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.
Oh cripe............C_SPAN callers...........
My nephew is scheduled to leave this weekend for the British Open at St. Andrews...it starts a week from today. Wife and two sons have planned to travel with him. (I hate to be a pansy, but I wish she would stay home with the boys. Won't happen, though.)
Likely Open championship will be particularly poignant this year.
Mitt's running for president. I just hope that he doesn't do a broadcast from the FEMA shelter in Framingham dressed in a turtleneck (Dukakis, Blizzard of '78 reference).
Damn. We just got rid of tornados from TD Cindy this morning. Dennis will likely be in my lap by Monday.
Thank you all
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1438178/posts
"All Europe on alert"
news.com.au ^ | 7th July 2005
Posted on 07/07/2005 4:59:36 AM PDT by naturalman1975
NEWS BRIEF: "ALL of Europe was on a state of alert after the fatal blasts in London today, Italy's Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said.
When asked if there was a state of alert in Italy following the blasts, which Prime Minister Tony Blair has said looked like terrorist attacks, he replied: "There is in the whole of Europe.""
I've always read the British expression as "bottom," which I assumed was a reference to the good, proper riding of a horse, sort of like having "a good seat."
Al Qaeda European Jiahd WARNS DENNMARK AND ITALY TO PULL TROOPS FROM IRAQ NOW>
prisoner6
No
I expect this toll will grimly climb. The September 11 attacks because they were so large scale were mostly in the opposite direction. Esitmates of 50 thousand workers in the WTC and eventually 2986 have been determined to have died that day.
I hope Brit public sentiment really rises up now against the Muslims, big time. There should be a Gitmo for every mosque.Blair's a responsible leader. He'll probably take a stand against anything like that, as President Bush did here.
-Eric
True, but they also tend to not look Polish (not all Slavs look alike, especially to other Slavs).
Amen!
Oh, I believe that guy posts here!
Said it today. Said it was Al Qaeda sympathizers, but not Al Qaeda. Says that Al Qaeda shouldn't be blamed for the actions of Al Qaeda sympathizers. And she had a synchophant terror expert who agreed with her. Al Qatie is a nut.
The Moderator DISAGREED with you.
If we want to read that crap, we can go over there.
I hope the brits round up the hooligans at the G8 and drop em in dungeon at some local castle nearby......
Yep. Thank God we have POTUS and Blair. Thye'll not falter.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.