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LONDON (AP) - An explosion destroyed a double-decker bus in central London during rush hour Thursday, police said, and several blasts also went off on the London subway. There were reports of casualties.
People covered in blood stumbled out of the subway, and a witness said the entire top deck of the bus was destroyed.
"I was on the bus in front and heard an incredible bang, I turned round and half the double decker bus was in the air," Belinda Seabrook told Press Association, the British news agency.
She said the bus was packed with people.
"It was a massive explosion and there were papers and half a bus flying through the air," she said.
Officials shut down the entire underground network after the explosions. Initial reports blamed a power surge, but officials were not ruling out an intentional attack.
The attacks came a day after London was awarded the 2012 Olympics and as the G-8 summit was getting underway in Scotland.
One witness, Darren Hall, said some passengers emerging from an evacuated subway station and that some passengers had soot and blood on their faces. He told BBC TV that he was evacuated along with others near the major King's Cross station and only afterward heard a blast.
No question we need to support the UK just as they have been supporting us.Comrade said:Tony Blair was just on to give a public statement. His speech was outstanding. There are now perhaps 9 total attacks. And confirmed deaths now standing at '2' is no doubt something which will be only a fraction of the final tally. I find nothing to gloat about over the other UK trolls who I've argued with online before about this inevitable threat to our unified culture. I just want every person on that island to know the full force of the USA stands behind them, and that our traditional ties go deep.
REPORT FROM THE DC METRO [Michael Graham]
Just saw the police searching city buses at the Metro system station near my radio station. Squad cars with lights running are parked by several Metro stations and the DC police have announced that commuters this morning will see lots of bomb-sniffing dogs and officers with machine guns.
Coordinated attacks mean just that, and DC cops are taking that possibility very seriously.
Adam's Apple said:Do you think this will be a wake-up call to Europe about the reality of terrorism, or do you think they will just go on thinking that if you appease these guys and give them no trouble, they will leave you alone?
CSM said:I honestly think the rest of Europe will shake their collective heads and say "See what happens when you support the United States???? If the UK had been more like us (France, Germany, Spain, et al) they wouldn't be having this problem!"
Yep, and they'll work "Bush did it" in there too.Comrade said:I think the Libs will suffer immensely for this. There are many British who have been on the fence over the whole idea that the threat from foreign or domestic Muslim Extremism doesn't really merit the kind of unified national effort against it. This will swing the entire country into a pro-war stance in the next election, just like it did for the Conservative party in America. Why? Because there are very few free, Liberal Democracies which will rally behind the flag upon being attacked, but the British are certainly one of them.
More news: An immediate Isreali intelligence warning now reported by the media in the UK will no doubt alert the conspiracy theorists on the left to spin this for the next ten years, at least. God save us from the endless Zionist spin from the left undoubtable arising from this incident in the future, because it's coming, folks.
Mr. P said:Yep, and they'll work "Bush did it" in there too.
Cascadian (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-07-05 07:13 AM
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26. The British people must pressure Blair to bring the UK troops home.
These attacks were clearly the result of Blair's willingness to take part in Bush's war in Iraq. What happened in Madrid last year has happened again in London today. I hope people in Britain take the opportunity to bring pressure to Blair's government and bring their troops home from Iraq. If he does not, then Labour should make an effort to remove him from 10 Downing Street.
Comrade said:They already have:
http://www.democraticunderground.co...sg&forum=102&topic_id=1609487&mesg_id=1609487
The f*ckers make me sick.
Well there's good news regarding these type folks..I heard a few days ago they only account for like 3% of the population..Which makes them, well, just a pain in the ass. Oh, andComrade said:They already have:
http://www.democraticunderground.co...sg&forum=102&topic_id=1609487&mesg_id=1609487
The f*ckers make me sick.
