Could be More Bombs in London???

[Chris Henrys Dealer]

08:47 21Jul2005 UPDATE 1-Security alerts at three London stations -police

(Updates with details,background)
LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Emergency services rushed to three London underground stations in London on Thursday, two weeks after bomb attacks killed more than 50 people.
There were also reports of an explosion on a bus in the Hackney area of east London.
Transport authorities said no one was reported injured in the incidents.
Sky TV, quoting a police source, said the explosions were detontors rather than bombs themselves.
But a source at the underground transport company said one nail bomb exploded at Warren Street underground station. There were also unconfirmed reports of a shooting.
One witness said he was told by a fellow passenger that a small explosion blew apart a rucksack on one underground train.
Bomb attacks on three undergound trains and a bus in London killed 56 people, including the four bombers, on July 7.
A spokesman at Scotland Yard police headquarters told Reuters: "We can confirm emergency services are responding to reports of incidents at three locations on the underground -- Oval, Warren Street and Shepherd's Bush."
The Fire Brigade said Warren Street underground station was evacuated after reports that smoke was seen coming out of a train.
The witness told Sky TV a passenger on a train near Warren Street underground station had told him there had been a small explosion in a passenger's rucksack.
"The rucksack was blown open by the force of a minor explosion," he said.
A television reporter at Oval underground station said police had cordoned off the area and brought in sniffer dogs.
(SECURITY-BRITAIN, Reporting by Paul Majendie, editing by Steve Pagani; Reuters Messaging: +44 207 542 7947))
Thursday, 21 July 2005 08:47:31RTRS [nL21659019] {C}ENDS

[Jamie_B]

I read somthing about this on MSNBC this morning, I wonder what the differences are in terms of how they are securing vs how we are.

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[quote]MSNBC News Services
Updated: 11:07 a.m. ET July 21, 2005
LONDON - Explosions struck three London Underground stations and a bus at midday Thursday in a chilling but less deadly replay of the suicide bombings that killed 56 people two weeks ago.

Only one person was reported wounded, but the lunch-hour explosions caused major shock and disruption in the capital and were hauntingly similar to the July 7 bombings by four attackers.

The London police commissioner confirmed Thursday that four explosions took place in what he described as “a very serious incident.”

“We’ve had four explosions — four attempts at explosions,” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair said outside police headquarters at Scotland Yard.

“At the moment the casualty numbers appear to be very low ... the bombs appear to be smaller” than those detonated July 7.

At a news gathering, Prime Minister Tony Blair appealed for calm. He said the people behind the incidents are trying to "scare people" and "make them anxious."

Blair said police were hoping to get the city's transit system "back to normal as quickly as possible."

Chase
Minutes before the prime minister spoke, police with their weapons drawn escorted a man away from the gates at the end of Downing Street. 

A police officer drew a firearm and aimed it at a target beyond the range of television cameras. Another officer then led away a man whose black shirt was undone. The man also wore black trousers and appeared to be of Asian or Middle Eastern origin.

Meantime, police were searching a London hospital Thursday for a man wearing a blue shirt with wires protruding from a hole in the back, a TV report said.

An internal memo at University College Hospital in north London urged staff to watch for the man, described as a black or Asian male, about 6-feet-2, Sky News television reported.

No chemicals
One witness told Sky TV that a fellow subway passenger told him a backpack exploded at the Warren Street station and there were reports of smoke.

Sky TV reported that police said no chemical agents were involved in the explosions.

Explosions also were reported at the Shepherds Bush and Oval stations.

Emergency teams were sent to all three stations after the incidents, which began at 12:38 p.m.

Witnesses said they had seen what could have been a would-be bomber running away after dropping a rucksack on one of the trains.

“We all got off on the platform and the guy just ran and started running up the escalator,” one witness who gave her name as Andrea told the BBC.

“Everyone was screaming for someone to stop him. He ran past me...and he ran out of the station. In fact he left a bag on the train,” she said.

Bus blast
Passengers were evacuated off a bus in Hackney, east London, and police cordoned off streets nearby. The bus company said a blast blew out the windows of the bus but a police officer on the scene said there were no signs of damage.

A police officer told Reuters: “The bus driver heard a bang at the back of the bus. He thought it was probably a vehicle that had hit him.

“He stopped at a nearby bus stop and saw a suspect package at the back of the bus.”

The fire brigade put on protective clothing before moving towards the bus.

Closed-circuit TV cameras on Hackney Road showed the No. 26 bus immobilized at a stop with its indicator lights flashing. The area around the bus had been cordoned off.


Haunting similarities
The incidents paralleled the blasts two weeks ago, which involved explosions at three Underground stations simultaneously — quickly followed by a blast on a bus. Those bombings, during the morning rush hour, also occurred in the center of London, hitting the Underground railway from various directions.

Thursday’s incidents, however, were more geographically spread out.

London Ambulance said it was called to the Oval station at 12:38 p.m. and Warren Street at 12:45 p.m. The July 7 attacks began at 8:51 a.m.

“People were panicking. But very fortunately the train was only 15 seconds from the station,” witness Ivan McCracken told Sky news.

McCracken said another passenger at Warren Street claimed he had seen a backpack explode. The bombs which killed 56 people on board three underground trains and a bus in London on July 7 were carried in backpacks, police said.

Smell of smoke
McCracken said he smelled smoke and that people were panicking and coming into his carriage. He said he spoke to an Italian man who was comforting a woman after the evacuation.

“He said that a man was carrying a rucksack and the rucksack suddenly exploded. It was a minor explosion but enough to blow open the rucksack,” McCracken said.

“The man then made an exclamation as if something had gone wrong. At that point everyone rushed from the carriage.”

Services were shut across the Underground system, which serves 3 million Londoners daily.

“I was in the carriage and we smelt smoke -— it was like something was burning,” said Losiane Mohellavi, 35, who was evacuated at Warren Street.

“Everyone was panicked and people were screaming. We had to pull the alarm. I am still shaking,” Mohellavi said.

He told The Associated Press he did not see smoke but rather smelled something similar to an electrical fire.[/quote]

[-Dan_Bengals_FL-]

It seems that only one person was injured, which is a lot better than the last attack.


The policy of harboring terrorists is not working out so well for them right now.

[Chris Henrys Dealer]

Dan, sorry, I'm not following you here, what about their policy is harbouring terrorists?

The guys who conducted the first round of bombings were born and raised there. They were British for all intents and purposes. If, lets just say hypothetically it happened State side, where a bunch of guys born and raised in the US planned and carried out an attack, how could you fault the govt. for harbouring them? They're US citizens and residents by birth and law.

[Guest Bengal_Smoov]

Thankfully only 1 person was injured, don't know what else to say. Do they know whose responsible? This can't be good for Blair's approval rating.

[-Dan_Bengals_FL-]

Tell me me if I am mistaken, but doesn't England at least in the past, harbor known terrorists, in sort of a don't hurt us, we won't hurt you sort of way. Sorry, all the points were speculation, but that England's choice to harbor known terrorists, has allowed the some terrorists to create a following inside the country itself, which allows them to reach to people such as the three born citizens in England. Again this was just some stuff I was reading.

[Guest bengaljet]

Why don't the British impliment our color code system? We got all the colors picked out and could help them get going. What are they waiting for-Christmas? Brits have cameras all over London to try to catch these terrorists after they blow themselves up--they need a good plan like we got.
Brits may as well be playing duck,duck,goose.