Posted on 07/07/2005 6:25:19 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
JERUSALEM - British police told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes before Thursday's explosions that they had received warnings of possible terror attacks in the city, a senior Israeli official said.
Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had planned to attend an economic conference in a hotel over the subway stop where one of the blasts occurred, and the warning prompted him to stay in his hotel room instead, government officials said.
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said he wasn't aware of any Israeli casualties.
Just before the blasts, Scotland Yard called the security officer at the Israeli Embassy to say they had received warnings of possible attacks, the official said. He did not say whether British police made any link to the economic conference.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the nature of his position.
The Israeli Embassy was in a state of emergency after the explosions in London, with no one allowed to enter or leave, said the Israeli ambassador to London, Zvi Hefet.
All phone lines to the embassy were down, said Danny Biran, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official.
The ministry set up a situation room to deal with hundreds of phone calls from concerned relatives. Thousands of Israelis are living in London or visiting the city at this time, Biran said.
Amir Gilad, a Netanyahu aide, told Israel Radio that Netanyahu's entourage was receiving updates all morning from British security officials, and "we have also asked to change our plans."
Netanyahu had been scheduled to stay in London until Sunday, but that could change, Gilad said.
" I wonder how they knew ahead of time?"
"British police told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes before"
Everyone read the word "minutes", they (The British) were probably were trying to get the word out everywhere.
One TV station, I think MSNBC, reported that Netanyahu had left his hotel and was told of the attacks having happened and was taken back to his hotel room. That report came after the reports of his having been warned.
Go...NADD, go away. Everyone with a blog has "predicted" future attacks. Yours was no different. The fact that two Iraqis were picked up crossing the Mexican border had no bearing on the London bombings on July 7th (not in the U.S. on July 4th btw)
What is the necessity of placing this line in this article, unless to give the impression that Israelis knew about it and stayed away? Just like after 9-11, the msm is ready to jump on the "blame Israel" bandwagon. It is one thing for the reporter to ask the question, "Were there any Israeli casualties that you are aware of," but why insert the statement, alone, in the middle of this article?
Trying to blame Israel.
This has been denied by both sides repeatedly.
bump
If true, it's time they start disrupting these cells instead of watching carnage unfold!
bump to that!
that's a stretch....
None of this is true. It's being reported all over that someone fed a bogus story to the AP. Anonymous source etc. The real story here is how the AP accepted this BS. Yet another over eager reporter and organization going head over heals with a story they hope is true.
Looks like we got a reporter trying to make news and not report it then.
It ist zee Joos vat is making all zee troubles. Yoo zee, zee Joos plantedt ze boms to make da araps look badt.
>>Israeli intelligence mole in an AQ cell?
No. An Alqaeda mole in the AP.
That narrows it down to the entire organization...
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And the Jews stayed home from work today. Another legend is born.
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