairs to investigate, the windows on the upper deck were blown out.

"The bus is structurally intact and we don't have any reports of injuries," said a spokesman.

Sky News Foreign Affairs Editor Tim Marshall said: "There is nobody anywhere near the bus. This does indicate that police think it is still dangerous."

Sky News Online's Rob Cole was at Shepherd's Bush. He said: "The whole of Shepherd's Bush Green is sealed off. About 400 metres on both sides of the Tube station is affected."

Network Rail say all mainline train services are running from London stations.

Police are appealing for anyone with mobile phone images, pictures or video from any of the four sites to send in their images via a website http://www.police.uk.

It is two weeks to the day since bombers attacked three Tube trains and a bus in central London.
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2005, 09:33:04 AM »
They just exploded the detonators and there was no bomb as such. Looks like it was done to cause panic and disruption.
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2005, 09:35:44 AM »
Sounds like the same incompetent bomb maker providentially repeated the same mistake several times. This has happened a couple of times in Israel and Iraq. Or possibly this was just one group of amateur copy-cats from a single masjid who decided it would be a good idea to continue where the other group left off.

I guess we'll know fairly soon as we now have suspects, whom the police will no doubt get good information from by treating them well, providing them with prayer rugs, lawyers, copies of the Quran and first class meals. O wait, sorry that's the US. Hopefully Scotland yard will have other methods. :rolleyes:

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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2005, 09:37:52 AM »
I hope they go medieval if they catch any of them.

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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2005, 09:40:22 AM »
The important lesson here: You gotta know the right websites to get your bomb making instructions from.  anarchistcookbookonline.com?  Maybe not such a great choice.
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« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2005, 09:57:09 AM »
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I hope they go medieval if they catch any of them.


As good as that thought is, I'd rather they have a sodium pentathol option available in a case like this. Using duress as a means of getting information is less than reliable. A competent examination under medication will get more and better information.
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« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2005, 09:59:32 AM »
Goog point. Give them penthathol first.

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« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2005, 10:16:50 AM »
**** that.  Start hacking fingers.  It's a heck of a lot more satisfying too.
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« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2005, 10:20:31 AM »
The language filter does not allow me to express how I feel right now about the terrorists.

I live in the United States and I firmly believe you DO NOT screw with England.
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« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2005, 10:22:57 AM »
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The language filter does not allow me to express how I feel right now about the terrorists.

I live in the United States and I firmly believe you DO NOT screw with England.
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