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Deja Thoris
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:47:00 -
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 Originally by: Verone
Bomb blasts?
Buses and stuff getting blown up?
Tube stations?
Casualties?
Half of london looks like it's getting Evac'd??
WTF?
Any of you guys down south got any more info that Sky news, who're flapping like tarts atm?
Looks pretty serious to me
I live in Wimbledon.
LOTS of sirens and police flapping about all over. Trains stopped etc.
Very sad indeed
This is going to have pretty long lasting implications.
I can't think the culprits will ever get away with this. CCTV is on every building in those parts of town and on most of the busses in "the City" area.
I hope their nadgers get lopped off with a rusty blade.
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ApophisXP
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:48:00 -
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Originally by: DB Preacher
Originally by: ApophisXP
just got through to my m8 in edgeware road, seems like theres another explosion there
Are you hearing anything else? Alot of the msg boards are saying there has been more explosions but they have locked down all media reporting for the minute to curtail panic.
dbp
ill post on anything i get but at the moment the mobiles gone down again and the sound of sirens is deafning 
really hope everyone is ok....real smack in the face this is for me and alot of people
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DB Preacher
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:48:00 -
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yeah but my mates gf is in edgeware rd. He spoke to her about 20 minutes ago and now can't get through. Needless to say we want to know wtf is going on. Obviously with an confirmed rumour going out like this will cause everyone to phone and cause problems with the phone networks which is why I was asking him if he had heard anything more.
dbp
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Exhorder
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:48:00 -
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Yes, it's hard enough to decipher any sort of sense out of situations like these without the constant rumours and hearsay. I'd just take what BBC News is saying as closest we can get to actual truth for the time being. 
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Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:48:00 -
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Looking at the pictures of the buses, I cant imagine many people surviving. They was opened up like a tin can.
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Baldour Ngarr
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:49:00 -
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Originally by: Joshua Calvert
Looks like a coordinated series of planted bombs in cars or planted inside the tubes/buses.
Probably carried in suitcases by suicide bombers.
That would be my first impression, but if there really are only two casualties from seven explosions, that doesn't add up.
Of course, they may not have found the other bodies yet; but from my experience of the London Underground, it's way too damn easy to leave a suitcase behind even when you didn't want to. There's really no reason to blow yourself up in order to achieve this.
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DB Preacher
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:49:00 -
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Originally by: ApophisXP
Originally by: DB Preacher
Originally by: ApophisXP
just got through to my m8 in edgeware road, seems like theres another explosion there
Are you hearing anything else? Alot of the msg boards are saying there has been more explosions but they have locked down all media reporting for the minute to curtail panic.
dbp
ill post on anything i get but at the moment the mobiles gone down again and the sound of sirens is deafning
really hope everyone is ok....real smack in the face this is for me and alot of people
thanks.
dbp
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Gerome Doutrande
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:49:00 -
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just a note for those of you watching bbc and whose native language is not english, it is bbc policy to differentiate between casualties (wounded) and fatalities (dead).
i'd just like to add that me and my coworkers shocked, sympathies to all affected by this. stay safe people.
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Hanns
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:49:00 -
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Hope my dad is ok, i cant get through to him on the phone
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Laythun
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:49:00 -
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at least 15 fatalities
kings cross station is the worse. double digit fatalities
aldgate, russel sq, edgeware
ffs we under attack
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Lig Lira
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:50:00 -
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One of my corp mates maintains the signals on the underground. We're all just hoping he's ok as he was probably at work right now.
Thoughts go out to all the families.
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jukriamrr
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:51:00 -
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Originally by: ApophisXP
not trying to be funny and all but got guys outside my place here saying its the french cause they lost the olympic bid 
How come people be so low-IQ'ed...
Thinking thing like this at a time like this is... well..
I'm French and profundly mourn over this attack. Above all, I'm scared of what might happen in 2012 when the Olympics take place in London. Oh Boy ...
Cheers
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ophiuchus3000
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:51:00 -
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BBC news has just reported that Al Qaeda have owned up to this bombing. Blair is coming back to London today for a meeting with the goverment officials and then will be heading back to the G8 this evening.
On a personal note I can't hold of a friend in London :( All mobile phone networks have shut down the london area as their networks can't handle the strain of the amount of txt messages and phone calls, so if anyone is trying to get hold of someone there, try and be patient.
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Stogee
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:51:00 -
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Originally by: Baldour Ngarr
Originally by: Joshua Calvert
Looks like a coordinated series of planted bombs in cars or planted inside the tubes/buses.
Probably carried in suitcases by suicide bombers.
That would be my first impression, but if there really are only two casualties from seven explosions, that doesn't add up.
Of course, they may not have found the other bodies yet; but from my experience of the London Underground, it's way too damn easy to leave a suitcase behind even when you didn't want to. There's really no reason to blow yourself up in order to achieve this.
Thing is, why attack those stations then? Why not target Victoria tube station, that place is so packed they wouldnt even be able to catch you on CCTV or spot a suitcase left behind?
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DB Preacher
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:52:00 -
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Got through to my mates gf, there are 0 ppl on the street and she's not seen anymore emergency services entering the area in about 20mins and no more explosions as far as she is aware.
dbp
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Santiago Cortes
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:52:00 -
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Quote:
Sadly to say, but it was always only a matter time until the UK experienced terrorist attacks
Those of us who are over 20 will well remember IRA attacks on mainland Britain.
As a journalist it is interesting to see people's reaction to the media, basically all news media relies on wire reports, something like this happening throws that equation out the window - Reuters et al need 2 independent witnesses to verify something before they broadcast it, to keep their credability.
Now the likelihood is there are journalists stuck in the middle of this so you get all sorts of reports and especially TV/Radio require reaction hence asking dazed people things.
Sadly in a 24 hour news environment basically all you get is wild speculation, it is the printed media that has the time to sit back and analyse.
As for the media being ghoulish well who is the ghoul, the one who reports what happens or the one that is desperate for that information. In essence a journalist's job is only to report what is going on, people are desperate for info on what happened in London hence someone has to report it.
Although I will concede that there are those that get carried away, in many cases this is because today will be a career defining day for a handful of them.
At its best the media is a great profession as long as it is responsible, at its worst it is downright scaremongering.
Oh and radio always will be quicker than any medium, it is the most 'pure' of all media because all you require is a voice = it's the fastest medium.
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mirel yirrin
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:56:00 -
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Edited by: mirel yirrin on 07/07/2005 11:56:10
Charles clarke is just making a speech in Parliment now..
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Dante Chusuk
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:58:00 -
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Ok Sky News say that a European cell of al Qaeda (sp?) has claimed "credit" for this.
Also I remember the IRA incidents in Town.
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Dragothmar
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:59:00 -
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Can't get through to anyone yet, really worried about some friends... :(
And I've got like 5 are you ok texts I can't reply to... ARG, damn I hate worrying people...
Well to all fellow londoners out there: at least there's actually a reason for the tube not working today  . And damn I hope that there aren't many deaths from this - Wishful thinking I know
I would like to swear more, but the profanity filter would make it pointless...
FFS I just can't express anything atm, everything seems screwed up, this is where a lot of us live! WTF is up with this?
Quitting before I start throwing stuff around the room with frustration.
*Wesside?*
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Exhorder
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:59:00 -
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Edited by: Exhorder on 07/07/2005 12:00:41
Originally by: Dante Chusuk
Ok Sky News say that a European cell of Al Qaeda has claimed "credit" for this.
Like I mentioned earlier, in UK our enemy is within as well as abroad
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Stogee
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Posted - 2005.07.07 11:59:00 -
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I keep flicking to certain channels and it seems some are only concerned about the price of oil dropping?
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Santiago Cortes
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:01:00 -
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Let's keep this simple, keep the speculation to a minimum and post a link to your source.
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Fabiusbile
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:02:00 -
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i herd that a suiside bomber was shot by police at canrey warf.
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FireFoxx80
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:02:00 -
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Just remember, statistically there have been very few fatalities. There are a lot of walking wounded though.
People with loved ones and friends in London, I know it is hard, but be patient. The chances are, everyone you know is ok.
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keepiru
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:02:00 -
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I hope everyone's ok.
My father only left london yesterday... my thoughts and heart go to all those involved.
This sucks.
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Laythun
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:03:00 -
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Originally by: Stogee
Thing is, why attack those stations then? Why not target Victoria tube station, that place is so packed they wouldnt even be able to catch you on CCTV or spot a suitcase left behind?
it looks like theyve attacked the business district. all those stations feed centrall london with workers.
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Troezar
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:03:00 -
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I know it's near impossible to avoid in London but this is one reason I'm not keen on public transprt
Fortunately so far the number of fatalities seem low and the emergency services seem well organised.
Seems like the classic "wait until attention is elsewhere" tactic what with the G8 in progress up in Scotland. Hope they get those responsible, shame we only lock people up these days
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Dante Chusuk
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:04:00 -
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Edited by: Dante Chusuk on 07/07/2005 12:06:40
Edited by: Dante Chusuk on 07/07/2005 12:05:24
Didn't want to post again but can't edit my own post, apparently doesn't belong to me 
Our engineers are currently working up in London and as far as I know one team still has not checked in (though so far most have had the sense to ask the building manager/security to use a landline). One team is near Aldgate/Liverpool Street but they have checked in after being asked to leave the roof due to a suspect package outside the building at ground level.
Edit: As Santiago requested Sky News article. Fact that it was a European cell was a from a friend watching BBC News 24 on Freeview.
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Baldour Ngarr
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:05:00 -
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Originally by: Dragothmar
Well to all fellow londoners out there: at least there's actually a reason for the tube not working today .
Case in point. In England - and in London probably more so than anywhere else - the natural reaction to horrifying events, is black humour. It's a trait I've come to find quite endearing.
London will remain closed for the day, and by extension, most of the south of England (they all seem to work in the City these days).
It seems clear that, whoever is responsible, causing deaths has not been their primary aim. (They didn't go for Victoria, Waterloo...) Rather they've set out to paralyse the City for the day; in which they were bound to succeed. The question is how do we react to it.
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Nox Domini
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Posted - 2005.07.07 12:05:00 -
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just saw a chinook from a nearby military base pass over in london direction, thought i should mention.
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