<!--QuoteBegin-panda de malheureux+Jul 7 2005, 06:01 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (panda de malheureux @ Jul 7 2005, 06:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Those french really dont like to lose :/ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I made the same joke to my mom, after seeing it on TV.
yeah, I was gonna say... with the G8 on I suppose london presents a rather promising target now with it's lowered security. Well... untill this explosion went off that is. Now it'll be on high alert so hopefully that'll discourage any further attacks there.
I just hope they aren't trying to distract people so they can plan an attack up here, but I doubt they'd do that :p
<!--QuoteBegin-Thaldarin+Jul 7 2005, 10:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thaldarin @ Jul 7 2005, 10:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Jul 7 2005, 11:56 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Jul 7 2005, 11:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> wow, I just woke up to all this! :o I hope everyone is ok and it's horrible that something like this happened. It reminds me of Madrid.
Kinda surprised they hit london instead of targetting the G8 but I guess security being tighter up here because of such a thing might've discouraged that. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> 10,000 police are protecting the G8 summit. Half of them sent from South England. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I heard reports of 2 dead at one station and nothing else, although 9 are critically ill in hospital (can't remember which). 6 explosions overall according to the police. Was a bit worried seeing as i have relatives in London, but they don't work near to the places where the events have been occuring.
<!--QuoteBegin-Thaldarin+Jul 7 2005, 06:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thaldarin @ Jul 7 2005, 06:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> 5,000 people approx. at the stations/tubes. So there will be alot more than just that 100 dead. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> its not that many m8, not yet anyway
<!--QuoteBegin-Thaldarin+Jul 7 2005, 11:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thaldarin @ Jul 7 2005, 11:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> 5,000 people approx. at the stations/tubes. So there will be alot more than just that 100 dead.
EDIT: To make it clear from the post just after. 5,000 people using the service. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Please don't make random speculations, for the sake of people who may have families in london.
<!--QuoteBegin-Olmy+Jul 7 2005, 12:13 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Olmy @ Jul 7 2005, 12:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Thaldarin+Jul 7 2005, 11:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thaldarin @ Jul 7 2005, 11:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> 5,000 people approx. at the stations/tubes. So there will be alot more than just that 100 dead.
EDIT: To make it clear from the post just after. 5,000 people using the service. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Please don't make random speculations, for the sake of people who may have families in london. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> 4 Carriages attacked. Approx 100 people per carriage and approx 10 carriages per train. Then people on platforms. Thats around 5,000 people and most probably more.
Okay, CNN and Google News aren't responding, probably due to server load. <a href='http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Explosions%2C_'serious_incidents'_occuring_across_London' target='_blank'>Wikinews</a> (run by same people as Wikipedia) is responding, though.
Wow. This is... wow. I can't believe I was there only a few weeks ago. Narrow miss.
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I hope everyone from the boards and their friends/family are ok. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Obviously there are people arnt there that wont be <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Really bad timing too considering London was just selected to host the 2012 Summer Olympics too. Yea its far off but still bad timing.
bad timing? Maybe not; maybe this is exactly the timing they were aiming for :s Admittedly; for anyone other than terrorists a bomb going off is bad timing no matter what else is happening.
Seems like they blow up the bombs on the LU, waited for buses to get crowded (because the LU is down, and bus is the only other way apart from car), then blow up at least one. Advice is to stay where you are.
My brother in law fancied cycling to work today. I just hope he stays okay; he works at Oxford Circus.
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Jul 7 2005, 01:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Jul 7 2005, 01:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> bad timing? Maybe not; maybe this is exactly the timing they were aiming for :s Admittedly; for anyone other than terrorists a bomb going off is bad timing no matter what else is happening. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Makes you wonder. What if there are bombs in Paris too but just not detonated. In case if Paris won the Olympics. I'm not saying this whole bombing has anything to do with winning the Olympics, but you never know.
CplDavisI hunt the arctic SnonosJoin Date: 2003-01-09Member: 12097Members
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Jul 7 2005, 06:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Jul 7 2005, 06:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> bad timing? Maybe not; maybe this is exactly the timing they were aiming for :s Admittedly; for anyone other than terrorists a bomb going off is bad timing no matter what else is happening. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Probably more for the G8 Conference, as the olympic commitee was still debating on where it would take place until only yesterday.
but yea anytime is bad timing.
btw, i cant remember, was it NYC or London I cant remember, it happened about a year ago or so where police had been finding all these unattended bags and cases around subways.
People thought that terrorists planted them there to see how long the response time was for officals to find them and take note of the packages etc.
I'm OK. I live in South East London (ftl) but I'm in Montpellier for the moment, although I do use some of those stations, but rarely that early in the morning.
In a way this doesn't surprise me. IMO it was just a matter of time until London got terrorised, so in a way I'm surprised nothing like this has happened since the last IRA bombing. There have purportedly (yeah I read the Beeb's article) been many stopped, notably in the last few years but it looks like this time <i>they</i> (whoever it may be) have managed to pull it off.
P.S.
Me: Is mum there? Bro: yea, shes here Bro: havnt got thru to dad yet Me: ah
Good luck, man. I hope he's okay. He probably will be.
This hasn't surprised me - I took the tube every day for four years up until a couple months back (moved back with my parents for now). You know there's always a risk of this happening. But it's still shocking.
FOX News I noticed covered it 'nicely' to say the least when I flicked over for a second. "And what about the bodies? Talk about the bodies!" Nice people.
This isn't the first time this is happened,nor the last. The difference is perhaps the two significant events that are happening.
*London gets Olympics. *G8 Summit.
Makes me think about the Olympics mostly,cos what would happen if the terrorists decided to attack then? Would be chaos. On a 'very slight' amusing note,I discovered this while I was playing Counter-Strike as a terrorist. <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-SuitePee+Jul 7 2005, 07:08 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SuitePee @ Jul 7 2005, 07:08 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> On a 'very slight' amusing note,I discovered this while I was playing Counter-Strike as a terrorist. <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I'd use the term <i>coincidental</i>. Less likely to get you lynched.
just heard it was 7 bombs, woke up to see "terrorist attack in lopndon" and blair saying something in english i was too tired to understand then the news said that 2 was dead and that people was running up from the underground covered in bloodand dirt
poor people <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
just to point out the g8 is entirely at the other side of the country from london so it won't have anything to do with the G8 probably outside of the lower level of security down south caused by reinforcing bonny Scotland... Unless of course the terrorists think scotland is part of england and the G8 was even remotely near London which doesn't say much for their geography skills ¬.¬
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Jul 7 2005, 07:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Jul 7 2005, 07:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> just to point out the g8 is entirely at the other side of the country from london so it won't have anything to do with the G8 probably outside of the lower level of security down south caused by reinforcing bonny Scotland... Unless of course the terrorists think scotland is part of england and the G8 was even remotely near London which doesn't say much for their geography skills ¬.¬ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I'm pretty sure they know that Gleneagles isn't in London. ;P
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Jul 7 2005, 12:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Jul 7 2005, 12:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> just to point out the g8 is entirely at the other side of the country from london so it won't have anything to do with the G8 probably outside of the lower level of security down south caused by reinforcing bonny Scotland... Unless of course the terrorists think scotland is part of england and the G8 was even remotely near London which doesn't say much for their geography skills ¬.¬ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Terrorist attack anywhere = disruption. Especially seeing as Blair, who's chairing the summit, is now coming back down to London for the day.
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I made the same joke to my mom, after seeing it on TV.
Now it'll be on high alert so hopefully that'll discourage any further attacks there.
I just hope they aren't trying to distract people so they can plan an attack up here, but I doubt they'd do that :p
I hope everyone is ok and it's horrible that something like this happened. It reminds me of Madrid.
Kinda surprised they hit london instead of targetting the G8 but I guess security being tighter up here because of such a thing might've discouraged that. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
10,000 police are protecting the G8 summit. Half of them sent from South England. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I heard reports of 2 dead at one station and nothing else, although 9 are critically ill in hospital (can't remember which). 6 explosions overall according to the police. Was a bit worried seeing as i have relatives in London, but they don't work near to the places where the events have been occuring.
EDIT: To make it clear from the post just after. 5,000 people using the service.
its not that many m8, not yet anyway
EDIT: To make it clear from the post just after. 5,000 people using the service. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Please don't make random speculations, for the sake of people who may have families in london.
EDIT: To make it clear from the post just after. 5,000 people using the service. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Please don't make random speculations, for the sake of people who may have families in london. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
4 Carriages attacked. Approx 100 people per carriage and approx 10 carriages per train. Then people on platforms. Thats around 5,000 people and most probably more.
Wow. This is... wow. I can't believe I was there only a few weeks ago. Narrow miss.
Obviously there are people arnt there that wont be <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Really bad timing too considering London was just selected to host the 2012 Summer Olympics too. Yea its far off but still bad timing.
Admittedly; for anyone other than terrorists a bomb going off is bad timing no matter what else is happening.
My brother in law fancied cycling to work today. I just hope he stays okay; he works at Oxford Circus.
6 explosions now.
Blair's address was atrocious...
Admittedly; for anyone other than terrorists a bomb going off is bad timing no matter what else is happening. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Makes you wonder. What if there are bombs in Paris too but just not detonated. In case if Paris won the Olympics. I'm not saying this whole bombing has anything to do with winning the Olympics, but you never know.
Admittedly; for anyone other than terrorists a bomb going off is bad timing no matter what else is happening. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Probably more for the G8 Conference, as the olympic commitee was still debating on where it would take place until only yesterday.
but yea anytime is bad timing.
btw, i cant remember, was it NYC or London I cant remember, it happened about a year ago or so where police had been finding all these unattended bags and cases around subways.
People thought that terrorists planted them there to see how long the response time was for officals to find them and take note of the packages etc.
In a way this doesn't surprise me. IMO it was just a matter of time until London got terrorised, so in a way I'm surprised nothing like this has happened since the last IRA bombing. There have purportedly (yeah I read the Beeb's article) been many stopped, notably in the last few years but it looks like this time <i>they</i> (whoever it may be) have managed to pull it off.
P.S.
Me: Is mum there?
Bro: yea, shes here
Bro: havnt got thru to dad yet
Me: ah
<!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I wokeup late this morning, got ready and then I get an MSN message saying its canceled and to see the news.
I had realized if I had decided to go early I would be in that chaos right now.
This hasn't surprised me - I took the tube every day for four years up until a couple months back (moved back with my parents for now). You know there's always a risk of this happening. But it's still shocking.
Bleh.
qft.
Y'all get that folks, AAAAH KAAAAAII
Dagnabbit
Excellent.
"And what about the bodies? Talk about the bodies!"
Nice people.
This isn't the first time this is happened,nor the last. The difference is perhaps the two significant events that are happening.
*London gets Olympics.
*G8 Summit.
Makes me think about the Olympics mostly,cos what would happen if the terrorists decided to attack then? Would be chaos.
On a 'very slight' amusing note,I discovered this while I was playing Counter-Strike as a terrorist. <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I'd use the term <i>coincidental</i>. Less likely to get you lynched.
poor people <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I'm pretty sure they know that Gleneagles isn't in London. ;P
Y'all get that folks, AAAAH KAAAAAII
Dagnabbit <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Good to hear, ya little yokel.
Terrorist attack anywhere = disruption. Especially seeing as Blair, who's chairing the summit, is now coming back down to London for the day.