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London Bombings (Originally: Tube warning after 'bang' heard)

Blair is speaking!

Edit: "Clearly terrorist attacks", "Several casualties", "Leaving the G8 meeting to go to London", "Rejoining G8 meeting, not to interrupt that due to terrorism", "Particular barbaric on the day the G8 is meeting to solve the worlds poverty and environmental problems" [Man, he's p*ssed!]
 
edesignuk said:
I'm in Canary Wharf, in the 41st f***ing floor of the central tower. And apparently all public transport in and out of the area has now been closed off!!!!
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I used to work down by the London Arena, We use to get stuck on the island all the time when anything like this happened, We moved offices shortly after the Docklands bomb went off.

Today I got turned back at the Tube station, thankfully I go into work quite late.
 
robbieduncan said:
I'm in the CitiGroup building. Everything is very calm here. We have plans for this. We are currently trying to track all staff and ensure that they are OK. We are not evacuating for a couple of reasons:

1) We appear to be safe here.
2) There is no transport to get anywhere else.

Best wishes to all those effected, stay calm and try to jsut get on with things!
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I know we're "deemed" safe here, but the whole attitude of these types of places drives me nuts. All they care about is if the "systems" stay up :mad:
 
Tony Blair is stating that the explosions are indeed terrorist attacks and will be leaving immediately for London from the G8 summit.
 
Statement is over. He's leaving G8 in the next couple of hours, and heading back to London. He should return later this evening.
 
asif786 said:
i think this was just a scare tactic. whether something more is going to come..i dont know..obviously i hope not. it seems to me that whoever done it didn't want it to really kill people..they just wanted to show us what they can do.
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Let us not forget Al-Qaeda have threatened there would be more attacks in the future -- maybe this is the official start to their new campaign!

Oh boy...

At least [and not to make light of the subject] here in the mainland we're kind of used to dealing with terrorist threats and subsequent actions as demonstrated today... I'm thinking back to the campaigns implemented by the IRA during the seventies and eighties.

So, as we're still waiting to hear the "official" line as to who was responsible -- the chances are that we can thank Mr. Bush & Blair for their continued diligence in keeping us 'safe' at all times!

And lastly may I pass on my sympathies to all who may be affected [directly or otherwise] by today’s tragic events.
 
Nermal said:
Statement is over. He's leaving G8 and heading back to London. He will return later.
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5 minutes. I'm concerned about his last remark. Sounds a lot like George Bush's defiance speech to Congress. I hope this doesn't lead to more senseless killings.

I can't get away from the idea that these terrorist attacks were caused in part by Britain's support of Bush's war on terrorism.

I don't want to make this thread into a political debate. If the mods have any concerns, please feel free to edit my post if you deem necessary. I might suggest we create a new thread in the political forum should we feel compelled to discuss the political ramifications of these events in more detail.
 
What a speech, tony and what a man. He was clearly shocked and the fact he's coming to support the police, even if he isn't strictly needed shows his personality and first duty to be with the people of britain.

And then the last bit.. what a defiant speech, "you will not change our way of life." My opinion of the man just went up.
 
They have just located a statement on a european cell of al qaeda's website admitting responsibilty.
 
People still trapped at King's Cross, and fatalities. "Many casualties, and, we believe, deaths involved".
 
Nermal said:
People still trapped at King's Cross, and fatalities.
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My greatest fear is death by smoke inhalation, which can be the biggest threat. Those tunnels are fairly small and so not much room for fresh air. It's kind of eerie seeing those overhead helicopter shots from the outside is all calm and quiet.
 
This was always going to be the case, explosions in small enclosed spaces always cause injuries, it's incredibly difficult to work in the tunnels anyway, let alone trying to get to people trapped in a train that has been bombed, remember the damage that happened to the trains in madrid and imagine that in a tunnel 18 feet wide.

There are a lot more casualties to come sadly.
 
News or a story?

'Bomb', 'bombs', 'explosions'
Traffic wardens, police support officers and private security guards were all drafted in to man the cordons.

Policemen spoke of “a bomb” or “bombs,” or of “explosions.” The slowly expanding police cordon pushed before it droves of confused office workers, evacuated from the surrounding streets.

The cellphone networks quickly became jammed with callers trying to reassure loved ones of their safety, and shops filled with people begging the use of a phone. Some young women in a hairdressers’ shop were in tears.

People talked of hearing explosions, but the lightly concealed panic as the police combed the area for bombs made any degree of clarity impossible.

Traffic halted completely, engines off, the police lines blocking escape routes for all but cycles and motorcycles. But the uncanny absence of motor noise was hidden by the constant howl of sirens.

Two hundred yards away, the flashing lights and ambulance traffic bore witness to the fact that something had gone horribly wrong. But what?

Not knowing was the worst thing.

Reuters contributed to this report.
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I got this off the MSNBC site, it seems really odd that the way this was written made it seem more like a story, instead of reporting news.

It really bothers me.
 
robbieduncan said:
I'm in the CitiGroup building. Everything is very calm here. We have plans for this. We are currently trying to track all staff and ensure that they are OK. We are not evacuating for a couple of reasons:

1) We appear to be safe here.
2) There is no transport to get anywhere else.

Best wishes to all those effected, stay calm and try to jsut get on with things!
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are you guys still having to work? or are they letting you just watch tv?

i remember when 9/11 happened..at school..it was a total free-for-all..everyone was cramming into rooms with projectors..was nuts.

does anyone know where the 7th explosion was? i saw 6 on bbc but suddenly a while ago they started saying 7..
 
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