Current Affairs London Attacks!

It is now known that there was at least 3 suicide bombers that took part. All of which are Pakistani and are British born. They were all based in Leeds and the police have located their residence... or former residence since it was believed they moved out a few weeks before the incident.

Today was a day of mourning where the whole country held a two minute silence to reflect what has happened and pay tribute to the ones killed and injured on 7/7/05.

- Shen

 

I'm glad that our members from London are alright, and I hope that all your family and friends are fine too.

I talked with one lady I work with who's originally from London, she said that they never should have gotten involved. I just hope that all the victims of terror and of war find peace.

I hope that Italy and Denmark will be fine in the upcoming months.. Not to mention Japan as well.

 

Fresh alerts today where another 3 tube stations have been evacuted because of suspected "bangs" and "smoke" as well as another bomb on a bus. 4 tube lines have been closed off completely and there is just recent reports that armed police have entered and cordoned off University College Hospital... no news on that.

All these were first reported at around 12.30pm GMT where reported "gunshots" were heard at Warren Street(North central of London) tube station but that was quickly said to be detonators which did NOT detonate reported nail bombs. Eyewitneses saw a person rush into a carriage and dropped off a bag before this happened. One person hurt.

Oval(South London) tube station was reported to have smoke coming out of the carriage, but no solid details have been confirmed. No reported casualties

Shepard's Bush(West London) tube station is reported to have reopened but there has been little information on what happened here. No reported casualties

A small bomb blew out the bus' upper floor windows in Hackney(East London) and unluckily no reported casulties.



Just 2 weeks after that major incident and now this.... give us a break!

- Shen

 

Thats also what my family are saying, they sure do seem to be focusing alot on London these days, but i guess today was lucky since it was only the detinaters that went off and not the bombs themselves, a lot of people were very lucky today.
We've been on edge here today, since my Grandmother and Aunt went to visit London this week for mt Grandmothers 83rd birthday. After hearing nothing we finally got a call from here and my Aunt saying that they are fine, so we're all realived.

 

It's a sticky mess and no mistake. If Britain leaves Iraq because of this, then it will show the insurgents that they can win, that they can fight off the US. And they'll step up their work and make it all the harder. If Britain doesn't leave, then they'll assume they're not trying hard enough and step up their attacks anyway.

All I can hope for is that this gets resolved soon, because I don't want to see this war escalate any more than it has.

 

I agree, I wish all wars would just end but sadly they wont. If this goes any further who knows what kind of damage will be done the next time. I know I am in a very bad area, I'm near everything. Statue of Liberty, Washington D.C, Pentagon, Philadelphia, New York, and so much more. *I live in Pennsylvania about two hours away from Philly* I dont feel very safe here

 

The UK isn't going to pack up and leave. To be blunt, the bodycount was nowhere near high enough to be an effective method. On top of that, the classic "stiff upper lip" seems to be in effect.

 

*sigh* i think the world is coming to an end x_x we're all gunna blow eachother up

 

We've been killing each other for a long, long time cherrygirl. This is not the worlds end. Our world will survive long after we die, in all likelyhood, through one form or another.

There was a time before mankind. There will be a time after.

 

*shakes head* wow i suppose i should have made it clear i was being sarcastic -_-;;

 

The latest news confirms that the 4 terror suspects who were involved in the failed London bombings on 21/7 have all been arrested, 3 in London areas and one in Rome. As well as many others who are supposedly linked to the bombings/potential bombings in future.

All in all, the response by Scotland Yard has been rapid, which is good. It's actually quite scary if you look at the Police presence in London. Yesterday I visited Central London and the number of Met officers and SO19 offciers (armed Police) patrolling the streets, roads and underground is quite extraordinary.

- Shen

 

Don't apologize Zanza, I understand what you mean. If anything I know what it's like to have my religion trash talked about due to the actions of sinful people and the media, I'm Catholic.

Brainwashing is possible, there was a report that one of the suspects of the London bombing was a friendly school teacher. No one would have ever thought him to do something like that.

Myself, I'm a bit afraid though.. In the fall I'll be living in a residence that is right under the Ambassador Bridge, the bridge which connects America and Canada and generates the most trade between the two countries. But I'm not going to freak out if I see a person who is Muslim walking along and say "oh no, [he or she] is going to kill us!"

 

Same here, I'm Catholic and I get trash talked about. But I really don't care, I try to ignore it. Brainwashing, interesting topic. I guess it's possible to manipulate, not brainwash exactly. I mean, look at Anakin Skywalker (I know, bad example). He wasn't brainwashed, he was manipulated into thinking that joining the Dark Side was the right thing to do. So maybe that's what happened to the people who did this; they were manipulated into thinking it was right. I've got nothin' else to say.


-Ian

 

I don't see the point in sucide booms. Your voice should speak louder then your death. I just can't believe some people. Brainwashing or manipulating people seams interesting but some people would say that to try and get out of trouble right? I doubt it has ever worked. But things like that you never know.

I believe that the person who does things like this is the terrorist not the religion or other people of the same ethnic or religion.