A photograph taken by a passer-by shows victims being helped near Tavistock Place in London following a bomb blast on a bus July 7, 2005.
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.
Unfortunately, some here assume any Muslim is a terrorist.
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In light of 9-11, the insurgency in Iraq, and now this attack in London, it seems like a good safety procedure. That's why similarly, I assume all guns are loaded.
not only was Bush the cause of the attacks, he actually caused the attacks himself. (to get the attention off Rove)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1911071&mesg_id=1911071
Fewer individuals leaving the bombs.
Morning is the one time of day where "schedules" don't waiver much. People are in the same place at the same time. I'm going to guess that the "suicide bomber" was sitting next to an innocent British friend he had made a while back and neither survived.
It looks like Senator Dickhead Durbin's buddies are at it again!
"Deport all DU members to Mars......"
How about we deport all Libs to the Middle East with their peaceful Muslim buddies.
CAIR definitely needs to understand the reasons behind this "bias" -- why do they hate CAIR? Yes CAIR, you need to seek therapy...
For me as a person who is often in London on business, a good question is whether these were suicide attacks or whether there is an active service unit still running around out there?
With the IRA, one bomb meant an active service unit had gone live on the mainland and consequently, further incidents.
I would prefer you don't post direct links to their site
I have no idea what this statement means.....except that many Muslims commit their heinous acts in the name of Islam....
"FReepmail from snugs and she is safe"
That has been on my mind all morning. Thanks for letting us know.
But there's no life on Mars.
Oh, wait, I get it.
I sometimes have this fantasy that people like that DU poster get to go live on another planet or in another world of some kind. And they get to live in the kind of world that they would, with their ignorance and cowardice, create. Makes for good daydreaming.
It's undoubtedly been posted by now, but 7-7-05 is a 1-9 combination.
A photograph taken by a passer-by shows victims being helped near Tavistock Place in London following a bomb blast on a bus July 7, 2005.
Blair is once again pandering to the Muslims. When everyone gets real then the war on terrorism can be won but as long as they try to separate good Muslim from bad Muslim it can't be won.
I have been keeping up with the events as they happen related to this site:
It regularly posts links to new reports in England and responses from around the world.
There is no time to focus on the pansies.
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