London bombs

[The Hunter]

True my friend, I guess Im getting paranoid.

[slum_goddess]

i thought paranoid was the new normal. when i saw your article, i immediately thought--oh great, that's like the UK version of 'bin laden determined to strike w/i the US' memo that was ignored.

[The Hunter]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto.../International/

[Malicious Intent]

Reuters:

Britain’s top intelligence and law enforcement officials concluded less than a month before the London bombings that there was no group with current intent and the capability to attack the United Kingdom, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing a confidential intelligence report.

The media is focusing on this, pointing fingers at intelligence agencies saying they let us down. I think that is just more towards pushing for the inevitable conclusion that we need a facist state.

Before we all draw that conclusion, what I want to know is if the government had this information, WhyTF are we being told we need ID cards as terrorists are ten a penny?

[DudeAsInCool]

I agree with Hunter's perspective.

As for me, I have no fear whatsoever. I am not going to change my lifestyle one iota...

Eventually the terrorists will be brought to their knees, and the leadership in this country will be changed for the better

[Mister Spong]

As for me, I have no fear whatsoever. I am not going to change my lifestyle one iota...

Eventually the terrorists will be brought to their knees, and the leadership in this country will be changed for the better

Spot on that man. I'm going to carry on exactly as before. I can't spend the next (hopefully) 60 years avoiding places on the off chance that someone is going to blow me up.

These bastards should grasp the concept that they might cause what in the scheme of things is a relatively minor inconvenience (that might sound like I'm trivialising it but London is conducting it's business pretty much as normal at the moment) and that they will never win.

[Malicious Intent]

It isn't the terrorist who change things, it is the political reaction.

The funniest thing I hear is people saying we wont let them win. Do we even know what it is they want? No one has said, except the politicians who put forward the laughable sugestion that they want us to run around screaming until democracy collapses and we all hate and kill each other.

Unless we know what they want, we cant stop them from getting it. Perhaps they want us all branded with "property of the UK government" in the form of ID cards or perhaps they love the idea of people being locked away without trail. Maybe they enjoy stop and searches. If that is what they want, then I hate to say it, but they are winning.

To those who say this wont change their lifestyle, I say the government will make sure that is not true.

[slum_goddess]

Unless we know what they want, we cant stop them from getting it.

dunno if this is true or not but this might be what they want ('al queda give EU states a month to quit Iraq')

[Malicious Intent]

I think we have seen enough fake claims to doubt this one until we hear more.

If this one is real, there is nothing in there about wanting to change our lives, only about us wanting to change theirs.

[The Hunter]

Breaking news.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4703777.stm

[Malicious Intent]

Yeah - I've just been watching. Fingers crossed it is just frayed nerves causing this. They aren't reporting smoke on the TV news, saying they are sending in sniffer dogs. *Hopes* Sounds more like precautionary measures to me *Hopes*.

[Malicious Intent]

They are saying on the news that if there was any injuries, we would have seen them by now.

An eye witness said there was a loud bang , but no injuries (or by the sounds of it even damage) on her train.

[The Hunter]

It appears to have been only a minor blast, but more than enough to shake people up.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4703777.stm

[Malicious Intent]

Copycats? Too crap to think of their own idea or get real explosives

[slum_goddess]

i hate this. a good friend drives a bus in London...i txtd him before and still no answer.

[Malicious Intent]

There is speculation that it is just a group after publicity, rather then anyone wanted to do real damage.

What is strange is that the police keep pushing everyone further back as if they are expecting something they weren't when the police first arrived and 100m seemed enough.

Arrest at Whitehall now. PM to speak soon.

[slum_goddess]

yeah, i'm watching...so depressing even if it's 'only a hoax' as they're mentioning now and then

[Malicious Intent]

Blair sounded more annoyed that it has interupted his meeting with Howard.

Yet again he makes sense. His undertone was that it was a minor incident that has been blown out of proportion. He is saying again that nothing can be done to stop stupid events like this.

Then it all went wrong with the Q+A.

Howard came across well - wrong, but well.

[Malicious Intent]

Copycats? Too crap to think of their own idea or get real explosives

Beginning to sound like it was a more serious attempt, but they need better bomb makers!

[Malicious Intent]

The bus driver is fine slum. He has been chatting on the news. Just a little bit shocked.

[Malicious Intent]

latest update

London Mayor Ken Livingstone has announced the cost of transport in London is set to rise.

Travel on the underground network will cost an arm and a leg and buses are going through the roof.

That's the tasteless humour Dude :D Posted by Grab at ZP.

Or:

Did you hear about the al-qaeda terrorist with a sweet tooth? He had three tubes of smarties and a double decker!

[The Hunter]

Man shot dead by police on Tube

A man has been shot dead by armed officers at Stockwell Tube station, as police hunt four would-be bombers.

Passenger Mark Whitby told BBC News he had seen a man of Asian appearance shot five times by "plain-clothes police officers" with a handgun.

"I saw the gun being fired five times into the guy - he is dead," he said.

Passengers were evacuated from the Northern Line station in south London. Police have also cordoned off a 200-metre area around the station.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4706787.stm

[Warflower]

Alot of activity over here in NYC on the trains...police dogs, police searching the trains, backpacks...very scary... :(

[Malicious Intent]

Man shot dead by police on Tube

A man has been shot dead by armed officers at Stockwell Tube station, as police hunt four would-be bombers.

At least we got the Olympics <_>

[Malicious Intent]

Alot of activity over here in NYC on the trains...police dogs, police searching the trains, backpacks...very scary... :(

Keep yourself safe.