explosions in London

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the full stroy is here...havent we heard from Phoenix yet?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4659093.stm

 

I reckon its either to do with the G8 summit or the fact London won the Olympics hosting ceremony...but either way is it really worth the lives of innocent civilians?

 

Erm so far only 2 confirmed dead guys, not 20
6 explosions confirmed at various tube stations, although most of them have been attributed to power surges caused by an initial surge caused possibly by an explosive device, 1 on a bus, although reports of upto 5 buses have been rumoured

Buses in central london have been suspended, along with half the city being un navigatable due to the police cordens around the affected areas

the tube network is closed
most train lines are terminating services to the capital, many ending as far out as watford and croydon

There is speculation of a 'massive terrorist plot' but were not sure how likely that is yet,

so far the main problem has been logistical, with londons ability to move people seriously hampered, phone networks are also buckling with the load, as many of them dedicated bandwidth to emergancy services

I think people here have gotten a bit complaicent, this is nothing compared to some of the IRA attacks of old, i guess people here just forget pretty fast, London should get back on its feet pretty fast but my thoughts go out to those directly effected in the blasts

It's wierd, its been the first real attack on london since 9/11, as the IRA have been pretty inactive since the good friday agreement, and the response is totally different than it ever was, the mass FUD thats been spread has caused a bit of hysteria here and i doubt thats helping anybody

I'll keep ya posted..

 

thanks Ryan at least we know your ok tho..

 

Most likely is to do with the G8 + Iraq...why? All the leaders are in one place but security in Edinburgh will be tight as a ducks a*se, this takes the focus or security attention from London...In other words London becomes a much easier target then Edinburgh...the chaos is for all the leaders to see!

Nothing to do with the Olympics in my opinion. No way could they have planned all this from yesterdays Olympic announcement...just a coincedence. This has been carefully planned most likely before Live 8 was announced...However, they would have known about the G8 well in advance!

 

Here here...what chance have they (terrorists/nutters) got? Even the German Luftwaffe couldn't beat the city into submission!

 

well I for one am not surprised. I always knew it would happen at some point...just a question of when really...I think its about time Mr Blair got this situation seriously under control before other parts of the UK are hit just as bad...cos he dont it will happen.

 

It's likely when the casualty report comes in from the Bus blast more will be dead, the bus was supposedly packed (not suprising for a london bus going through holborn in rush hour) and the fact half of its missing kind of gives that impression

The PMs flying down to meet with some folks before returning to the G8, hopfully they will start updating us quicker, i mean how long does it take to look at whats left of a bus and say 'err yeah 2 buses have been blown up now'

:/

 

The thing has got me is that whilst the Bus thing did obviously kill a bunch of people, (literally ripped apart) Generally speaking this attack really didnt kill that many people, What it did do was bring all transport in and out of London to a grinding halt so perhaps their was an alterior motive.

We are trying a known terror protagnist tomorrow whom is known to have links to Al Queda so I'd imagine it has something to do with that.

 

IMHO, it's not as much of a surprise as you might think that "they" (whoever) hit London today - the entire security focus of the UK is on Gleneagles, no one expects a hit elsewhere. Seems like a backdoor attack, hopefully with no great ulterior motives. Who knows - early days yet, as always ...

 

Current figures

120 injured
20 dead

 

It's awfull

 

lokideviluk, can u quote the source of your figures please? Phoenix says 2 dead, the police aren't commenting and the media are, as usual, speculating like hell.

 

still not sure where all these dead figures are coming from
BBC News and Sky news are still reporting 2 confirmed, as well as the radio stations were tuned to here
im sure it will rise, but not sure where the figure '20' is being thrown about from

 

BBC NEWS

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm