LONDON Bombings

[ctabuk]

They have hit again, no reports really to hand yet, I'll keep you all posted. But one story say's that people actually chased a bomber trying to leave the scene. 4 Underground stations have been closed.

[wrmineo]

I'd like to send my sympathies to the UK. Luckily, premilinary reports all indicate this has been more on the nuisance versus destructive scale. That does not mitigate the acts, it is just a sigh of relief that casualties seem minimal - as few as one.

What is really remarkable to me is that London reacted very, very well; it was a calculated and calm response, not an over-reaction.

I applaud the citizens and their government for an awesome display in a saged, mature and immediate response.

[KeithO]

They have hit again, no reports really to hand yet, I'll keep you all posted. But one story say's that people actually chased a bomber trying to leave the scene. 4 Underground stations have been closed.Glad to see you report on it as opposed to be in it. News over here is very sketchy too.

[paulhiles]

I was travelling back from Stratford to Tooting via Bank and we had to leave the tube at Bank station.
The whole of the Northern line was closed, many streets were cordonned off, and the majority of London's commuters seemed mostly concerned with how they would complete their journeys.

A massive police presence was apparent in all areas. Only one casualty reported so far, and they are not seriously hurt - thankfully!

Paul

[greeneagle]

It's starting to sound like a second wave may have been planned and explosive compounds were mixed at the same time, but the compounds stabilized over the last 2 weeks, so that all that went off were the detonators.

That's just a Mechanical Engineers opinion based on limited International news we rcv here..

Ken

[paulhiles]

Sounds very plausible Ken.
The police are certainly in possession of several unexploded devices. Consequently, there's plenty of forensic evidence to hopefully help them track down the perpetrators.

Paul

[wrmineo]

... police are certainly in possession of several unexploded devices. Consequently, there's plenty of forensic evidence to hopefully help them track down the perpetrators.
Paul

Paul:

Glad you're okay; great to see your post and checking in!!

Let's hope the thrawted attempts today only lead to better identification as you'd indicated!

We here at the home office in Lexington, Ky. are glad to see our English brethren are relatively unscathed. Timely updates from Ctabuk, paulhiles and others are appreciated.

Thanks again for your posts.

[jmiller]

I am so sick and tired of this bullshit. I hope y'all catch the guys who are doing this and strap them to something awful--like Baby Spice.

Anyway, hang in there. One day we'll end this scourge on humanity.

[greeneagle]

Paul,

Looks like that is the way it's playing out, thank God!

I known for a long time about the extreme prowess and reputation that Scotland Yard has, but I heard about another agency, I think it was "GM-1", "IM-1"or something like that.

Who are they, and what is their expertise? Are they like our "Secret Service"?

Just curious,

Ken

[greeneagle]

You very rarely hear about police shooting someone dead in London... What's going on over this morning guys? Mosques surrounded... fill us in, sounds wild over there this morning, more like something I would expect in Houston!

What's the scoop?

Ken

[bobkom]

In india the bombings were common because here there are several people belong to different communities are living but the problem is comming with the terrorists that are comming from another country and they are encouraging their religion and doing attacks on other people and religions convertions has been increasing and the converters are mainly comming from the us and uk i dont know why these christian people are comming to india and they are creating tensions in india aan if they really want to serve the people why dont they do in their countries is in there country there is no poor people at all why they always try to to things on others in india there is so much freedom to the peole either in caste and religion people from other countries were entering in and troubling us and there are recent bobm blastings in mumbai in india all the places are crowdy and even a single bomb can cause more people to dead its lucky in uk even though that much many bombs are blasted deaths are very low muslims from pak and bangladesh maoists from nepal tigers from srilanka if i go on to tell there willl be long pages like indian history.

[paulhiles]

I known for a long time about the extreme prowess and reputation that Scotland Yard has, but I heard about another agency, I think it was "GM-1", "IM-1"or something like that.

Who are they, and what is their expertise? Are they like our "Secret Service"?
You might be thinking of MI5 and MI6? The two agencies are responsible for national security (very similar to your own "Secret Service"). MI6 are geared towards covert operations overseas (more like the James Bond character!), whereas MI5 is more concerned with security within the UK.


You very rarely hear about police shooting someone dead in London... What's going on over this morning guys? Mosques surrounded... fill us in, sounds wild over there this morning, more like something I would expect in Houston!

What's the scoop?
The BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4706787.stm) site reports one man shot dead by the police. The incident happened on the tube train itself, and must have been horrific for the people on the train. The suspect had been chased on to the train and was shot five times while on the floor of the carriage.
The man is believed to be connected with yesterday's bombings, but that's about as much as anyone knows at present.

Paul

[admin100]

This is just one of the messages that are in circulation around UK at the moment


terrorist warning, read this now!

PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS MESSAGE AROUND YOUR OFFICE AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE TAKES PART THIS FRIDAY:

The Leaders of the world are asking for your support to combat terrorism and we are being encouraged to demonstrate against these terrorists this
Friday at 15:00 hours.

It is a well-known fact that Al Qaeda are against alcohol consumption and think it is sinful to look at a naked woman.

Therefore, at 15:00 hours this Friday, all women should run naked through the office while men chase them with a beer in their hands.

This is the best way to show our disgust for Al Qaeda and will hopefully help us in detecting the terrorists amongst us, so anybody who does not do as proposed will be deemed a terrorist, denounced to the world and shot.

We have a very strange sense of humour in the UK

[KeithO]

GO FORTH AND SPREAD THE WORD!

[jmiller]

raise your hand if you think any project involving femmes au naturale is worth while *raising hand*

[KeithO]

raise your hand if you think any project involving femmes au naturale is worth while *raising hand*
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[greeneagle]

Guess I'm just an old stick in the mud. But I think inappropriate humor aught to be called for what it is.

Should we take a poll and see how many Brits think these incidents are funny?

Sorry guys, there is really no place for humor about the bombings 2 weeks ago, the loss of 56 lives, the terror inflicted on our top alli and their culture and society, nor the seriousnesss of a follow-up attempt.

My personal feelings are that any attempt at humor in this thread or about this topic is not only ill-placed and disrespectful, but plain rude.

Ken

[paulhiles]

Agreed Ken, the incidents themselves aren't funny in the slightest. However, sometimes the best reaction to overcome a serious setback or shock is to make light of events, and actually, this is quite a distinct British trait.

I am however concerned, with the scenario of numbers of naked females running about London, being chased by guys holding beer bottles. I feel this might severely hamper police operations at this time!

On a more serious note, it's now believed the police are operating a "shoot to kill" policy when a terrorist threat is thought to be immediately apparent. All very worrying indeed, but we must take whatever means necessary to stem this sudden wave of terror attacks on our city.

Paul

[greeneagle]

Paul,

They will most likely learn from their mistakes and perp a 3rd wave!

They were embarassed in front of the world by their own infidelity.

They have more to prove than before after a miserable failure on the world stage.

I hope the powers to be are not discounting their determination.

I don't think anyone can attach humor to that probability!

IMO - This situation is way to terse still to apply humor. Watch out - it's just not under control yet!

We would appreciate you guys continuing to check in, in case of any ensuing "events".

Ken

[paulhiles]

We would appreciate you guys continuing to check in, in case of any ensuing "events".
We'll do our best to keep you posted.

Let's hope we get a result from the investigations very soon!

Paul

[webhost1]

I saw on the news today that they have been rounding up quit a few that are suppose to be envoled from different countries.

They also shot someone in the tunnel that was running away? Right Wrong? I did not see the whole story and did not wait to see it again.

UK is acting very fast in caughting who did this. I guess it pays to have TV that you can see all round the world for someone, someplace will either see or hear something that was envoled with this.

[admin100]

Have you all heard about the ICE campaign?

Basically it stands for In Case of Emergency, we are putting ICE on our mobile phones with the telephone number of who we want contacted if anything happens to us.

Just a reaction to the bombings again but a very positive one

[greeneagle]

That is a very good idea. It can save quite a bit of time for authorities in sorting things out as well as contacting immediate family.

Many people don't carry their insurance cards with them - not so much a worry for Brit's and the social medical system.

Ken

[Tubby]

I was born and bred in London, when I was younger my mother used to take in lodgers and we usually had three or four of them in the upstairs two rooms. Irish men were regular boarders and my mother used to tell them regularly that they were not allowed to keep bombs in the house, and If they were going to bomb anything to tell her now so that she can get there possessions out on to the footpath. she did not think it was at all funny, and I never saw an Irishman smile when she told them.

There will be huge problems as the population starts to view a particular look as a threat. When we start to see a bomb under every turban we loose the war.. My mother passed away years ago, she always viewed an Irish accent with profound suspicion. .

[Tubby]

it seems the police shot someone not connected with the bombing five times in the head in public view.
No, it was not someone with blond hair and blue eyes.

[admin100]

The person shot, was seen leaving a building under survelleince, and then ran away.

Seems like there is more to this story than meets the eye

[Tubby]

Yes. what we enter now is the justification stage.

I realy hate the justification stage, this is where we disregard our core values untill we stand naked with nothing. .