What's going on?

[Tippster]

859 :BC-POLICE Explosion Hosp PA POLICE Explosion Hospitals Lead = 2 BBC Radio 5 reporter Stephen Chittenden told listeners shortly before 11.30am that a convoy of four London buses had arrived at the Royal London Hospital.
He said passengers were taken to the A&E department.
"On the bottom of three of the buses were people with blackened faces looking very very distressed. The last bus was full."
Nurses were waiting for the injured with trolleys and chairs.
And he said he saw another ambulance arrive containing "two very seriously injured-looking people".
He estimated that 60 or 70 people with blackened faces had arrived at the hospital this morning.
The Royal Free Hospital in north London said it received 57 casualties. "We are seeing fractures, smoke inhalation, open wounds and burns," it said in a statement.
Nine people were admitted including three who underwent operations for fractures.
None of the injuries was expected to be life-threatening.
The injured included two children, a four-year-old boy and one aged 10 or 11. The older child was treated for smoke inhalation and the younger one had a check-up before being given the all-clear.
The Royal Free was told to stand down from the emergency plan at about 2.45pm.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust said it had received 20 patients, three of them critically injured.
Six sustained major injuries and 11 minor.
Injuries ranged from smoke inhalation and burns to serious limb and chest injuries.
The Trust said all the patients were adults, eight of them female and 12 male.
Security staff stood outside St Thomas' Hospital, where all routine appointments were cancelled.
St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, said it had received 36 casualties, of whom six are critically injured, 17 seriously injured and 13 have minor injuries.
It could confirm that there were no deaths and said it had treated no children.
The serious wounds at St Mary's included lacerations and smoke inhalation.
"We are still taking more patients in but we cannot say how many more," a spokeswoman said.
University College Hospital in central London, near the scene of the Russell Square blast, said it was treating 50 casualties, of whom a number are seriously injured.
Professor Jim Ryan, senior A&E consultant who is leading the major incident team, said: "They are coming in with blast injuries.
"They have fragmentation, skin, inhalation and limb injuries.
"These are characteristic of a terrorist incident - multiple injuries to the body."
University College was placed on major incident alert at 9.30am and the first casualty was brought in 15 minutes later.
Of the 50 injured, all are adults and a number are believed to be foreigners.
Prof Ryan said he had heard French, Italian and Spanish being spoken by some of those brought in.
The seriously injured are undergoing surgery and will be transferred to the intensive care unit. The least seriously injured are expected to be released later today.
Prof Ryan said: "One of the things that has characterised this episode is the number of senior staff on site within moments. It has been really wonderful to see.
"Even the builders working on a site have been offering to donate blood."
A team of psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers is also on site to counsel victims.
Dr Jane Collins, chief executive of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, said her staff were currently operating on two seriously injured patients.
She said around 12 people had been taken to the hospital from the Russell Square area incidents, with most described as "walking wounded".
Many were suffering from burns and other injuries related to explosions such as cuts from glass.
London Ambulance Service said it was currently only sending ambulances to patients across the capital with life-threatening illnesses or injuries.
"As an example, this is people who have difficulty in breathing or persistent chest pains; those who have stopped breathing; or who have received traumatic injuries. This will enable us to focus on treating the large numbers of casualties at the scene.
"We would urge callers with minor injuries or illnesses to think about using other healthcare options, for example visit their local pharmacist or walk-in centre, or call NHS Direct for advice.
"If people need to go to hospital, they should use other modes of transport - call a taxi or get a lift with a friend or family member."
Red Cross volunteers helped treat the injured. Sarida Foye, who gave assistance at Liverpool Street, said: "I was in central London when I heard about the blasts. I made my way over to Liverpool Street station where I linked up with the Red Cross at the scene and provided extra assistance. I just wanted to do whatever I could to help."
Ten British Red Cross ambulances were called into action as part of the pre-planned major incident plan and a further 14 are on stand-by.
Marcus Stephan, operations director for London, said: "We will continue to provide support for as long as we are needed."
mfl 071519 JUL 05 REUTERS 071420 GMT jul 05

[Mulletizer]

Very glad to hear you're all ok, especially you Mrs R. As soon as I heard mention of Russell Square I was proper worried. Here's hoping that all the other people I know who work around there are ok. And everyone around there...

[Tippster]

100 BC-SECURITY-BRITAIN-DEATHS-(URGENT) :BC-SECURITY-BRITAIN-DEATHS (URGENT) Police confirm at least 33 dead from London blasts
LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) - London police said at least 33 people were killed on Thursday morning in four bomb blasts that rocked the British capital. Brian Paddick, deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, said seven people were killed on an underground train near Moorgate station, 21 confirmed dead near Liverpool Street subway station and five dead at Edgware Road.
People were also killed when a blast blew the roof off a double-decker bus near Russell Square but the number was not immediately clear. ((SECURITY-BRITAIN-DEATHS, London Newsroom +44 207 542 6472)) 071430 GMT jul 05

[Mrs Roo]

Very glad to hear you're all ok, especially you Mrs R. As soon as I heard mention of Russell Square I was proper worried. Here's hoping that all the other people I know who work around there are ok. And everyone around there...

Of course! Your mate Chaz at Holborn tube. Holborn is fine. Another mate/colleague has been holed up in a coffe shop opposite the station all day because they wouldn't let him come up to the hospital.

[watersnowdirt]

God - just woke up here on the West Coast to this terrible news. My heart goes out to all of you over there, and to everyone who lost someone today.

This is terrible. I'm so glad to hear the Roos are ok.

[summit]

Four coordinated bomb attacks, 33+ dead, 45+ critical injuries, more minor injuries.

Roo I'm sorry for your countrymen.

So is this Irish or Islamist terror? Smells like Islamist to me.

Can you hear the SAS sharpening their knives?

[Tippster]

Around here the wonks insist it's alQaeda. Multiple coordinated attacks on civilians in mass transit sites....

[Blurred]

Four coordinated bomb attacks, 33+ dead, 45+ critical injuries, more minor injuries.

Roo I'm sorry for your countrymen.

So is this Irish or Islamist terror? Smells like Islamist to me.

Can you hear the SAS sharpening their knives?

After further thought, I'd think this is in retaliation for the Brits having our back in Iraq. Kind of like the bombing in Spain which made the Spainards pull out of Iraq like the pussies they are.

fuck the terrorists.

[DJSapp]

Roos, et. al. Britmags, very glad to hear you're ok. Terrible things happening in the world today. ++++++++ vibes for all.



afterthought: I know there's a tasteless French joke in here somewhere to attempt to lighten some spirits...

[vertigo]

Kind of like the bombing in Spain which made the Spainards pull out of Iraq like the pussies they are.

once again you've managed to judge the tone of things perfectly. you really are a fuckwit mate.

[13]

Smells like Islamist to me.

I agree, totally different type of targeting.

The provos usually targeted specific people or with a tactical purpose in mind, civilians were often innocent bystanders.

This reeks of islamic fundamentalism being that they went after the civilian population, nothing tactical about it.

[bad_roo]

So is this Irish or Islamist terror? Smells like Islamist to me.

Police have issued an e-fit of a reported suspect.


Seriously, it sounds like a group pleading affiliation to Al-Qaeda have claimed responsibility.

[Tippster]

596 BC-SECURITY-BRITAIN-EUROPE-(UPDATE-1,-PICTURE) :BC-SECURITY-BRITAIN-EUROPE (UPDATE 1, PICTURE) UPDATE 1-Europe tightens security after blasts hit London (Updates with Russian and Dutch response)
By Phil Stewart
ROME, July 7 (Reuters) - Countries in Europe tightened security on Thursday after four deadly bombings in London, fearing more attacks across the continent.
Italian Interior Minister Guiseppe Pisanu said all of Europe had raised its alert level. French officials reviewed vulnerable sites and Spain, where al Qaeda-linked train bombings killed 191 people last year, offered to help track down the killers.
"There is (heightened alert) in all of Europe," Pisanu said. "As the violence breaks out again one must keep one's nerves steady and face it."
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende warned of a pan-European terrorist threat and stepped up border checks and increased security around British buildings in his country.
"Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on," Balkenende said.
A previously unknown group calling itself the "Secret Group of al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe" claimed responsibility for the coordinated blasts that killed scores of people in the British capital.
It warned Italy and Denmark to withdraw their troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Italian news agency ANSA reported, adding, however, that the Italian secret service called the group's claim "unreliable".
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin put France on its second highest level of security after convening his defence, interior and foreign ministers.
"I have asked the interior and defence ministries to make proposals on how to increase protection of the most vulnerable sites," he said.
Security analysts said the apparently coordinated blasts across London's transport network bore similarities to those in Madrid in March last year, when 10 bombs hidden in sports bags exploded on four packed commuter trains.
As with the Madrid attacks, which occurred three days before a general election, the London blasts appeared timed to coincide with a major political event. They took place as leaders of the Group of Eight nations met in Scotland.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said that he had ordered the Interior Ministry to activate "all of the alert and prevention systems".
"Spain, which has suffered the scourge of terrorism...offers its immediate and unconditional help, as well as its full support to the United Kingdom to pursue the criminals that have carried out such a repulsive attack," Zapatero's office said.
Russia, no stranger to attacks on its own soil, said it was boosting security accross the country, including airports, railway stations, ports and embassies. A Chechen suicide bomber killed 10 people last August outside a busy metro station, just before the Beslan school massacre in which 330 died.
Czech Interior Minister Frantisek Bublan told reporters police were planning to strengthen patrols in the underground system, railways and airports and at shopping centres and other important buildings, including the headquarters of the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe in central Prague.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder called for a united worldwide effort.
"We agree that the international community must do everything and use all available means to fight terrorism together," Schroeder said.
(Additional reporting by Reuters bureaux) ((SECURITY-BRITAIN-EUROPE, editing by Andrew Dobbie; Rome newsroom +39 06 8522 4350; fax +39 06 854 0568; rome.newsroomnews.reuters.com)) REUTERS 071447 GMT jul 05

[DJSapp]

Police have issued an e-fit of a reported suspect.

There's that french joke I was looking for.

[summit]

Jeez... they are showing footage of London EMS giving CPR to bombing victims.

Fucking terrorists

[Tippster]

464 :BC-POLICE Explosion Time PA POLICE Explosion Timetable = 1 HOW LONDON ATTACK NEWS GOT OUT
By David Stringer, PA
At least 33 people are dead and hundreds have been injured in terrorist strikes on London which caused four explosions on tube lines and bus routes today.
Here is a timeline of events:
8.51AM: Seven people are killed in an explosion on a Circle or Central line train 100 yards from Liverpool Street Underground station.
The blast happens in the region of Moorgate, Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations.
8.56AM: A total of 21 people are killed following a blast on the Underground close to Russell Square and King's Cross stations.
9.15AM: First report from the Press Association of emergency services called to London's Liverpool Street Station to reports of an explosion
9.17AM: Five people are killed in an explosion at Edgware Road Underground station. Police said a blast ripped through a carriage, a wall and into two other trains.
9.24AM: British Transport Police say there are reports of one person suffering a life-threatening injury and several "walking wounded".
9.33AM: All London Underground services are suspended - the network says it as the result of a power fault across the network.
9.33AM: London Underground tells the Press Association there has been "another incident at Edgware Road" station.
9.40AM: British Transport Police say power surge incidents - some causing explosions - have occurred on the Underground at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square stations.
9.47AM: An unknown number of people die when an explosion tears through the back of the number 30 Hackney to Marble Arch bus. The blast happens at the junction of Woburn Square and Tavistock Place.
10.00AM: The National Grid, which supplies power to the Underground, confirms there have been no problems with its system.
10.02AM: Scotland Yard says its officers are assisting with what has been termed a "major incident" and confirms there have been casualties.
10.10AM: It is confirmed that Prime Minister Tony Blair is being updated on the chaos in the capital between meetings with heads of state at the G8 Summit in Gleneagles.
10.13AM: Union officials tell the Press Association that they have been told there has been at least one explosive device on the Underground.
10.14AM: Eyewitness Belinda Seabrook tells the Press Association how she saw an explosion rip though a bus as it approached Russell Square.
10.21AM: Scotland Yard confirms there have been "multiple explosions" in London.
10.23AM: British Transport Police confirm there has been an explosion on a bus in Tavistock Square.
mf 071555 JUL 05 REUTERS 071455 GMT jul 05

[summit]

SKY News: 45 dead, 150 serious injuries, 1000+ other injuries

[grizzle6]

So sorry to hear about this. Found out this morning and immediately just felt sick. Glad to hear the London mags are okay. Thought and prayers.

[PNWbrit]

Best wishes and prayers to everyone in my hometown

[Mrs Roo]

After further thought, I'd think this is in retaliation for the Brits having our back in Iraq. Kind of like the bombing in Spain which made the Spainards pull out of Iraq like the pussies they are.

Wanker .......

[EPSkis]

Roos ~ Of course, you two were the first I thought of when I heard this.
( I know Mulletizer's swabbing decks. )

Relieved to see both of you here. Be careful, be mindful & know you're in our thoughts.

[Dexter Rutecki]

Wanker .......

Agreed. The only pussy around here is a fucktard like Brett and all his aliases making inane statements like the one you quoted (times like this I'm more glad for the ignore function than usual).

Heard the news on the way to work this morning, they're saying that security here in NYC is being tightened on the subways (do we even have security on the trains??).
Glad to hear Euro-mags seem to be OK. This thread was the first I'd seen with pictures--bus with a roof folded back like a tin can, too much like the shots of trains in Madrid and busses in Israel. Wish we weren't so overextended in Iraq so we could actually do something about these bastards.

[teledave]

Police have issued an e-fit of a reported suspect.

Good to see you're keeping your humor about you. Glad you all are OK. I don't really have the words to express anything further.

[Mrs Roo]

The statement:

In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate, may peace be upon the cheerful one and undaunted fighter, Prophet Muhammad, God's peace be upon him.

Nation of Islam and Arab nation: Rejoice for it is time to take revenge against the British Zionist Crusader government in retaliation for the massacres Britain is committing in Iraq and Afghanistan. The heroic mujahideen have carried out a blessed raid in London. Britain is now burning with fear, terror and panic in its northern, southern, eastern, and western quarters.

We have repeatedly warned the British Government and people. We have fulfilled our promise and carried out our blessed military raid in Britain after our mujahideen exerted strenuous efforts over a long period of time to ensure the success of the raid.

We continue to warn the governments of Denmark and Italy and all the Crusader governments that they will be punished in the same way if they do not withdraw their troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. He who warns is excused.

God says: "You who believe: If ye will aid (the cause of) Allah, He will aid you, and plant your feet firmly."



Nice one, you bastards

[Tippster]

60 BC-SECURITY-BRITAIN-ALERT-(URGENT) :BC-SECURITY-BRITAIN-ALERT (URGENT) US raising terrorism alert level for rail, metro
WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - The United States is raising the terrorist threat level for rail and mass transit systems, but not for airlines, after the bomb blasts that rocked London, a U.S. government official said on Thursday. ((Reporting by James Vicini; editing by David Alexander; Reuters Messaging: jim.vicini.reuters.comreuters.net; 202-898-8396)) REUTERS 071505 GMT jul 05