Breaking News: Explosions On London Underground

Legion · 07-07-2005, 05:18 AM

BBC News

Bloody 'ell...

Vinny · 07-07-2005, 06:11 AM

I was just about to post this.

It's been blamed on a "power surge," which I think is crap. These had to be bombs.

And for those who don't live in London, you should know that most of those stations (King's Cross in particular) would have been extremely busy and crowded when the bomb went off. I seriously doubt that a "power surge" would take place in some of the busiest stations in London, all during the morning rush hour. That is definitely planned.

Vinny · 07-07-2005, 06:57 AM

All talk of a power surge is now over. The BBC said it's likely to have been an Al Qaeda attack. Tony Blair also believes it to be a terrorist attack.

There were 7 explosions: King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Russell Square, Aldgate East, Moorgate, Edgeware Road, and Tavistock Square (the bus).

[ July 07, 2005, 07:17 AM: Message edited by: Disraeli Gears ]

Vinny · 07-07-2005, 07:30 AM

Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility.

Link47 · 07-07-2005, 09:04 AM

Damn you kids that get up early in the morning. My mom just woke me to tell me. Blair is leaving the G8 summit to return to London.

Legion · 07-07-2005, 09:18 AM

^It's especially easy when you actually live in Britain, you know.

Anyway, Blair left the G8 Summit half an hour ago. At the moment, only two deaths have been confirmed, but there are most definately many more fatalities, even just from the bus that was bombed.

Vinny · 07-07-2005, 10:27 AM

45 deaths and 1,000 injuries confirmed.

Blair is coming back to London today, but he'll be back to Gleneagles this evening for the summit.

The phone lines have been completely cut off, except for the emergency numbers (which we're not supposed to call unless in danger). My mum's trying to call a friend of hers to check up on her, but can't.

There are still people stuck in trains underground.

Oh, and my aunt called a while ago. Apparently she barely missed the King's Cross bomb.

Link2000 · 07-07-2005, 11:41 AM

****ty.

US is raising terror alert to orange (high).

Juliet · 07-07-2005, 12:03 PM

^ Only in public transit systems.

**NintendoNut** · 07-07-2005, 12:04 PM

Yeah most mobile phone masts are down so there's little communication in the attacked areas.

The Metropolitan Police have said they're not going to draw any conclusions as to who's done it. The Al-Qaeda group only posted claims of responsibility on one of their websites. No official responsibility claims have been given to the Met.

33 confirmed fatalities. That's going up soon when the emergency services announce how many died on the bus.

**NintendoNut** · 07-07-2005, 12:26 PM

The Doctor · 07-07-2005, 12:29 PM

I'm very worried for my family who lives down in London.

Vinny · 07-07-2005, 01:14 PM

There have been 4 explosions, not 7. NN's map shows where they were.

The reason why they thought that there had been explosions in each station was that in 2 cases the bombs went off in between two stations, and the soot and smoke ended up reaching both stations.

EDIT: I meant that there had been 4 explosions and not 7. That was a typo.

[ July 07, 2005, 05:42 PM: Message edited by: Disraeli Gears ]

Nick · 07-07-2005, 01:19 PM

Soft-target suicide bombing hasn't really been the norm for al-Qaeda in the Western world for some strange reason. They seem to prefer more large scale attacks. It could be an IRA splinter group as well. While I personally doubt that, you have to keep that open.

I'm doubting it was a suicide bombing. It shows more signs of being a timed explosion (meaning leave the explosive devices in the trains/buses).
Odds are heavily leaning towards some sort of Islamic terrorist group, though it may not be al Qaeda proper.

Link47 · 07-07-2005, 04:55 PM

I'm leaning towards the planted explosives. This is very similiar to the bombings in Madrid.

And where did you hear 7 explosions? There were only 4.

The Doctor · 07-07-2005, 05:14 PM

Funny, It been comfirmed that there were four. I've also heard on the radio that there were six.

Dai Grepher · 07-07-2005, 05:18 PM

What pitiful cowards. They cannot succeed in the US so they bomb other countries, and even then are extremely inefficient bombers. They should have put on a uniform and fought in Iraq, but that would have required them to have courage.
I am angry with President Bush for not taking haste in this war. We must kill the terrorists and make them fear us, otherwise they will just keep rising up to attempt such atrocities. Once we do defeat them, we need to then bomb Syria and then Iran.

***ZeldaGirl*** · 07-07-2005, 05:36 PM

Oh, wow. This is so terrible. I really feel for the victims. My mom found out about an hour ago when my dad called her.

Truly terrible. My prayers go out to them all in London and the rest of Europe.

Link47 · 07-07-2005, 05:44 PM

ABC News is now reporting that 2 unexploded bombs have been found, raising the total to 6.

Vinny · 07-07-2005, 05:53 PM

Sorry, I meant to say that there have been 4 explosions and not 7. That was a typo. People thought that there had been 7 explosions (one per station, plus the bus), but as it turns out the explosions happened in between stations so that the soot and smoke spread to more than one station per bomb.

There was also speculation initially that 3 buses had been bombed, but this has been pinpointed down to confusion between sources of information. Only one bus was blown up.

30 dead confirmed. Since a lot of news teams were there on the spot and had to come up with something and the situation was confused in general, we got some bogus information. I can't say that there are 1,000 injured, that seems like a lot.

07-07-2005, 05:18 AM	#1
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07-07-2005, 06:11 AM	#2
Vinny Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings Posts: 7,262 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 16,670.86 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 17,170.86 Donate	I was just about to post this. It's been blamed on a "power surge," which I think is crap. These had to be bombs. And for those who don't live in London, you should know that most of those stations (King's Cross in particular) would have been extremely busy and crowded when the bomb went off. I seriously doubt that a "power surge" would take place in some of the busiest stations in London, all during the morning rush hour. That is definitely planned.

07-07-2005, 06:57 AM	#3
Vinny Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings Posts: 7,262 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 16,670.86 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 17,170.86 Donate	All talk of a power surge is now over. The BBC said it's likely to have been an Al Qaeda attack. Tony Blair also believes it to be a terrorist attack. There were 7 explosions: King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Russell Square, Aldgate East, Moorgate, Edgeware Road, and Tavistock Square (the bus). [ July 07, 2005, 07:17 AM: Message edited by: Disraeli Gears ]

07-07-2005, 07:30 AM	#4
Vinny Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings Posts: 7,262 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 16,670.86 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 17,170.86 Donate	Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility.

07-07-2005, 09:04 AM	#5
Link47 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: USA Posts: 8,377 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 25,393.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 25,893.00 Donate	Damn you kids that get up early in the morning. My mom just woke me to tell me. Blair is leaving the G8 summit to return to London.

07-07-2005, 09:18 AM	#6
Legion Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Greater Mancester, UK Gender: Posts: 1,860 Thanks: 10 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts Points: 8,041.29 Bank: 6,647.77 Total Points: 14,689.06 Donate	^It's especially easy when you actually live in Britain, you know. Anyway, Blair left the G8 Summit half an hour ago. At the moment, only two deaths have been confirmed, but there are most definately many more fatalities, even just from the bus that was bombed.

07-07-2005, 10:27 AM	#7
Vinny Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings Posts: 7,262 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 16,670.86 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 17,170.86 Donate	45 deaths and 1,000 injuries confirmed. Blair is coming back to London today, but he'll be back to Gleneagles this evening for the summit. The phone lines have been completely cut off, except for the emergency numbers (which we're not supposed to call unless in danger). My mum's trying to call a friend of hers to check up on her, but can't. There are still people stuck in trains underground. Oh, and my aunt called a while ago. Apparently she barely missed the King's Cross bomb.

07-07-2005, 11:41 AM	#8
Link2000 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Ontario, Canada Gender: Posts: 8,052 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Points: 16,367.15 Bank: 804.22 Total Points: 17,171.37 Donate	****ty. US is raising terror alert to orange (high).

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Juliet Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Vinkus Posts: 1,238 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 4,062.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 4,562.00 Donate	^ Only in public transit systems.

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NintendoNut NinNut Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hold on, I know this..... Gender: Posts: 8,264 Thanks: 65 Thanked 36 Times in 29 Posts Points: 46,232.45 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 46,232.45 Donate	Yeah most mobile phone masts are down so there's little communication in the attacked areas. The Metropolitan Police have said they're not going to draw any conclusions as to who's done it. The Al-Qaeda group only posted claims of responsibility on one of their websites. No official responsibility claims have been given to the Met. 33 confirmed fatalities. That's going up soon when the emergency services announce how many died on the bus.

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07-07-2005, 01:14 PM	#13
Vinny Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings Posts: 7,262 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 16,670.86 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 17,170.86 Donate	There have been 4 explosions, not 7. NN's map shows where they were. The reason why they thought that there had been explosions in each station was that in 2 cases the bombs went off in between two stations, and the soot and smoke ended up reaching both stations. EDIT: I meant that there had been 4 explosions and not 7. That was a typo. [ July 07, 2005, 05:42 PM: Message edited by: Disraeli Gears ]

07-07-2005, 01:19 PM	#14
Nick Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 10,679.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 11,179.00 Donate	Soft-target suicide bombing hasn't really been the norm for al-Qaeda in the Western world for some strange reason. They seem to prefer more large scale attacks. It could be an IRA splinter group as well. While I personally doubt that, you have to keep that open. I'm doubting it was a suicide bombing. It shows more signs of being a timed explosion (meaning leave the explosive devices in the trains/buses). Odds are heavily leaning towards some sort of Islamic terrorist group, though it may not be al Qaeda proper.

07-07-2005, 04:55 PM	#15
Link47 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: USA Posts: 8,377 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 25,393.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 25,893.00 Donate	I'm leaning towards the planted explosives. This is very similiar to the bombings in Madrid. And where did you hear 7 explosions? There were only 4.

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07-07-2005, 05:36 PM	#18
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07-07-2005, 05:44 PM	#19
Link47 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: USA Posts: 8,377 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 25,393.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 25,893.00 Donate	ABC News is now reporting that 2 unexploded bombs have been found, raising the total to 6.

07-07-2005, 05:53 PM	#20
Vinny Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings Posts: 7,262 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 16,670.86 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 17,170.86 Donate	Sorry, I meant to say that there have been 4 explosions and not 7. That was a typo. People thought that there had been 7 explosions (one per station, plus the bus), but as it turns out the explosions happened in between stations so that the soot and smoke spread to more than one station per bomb. There was also speculation initially that 3 buses had been bombed, but this has been pinpointed down to confusion between sources of information. Only one bus was blown up. 30 dead confirmed. Since a lot of news teams were there on the spot and had to come up with something and the situation was confused in general, we got some bogus information. I can't say that there are 1,000 injured, that seems like a lot.