Posted on 07/07/2005 6:29:21 AM PDT by Our_Man_In_Gough_Island
Two people have been killed and many are injured after a series of explosions across London. The BBC News website is covering events as they unfold (all times in BST): 1353 Russian President Vladimir Putin expresses his condolences over the attacks and calls on all countries to unite in the fight against international terrorism.
1344 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, describes the attacks as appalling and calls on all religious leaders to stand and work together for the wellbeing of the nation.
1333 US President George W Bush, speaking at the Gleneagles summit in Scotland, condemns the attacks, saying that the blasts show the war on terror must continue.
1325 UK Prime Minister Tony Blair leaves Gleneagles summit in Chinook helicopter.
1313 The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, condemns a "cowardly terrorist attack" and says Londoners responded "calmly and courageously".
1307 G8 leaders issue a statement, read by Tony Blair, saying: "We condemn utterly these barbaric attacks"
1255Home Secretary Charles Clarke tells the House of Commons that four explosions had been confirmed, three on trains and four on a bus. "We do not know who or what organisations are responsible for these terrible criminal acts," he says. He says the Underground will remain closed all day
Shadow home secretary David Davis said the attacks were "of almost unspeakable depravity and wickedness". Liberal Democrat spokesman Sir Menzies Campbell expressed the house's sympathies to those affected and appreciation to the emergency services
1246 Pope Benedict XVI condemns the "inhuman" attacks
1215 The ambulance service says there are people still trapped at King's Cross station, and efforts are being made to rescue them
1210 The BBC's Security Correspondent Frank Gardner says BBC monitoring services have located a website linked to al-Qaeda with a 200-word statement saying it carried out the bombings
Al-Qaeda linked website claims attacks 1205 Prime Minister Tony Blair, at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, says there has been "a series of terrorist attacks in London... people have died and are seriously injured... It is reasonably clear this is designed and timed to coincide with the opening of the G8". He says he will return to London within hours, but that the summit will continue without him
LOCATIONS EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO Edgware Road King's Cross Liverpool Street Russell Square Aldgate East Moorgate Tavistock Square
1205 The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, said: "This is a grave day for London. Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured and bereaved"
1130 Signs on major roads into London warn: "Avoid London. Area closed. Turn on radio"
1126 The president of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell, blames terrorism for a "co-ordinated series of attacks" and "confirmed deaths"
1125 "We have at least two fatalities, but still unconfirmed," a police spokesman tells the AFP news agency
1118 London's Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair tells the BBC he knows of "about six explosions", one on a bus and the others related to Underground stations. He says he believes the six affected areas are Edgware Road, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Russell Square, Aldgate East and Moorgate, but says it is "still a confusing situation". He advises Londoners to "stay where you are - all of London's transport is currently disabled" - he refuses to confirm any fatalities
1055 A doctor tells Reuters there are at least 90 casualties at Aldgate station
1053 Home Secretary Charles Clarke makes a statement outside Downing Street about "dreadful incidents" causing "terrible injuries". He says Prime Minister Tony Blair has been informed and advises the public in London not to make unnecessary journeys
1051 A passenger on a train at Edgware Road says he saw several bodies in the wreckage. A police spokesman says two trains remain stuck in tunnels at Edgware Road
1049 Police say there are serious casualties, but no deaths are confirmed, Associated Press reports
1039 All London hospitals have been put on major incident alert, a hospital spokesman tells PA
1025 Transport union officials say they have reports of explosions on three buses, PA says
1025 PA reports two buses damaged in explosions - one in Russell Square and another in Tavistock Square. Witness, Belinda Seabrook said of the Russell Square blast: "I was on the bus in front and heard an incredible bang, I turned round and half the double decker bus was in the air"
1025 The BBC's Andrew Marr, with the prime minister in Gleneagles, says Number 10 is "still unsure" whether the explosions are a terrorist attack
1023 British Transport Police confirm an explosion on a bus in Tavistock Square
1021 Scotland Yard reports "multiple explosions" in London, the Press Association reports
1014 An eyewitness tells PA that a bus has been ripped apart in an explosion in central London
1009 Witness Christina Lawrence, who was on a train leaving Kings Cross, tells BBC News 24: "There was a loud bang in the tunnel and the train just stopped and all of a sudden it was filled with black, gassy smoke and we couldn't breathe"
1002 Scotland Yard says it is dealing with a "major incident"
0940 British Transport Police say power surge incidents have occurred on the Underground at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square stations
0933London Underground reports "another incident at Edgware Road" station, PA reports
0933 Passengers are told that all London Underground services are being suspended because of a power fault across the network, PA reports
0924 British Transport Police say the incident was possibly caused by a collision between two trains, a power cut or a power cable exploding. Police report "walking wounded"
0915 Press Association reports emergency services called to London's Liverpool Street Station after reports of an explosion
0849 An incident on the Metropolitan Line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate is reported to British Transport Police
Muslims.
at your feet or at your throat
BTTT
"I understand your feelings, but there are many decent Muslims who oppose these vile acts. Let's not be lowered to the level of our enemies ( which is one of the goals of terror tactics)."
"Decent Muslims" there was also decent Nazis, but we still "lowered" ourselves to their level and went to war. Don't forget that these Animals are being brainwashed and conditioned in the same places of worship as your "decent Muslims".
That's the only thing that will get their attention. To wit, Libya and Khadafi.
BUMP
After their tactics worked so splendidly in Spain, one is only surprised that this has taken them so long. The question now is whether the Brits will pull the "chicken switch" or stay the course. I hope it strengthens their resolve.
From Sky News:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13382111,00.html
LONDON BLASTS TIMELINE
08.51 - Explosion in the tunnel at Liverpool Street station - on either the Central or Circle Line. Seven dead.
08.56 - Explosion at King's Cross station, affecting Russell Square station. 21 dead.
09.17 - Explosion on a train coming in to Edgware Road station, affecting three separate trains. Five dead.
09.31 - The incident caused major disruption to the entire network with Tube stations across the capital being closed.
09.47 - Explosion on a double decker bus travelling along Upper Woburn Place, near Russell Square. It was a no.30 bus from Hackney to Marble Arch. Number of dead not confirmed.
09.53 - Mainline train company First Great Western said its services into London's Paddington station were terminating at Reading in Berkshire because of the Underground crisis.
10.00 - The National Grid, which supplies power to the Underground, said there had been no problems with its system which could have contributed to the incidents.
10.13 - Union officials said their sources had told them there had been at least one explosive device on the Underground.
10.19 - Mainline services were being halted short of London. The Silverlink company, which normally operates into Euston station, was terminating trains at Watford Junction in Hertfordshire.
10.32 - Mainline London to Scotland train company GNER said it did not expect its East Coast Main Line services to run as far as London at any time today.
11.02 - Home Secretary Charles Clarke confirmed that there had been "terrible injuries" in the explosions across London.
11.24 - Mobile networks report delays for people trying to get through to friends and relatives, after a surge in the volume of calls.
11.30 - Met Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said: "We are not aware of any warning at the moment. We have concluded that this is a co-ordinated attack."
11.51 - St Mary's Hospital said it had received four critically injured patients, eight seriously hurt and 14 with minor injuries so far. It could confirm no deaths and had treated no children.
12.00 - Tony Blair, speaking at the G8 summit in Scotland, stated: "It is reasonably clear that there have been a series of terrorist attacks in London."
12.01 - A spokeswoman for University College Hospital in central London, near the scene of the Russell Square bus blast, said: "We have started to receive casualties but we cannot say how many."
12.05 - Reports that the Stansted Express rail service is suspended, although flights are operating normally at Stansted airport in Essex.
12.16 - Emergency services called to Leicester Square underground station, a spokesman for the London Ambulance Service said.
12.21 - More than 100 casualties and one of the dead were taken to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. Three double-decker buses loaded with casualties had brought the injured to the hospital.
12.30 - 54 patients have been taken to the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London. Two of those were taken into theatre, said a hospital spokeswoman. Six are described as major injuries, two more are in high dependency and one is in X-ray. Two of the 54 were children but their condition is not thought to be serious.
12.36 - A British Transport Police spokeswoman said it had no knowledge of any reports of an explosion at Leicester Square.
12.45 - Superintendent Jon Morgan of the Metropolitan Police said there had been a number of fatalities as well as serious casualties at Edgware Road station. All the dead and injured have been moved from the scene, which is now being examined forensically.
12.51 - A spokeswoman for Guy's and St Thomas' hospital said eight casualties, some critically injured, were being cared for so far.
12.51 - Scotland Yard confirmed that seven explosions have been reported in four sites. The first site is around Russell Square and Kings Cross Underground stations. The second is the area including Moorgate, Aldgate, and Liverpool Street Underground station. The third is Edgware Road Underground and the fourth is Tavistock Square, where a bus was ripped apart by a blast.
13.01 - Al Qaeda terrorists claimed responsibility for the London blasts on an Islamic website and said: "Britain is now burning with fear, terror and panic in its northern, southern, eastern, and western quarters."
13.03 - Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Brian Paddick said initial reports were that 150 people had been seriously injured in the blasts. "It does appear from the information we have at the moment that these were caused by explosives but we are awaiting forensic confirmation of that."
13.25 - Royal London Hospital said they'd received 183 patients from two of the incidents. Eight were critically injured, including one who was brought in in cardiac arrest. Six people were being operated on. Some 123 of the 183 patients had already been discharged.
13.25 - Prime Minister Tony Blair boarded his helicopter to leave the G8 Summit at Gleneagles and return briefly to London, Downing Street said.
13.27 - US President George Bush said from the G8 summit in Gleneagles: "We condemn utterly these barbaric attacks. We send our profound condolences to the victims and their families."
13.30 - Network Rail said the Victoria, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, St Pancras and Euston mainline London stations were still shut.
13.32 - Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital said they were currently operating on two seriously injured patients.
14.09 - St Mary's Hospital said it had received 36 casualties, of whom six are critically injured, 17 seriously injured and 13 have minor injuries.
14.12 - Some of the 70,000 workers at Canary Wharf in London's Docklands were allowed to leave early because of the travel chaos caused by the explosions.
14.18 - A Transport for London spokeswoman said the bus hit by the explosion was a number 30, travelling from Hackney to Marble Arch.
15.00 - Euston and Paddington stations have re-opened. A spokesman for Network Rail said: "We hope to open St Pancras and Liverpool Street soon and also plan to start King's Cross's suburban services.
15.05 - Scotland Yard issues the following casualty hotline number 0870 1566 344.
15.19 - Westminster City Council announces all 54 state schools in Westminster will be closed tomorrow in the wake of the terrorist bombings and resulting public transport chaos.
Older generation Brits won't even flinch, the newer generations, like ours, God only knows.
Anyone know if they found the little blond haired girl in Aruba ?
bttt
Just what every Western country needs are more Muslims. /sarcasm
I was winding down last night when this happened. I have finally slept a couple of hours.
PM Blair is not a man to mess with.
God bless our staunchest ally.
1. Bomb Mecca
2. One bus, one city
3. Declare war on Islam ( what about the 5 million US citizens that are Muslims?)
While you are indulging your emotions with these daydreams, take some time to hear what a real Commander-in-chief, whose nation has contributed real valor to the War on Terror has to say. Here is an excerpt from Tony Blair's statement on the London bombings:
"We know that these people act in the name of Islam, but we also know that the vast and overwhelming majority of Muslims - here and abroad - are decent and law abiding people who abhor this act of terrorism every bit as much as we do.
"It is through terrorism that the people who have committed this terrible act express their values, and it is right at this moment that we demonstrate ours.
There is a word for waging war on a group of people solely on the basis of their religious identification - genocide. I am glad to hear you do not endorse that approach by literal name, but it is hard to see how, in substantive fact, " getting serious" about waging war on people who accept the Koran could in reality be anything else.
My wife mentioned that today and said she felt sorry for that beleagured mom now that the poor girl will be yesterday's news.
I bet Greta has already left Orangestaad.
I tell ya.
I really wince when I see draped muslim women following their masters around.
It's worse when the woman is obviously some very foolish American convert.
I despise it.
The only muslims I care for in the least are apostate.
We will never defeat them through PC rhetoric...never....they view that as weakness...lip service.
I hope Britain rallys. I hope London's Mayor's prior praise for Muslim extremists is his undoing. PC bastard that he is.
but it is hard to see how, in substantive fact, " getting serious" about waging war on people who accept the Koran could in reality be anything else.
Some call it survival, personally I think the destruction
of Medina would be a start, a warning if you will.
An instructive lesson, we have the power, and we will use it
on that which declares war on us, continue and Mecca is
on the way to destruction, no chance make your time.
You see, the terrorist Islamic fanatics, have no problem
with group guilt or they would target our leaders.
If enough Muslims are punished they WILL deal with the guilty.
Now you can bleat about "rational behavour" etc, but we
are dealing with rabid dogs AND THEIR OWNERS!
I saw their weeny mayor on tv trying to reverse his position a tad.
Like O'Reilly has promised tonight, let's watchhwo the press handles London's attack and the WOT in general. Foreign and domestic press have had quite a party slamming Bush and Blair... THAT has to stop.
We can only hope.
However, from the MSM and America haters in general perspective I fear we will have to endure much much more till the enemy within is silenced.
E-PRISM.ORG- Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center - THE PROJECT FOR THE RESEARCH OF ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS (PRISM) - OCCASIONAL PAPERS Volume 3 (2005), Number 4 (July 2005) Director and Editor: Reuven Paz: "'Islamic Legitimacy for the London Bombings'" by Reuven Paz (July 17, 2005) (pdf)
E-PRISM.ORG - Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center - THE PROJECT FOR THE RESEARCH OF ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS (PRISM) - OCCASIONAL PAPERS Volume 3 (2005), Number 3 (July 2005) Director and Editor: Reuven Paz: "'FROM MADRID TO LONDON: AL-QAEDA EXPORTS THE WAR IN IRAQ TO EUROPE'" by Reuven Paz (pdf)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: Leeds, England - "LONDON TERROR SEARCH GOES GLOBAL" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police in Cairo have detained a biochemist who studied in the United States and taught at a university in Leeds -- the home base for at least three of the London bombers.") (July 16, 2005)
BBC NEWS UK: "7/7 INQUESTS: 'PAKISTAN CALLS TO BOMBER' IN DAYS BEFORE" (SNIPPET: "Mobile phone records analysed after the bombings on 7 July 2005 showed calls made from phone boxes in Rawalpindi to bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan.") (Last updated February 2, 2011, 13:26 ET)
stepping back in time...FOX NEWS.com (AP): Islamabad, Pakistan - "AL QAEDA SUSPECT IN LONDON TERROR BOMBINGS ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN" (SNIPPET: "Police in northwest Pakistan acting on a tip from the U.S. have arrested an Al Qaeda suspect believed to have links to the 2005 London transit bombings that killed 52 people, two Pakistani security officials said Thursday. The suspect was identified as Saudi national Zabi ul Taifi...") (January 22, 2009)
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