Posted on 07/07/2005 1:45:13 AM PDT by RWR8189
There has been an explosion at Aldgate East underground station in London, causing the closure of the entire Tube network.
There are also reports that a second incident took place at Edgware Road station in north west London.
The Aldgate East blast was caused by "some kind of power surge", according to Tube infrastructure company Metronet, which is responsible for maintaining the Metropolitan line.
A spokesman said: "We don't know the extent of the problem yet."
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We have just sent some resources out to the scene."
British Transport Police confirmed that there are "walking wounded" and said paramedics have responded to one report of a person classed as "life at risk".
"It's chaos, with people trying to work out what has happened," said a spokesman.
"All we know at the moment is that staff reported a loud bang at 8.49am. No one is sure what caused an explosion, but it is thought it could have been a collision, a power cut, or a power cable problem."
One witness said the packed underground train he was on was 200 metres from Kings Cross when there was a huge flash.
The train stopped and people were using umberellas to smash windows of the trains. Passengers were led out of the train by underground staff.
He added people were milling around Kings Cross covered in soot.
I thought the same thing about that poster. Sad isn't it, his country has been attacked and he's worried about the " threat of global warming" !
whats the link? still waiting for my siter to get back to her hotel!
Damn.
Prayers for the British.
Give these murderers Hell.
An unknown group....auditioning for AQ?
God Bless Britain, American stands firmly at your side, our good allies.
I would imagine releasing a statement would be more appropriate. Former President (akkk, shiver) Clinton probably would have, I think President Bush would respect the PM Blair's leadership.
You ok?
Reuters reports unknown group claims attack in Al-Qaeda's name. The "Secret Group of al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe" claimed the attack and warned Italy and Denmark to pull troops from Iraq and A-stan.
I wonder if all the blasts were suicide bombers?
yeah , Mad Ivan is here
Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Those people are insane. I am thankful they're Kennedy's allies...lol.
No doubt.
Here they come.
Anybody heard from Ivan?
Go easy on Blair....his country was just attacked.
Ivan came in on another thread.
It is about time to charge and jail the DUmmies for sedition.
I am not joking.
Well, we thought the same on March 11th 2003... two days later, the Spanish pro-US government was replaced by Socialists. Fortunately, there are no elections in the UK in the near future, so we don´t have to care about the opinion of people in fear.
Blair won´t give in, that´s for sure!
Yes he was on earlier
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