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July 21st, 2005   Post 1
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Post; More blasts in London, UK.


From the BBC:

Tube cleared after minor blasts

Minor explosions using detonators only have sparked the evacuation of three Tube stations and the closure of three lines, a BBC correspondent has said.
Police cordoned off large areas around Warren Street, Oval and one of the Shepherd's Bush Tube stations.

A route 26 bus in Hackney Road in Bethnal Green had its windows blown out by a blast. There were no injuries.

Police in London say they are not treating the situation as "a major incident yet".

One person was injured at Warren Street. There were reports the injured person may have been holding a rucksack containing the detonator.

Police said armed officers had been deployed to University College Hospital after an incident.

The whole of the Northern Line has been suspended, along with the Victoria Line and the Hammersmith and City line.

A number of other stations were closed including Westminster tube station, Waterloo station and King's Cross Thameslink. There were also reports that St Paul's tube and Oxford Circus tube station were closed.

Tony Blair cancelled events in the afternoon and will be attending a meeting of the Cobra committee along with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.

The BBC's Andrew Winstanley said devices had been found but appeared to have been dummies, containing no explosives.

London Underground went to an amber alert with trains taken to the next station and evacuated.

An eyewitness at Oval station said there had been a small bang, and a man had then run off when the Tube reached the station.


Police have set up cordons round the stations

A spokesman for Stagecoach said the driver of the number 26 bus travelling through Shoreditch had heard a bang on upper deck, gone upstairs and seen the windows were blown out.

The bus driver was very shaken but said to be fine.

At Shepherd's Bush Hammersmith and City line station, police told reporters that a man had threatened to blow himself up and then ran off.

Sosiane Mohellavi, 35, was travelling from Oxford Circus to Walthamstow when she was evacuated from a train at Warren Street.

"I was in the carriage and we smelt smoke - it was like something was burning.

"Everyone was panicked and people were screaming. We had to pull the alarm. I am still shaking."

The BBC's Rory Barnett said there had been no smoke on the platform at Warren St.

Liz Edwards, who works near Warren Street Underground station, said the area was full of activity.

"There are police, fire engines and ambulances all around there. A guy from our office had just come back from the station and said the police were aggressively keeping people away from the station and that you could not get anywhere near it."
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July 21st, 2005   Post 2
SwordFish_13
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Hi,

WTF ..... Using Only detonators ........ hmmmm Definately Not a Work of Jihadi terrorists ......... they would generally try to strap as much Explosives to themself as they can .


Someone is trying to Create panic .

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July 21st, 2005   Post 3
Locke
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geez
leave the brits alone already
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July 21st, 2005   Post 4
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geez
leave the brits alone already
One thing for sure: my country will not, Locke. At least as long as the left is not in power. I know you were referring to Sword_Fish.
 
July 21st, 2005   Post 5
KC72
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they weren`t just detonators , they were proper bombs that failed to go off.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4705117.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4703853.stm
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July 21st, 2005   Post 6
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The enemy tried to hit again. Italy will be the next one. And yeah a lot of people will lay the blame on the same old Bush, or Israel, or whatever.
 
July 22nd, 2005   Post 7
Locke
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out of curiousity who are the main countries that bush and blair name as thier allies?
and who are the main countires the terrorist's name as thier future potential targets?
 
July 22nd, 2005   Post 8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
out of curiousity who are the main countries that bush and blair name as thier allies?
and who are the main countires the terrorist's name as thier future potential targets?
Yours and mine...
 
July 22nd, 2005   Post 9
Rabs
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And the this American has great respect for both of your contries and there soldiers.
 
July 22nd, 2005   Post 10
Damien435
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
out of curiousity who are the main countries that bush and blair name as thier allies?
and who are the main countires the terrorist's name as thier future potential targets?
It depends on if you are asking about the War on Terror or the war in Iraq. While the same thing, many people try to seperate them.