London Underground...

[hobmoblin]

Anyone hear about what just happened on the London Underground? I don't know exactly what happened but there have been several explosions apparently the work of Al Queda...

Discuss!

/me waits for Axx

[Atresica]

6 explosions in the subway
1 explosion in a buss
2 death
90 wounded
7 critical

I doubt it's al Qa'ida, the date doesn't hold a symbolic value.
Besides that, they have been scared about anti-globalists as well, but those are in glasgow...
IRA could be as well...

[hobmoblin]

Tony Blair has and is still giving a statement - Well a statement of the obvious. But yeah what you said ^^^

Don't Axx, Pandy and Bushmeister live in London? (probably some other members too)

[Atresica]

Yeah, but not in the neighbourhood of the explosions

[the_angry_monkey]

Very bad news indeed! Possible supects so far:

al Qa'ida - naturally the standard response
Israeli group - Benjamin Netanyahu is in London - could be targeted at him
IRA - heightened tensions in Ireland at the moment
Other group - connected with either G8 or the Olympic bid

[hobmoblin]

Yeah I thought Olympic bid but then I thought who would give a fuck

[ChaosFish]

The Angry Monkey: Israeli groups don't do such things, never did and will will do. Unless *maybe* if it would be their enemy (i.e. arabs) (Which is of course also WRONG). Just letting you know.

[the_angry_monkey]

Chaosfish - I was just putting down the suggestions offered by various news sites. I'd go myself for an anti globalisation group being responsible.

[the_angry_monkey]

It's all very disturbing....I'm sure more details will come to light shortly.

On a side note - how does this thread have 8 replies but only 1 view?!?

[Reek]

This is very clearly not an assasination attempt, so that rules out Israeli motives.

[panadol]

i hear it from the news and read it here

[the_angry_monkey]

Originally Posted by Anakin

This is very clearly not an assasination attempt, so that rules out Israeli motives.

Good point! It's is clearly designed to disrupt - tho if it's about G8 - why not hit Edinbrugh?

[Double-J]

Well, sorry to burst all the bubbles of the skeptics, but it just came across the CNN and Fox wires that Al Qaeda Europe has claimed responsibility for the attacks. I guess they really are terrorists, and not just scapegoats, as some would prefer.

Also reports coming in that Israeli security tried to notify UK security shortly before the incident that they learned of the plot. More to come, I suppose.

I hope our London MBN members will respond, let us know they are okay.

[Blind Prophet]

Originally Posted by Axx

NOT TO MENTION, Edgware road is considered the Arab city of london, everyone there is arabs, Algate is a asian (pakistani etc) region, i find it ironic that blame is on alqaeda and 2 of the targeted regions are 2 of the most muslim heavily populated regions.

They crippled there own country when they were in power and they have killed 1000's of tehre own countymen through siucide bombings do u think they care whether there killing a lot of British muslims or not?

[Atresica]

Originally Posted by Axx

NOT TO MENTION, Edgware road is considered the Arab city of london, everyone there is arabs, Algate is a asian (pakistani etc) region, i find it ironic that blame is on alqaeda and 2 of the targeted regions are 2 of the most muslim heavily populated regions.

Yeah but they showed in Saudi Arabia and Iraq that they didn't mind blowing up Moslims as well.

Current casualties:
33 death
350 wounded

If this was Al Qa'ida, something must have gone wrong with their plan. This isn't the same scale as Madrid, even though 3 million people use the london transport each day.

[Jasiek]

Madrid, London, wonder what city from the anti-terrorpig coalition will be next(hope it' not Warsaw - but who in the big wide world gives a damn about Warsaw... ) And I sincerely hope that Blair will avenge the victims in a nice bloody manner, and when they'll catch those bastards, send them to the Guantanamo boys, they'll make nice little railroad stations from their bottoms.

[Reek]

Jasiek - What good does revenge do?

[CS2x]

Yes, this is terrible. Reminds of the Madrid bombing.

Most news sites are suggesting Al Qa'ida, but I don't have a clue.

[Purple Sheep]

As soon as I leave the country, the G8 summit happens, London wins the Olympic bid and now this. The news doesn't seem to like me.

My first guess would be that it was Al-Qaeda, but I don't really have much knowledge of these matters so I don't know.

[Gustav Sweden]

33 dead??? This is sick. We are at war. Seriously, those guys are threatening our democracy. I hope that this will wake up the sceptics in Europe. The regimes that support this kind of violence must be punished. Go to Saudi-Arabia and put a lethal blow on islamofascism.

The Angry Monkey: Israeli groups don't do such things, never did and will will do. Unless *maybe* if it would be their enemy (i.e. arabs) (Which is of course also WRONG). Just letting you know.

OK. Stateled terrorism is much better.

I doubt it's al Qa'ida, the date doesn't hold a symbolic value.

... Then we could stop guarding our streets on all dates expect those with symbolic value?

[Jasiek]

Anakin, there is a difference between a mindles revenge, and avenging the victims using laws, the ones that are responsible for this bestiality should be punished, in the hardest way the British/Inernational law can offer (not death, I do not like the Idea of a law sanctioned murder).

[DedalousDiggle]

Originally Posted by Jasiek

Anakin, there is a difference between a mindles revenge, and avenging the victims using laws, the ones that are responsible for this bestiality should be punished, in the hardest way the British/Inernational law can offer (not death, I do not like the Idea of a law sanctioned murder).

Bestiality...? O_o

[Jasiek]

?? I ment this terrorist atack today, is it a wrong word to describe terrorism ?

[hobmoblin]

Bestiality, isn't that when you like animals a bit too much? Or is that Beastiality?

[Atresica]

Originally Posted by Gustav Sweden

... Then we could stop guarding our streets on all dates expect those with symbolic value?

Nope, just that they seem to like symbolism.