July 2005 London bomb blasts: UPDATES AND NEWS ONLY - NO DISCUSSION

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CNN website front page saying their sources are reporting 40 [forty] dead. http://www.cnn.com/

this compounds my fear that we are witnessing an orchestrated slow-drip of news/ reporting of casualties deaths etc, in order to manage public hysteria and fear (something that will have been planned in event of an attack such as this, no doubt with the public mood of places like oldham/ bradford in mind).

 

[ddraig]

kens' been crying hasn't he, he said what needed to be said
tony and his protracted statement/sermon is a cunt

 

[mysterygirl]

Ah, nice one, I was wondering about that as I might need to start driving (if the tube is out of action for a while)...

oh... it's only suspended for the day... Well, it's not like anyone will be driving through is it?!

The only ones likely to be driving out are those that drove in........ ie no more than usual, it seems to me...

 

[Rocket Romano]

Metro reporting Newcastle City Centre being patrolled by armed police officers. Monument Mall was evacuated after a train alarm was hit on its own Metro underground station.

Apparantly theres people going around Newcastle begging and when recieving money saying 'thankyou, stay away from the metrocentre'

Sorry for going off topic. Lots of police around here, guess its just precautionary

 

[KeyboardJockey]

(something that will have been planned in event of an attack such as this, no doubt with the public mood of places like oldham/ bradford in mind).

And Dagenham. :-(

 

[William of Walworth]

This is the first actual confirmation of a controlled explosion in SW7 that I've seen.

There are a lot of houses like that in the area, but it looks like one of those very near the tube station. One or two of them are embassies or consulates.

Looks like it could be part of the IC buildings near princes gardens. The housing office perhaps.

Good to see the RLC doing thier job though.

Yes, I saw a later post saying it was Exhibition Road. Very close to us.

RLC???

 

[DJ Squelch]

British muslims warned to stay indoors incase of reprisal attacks.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=110545050&p=yyx545575&n=110545652

Another sad off spin off these attacks is that it will probably increase support for the BNP.

 

[William of Walworth]

CNN website front page saying their sources are reporting 40 [forty] dead. http://www.cnn.com/

this compounds my fear that we are witnessing an orchestrated slow-drip of news/ reporting of casualties deaths etc, in order to manage public hysteria and fear (something that will have been planned in event of an attack such as this, no doubt with the public mood of places like oldham/ bradford in mind).

Sky are already saying 45 casualties

And 1000 injured ...

 

[Loki]

this compounds my fear that we are witnessing an orchestrated slow-drip of news/ reporting of casualties deaths etc, in order to manage public hysteria and fear (something that will have been planned in event of an attack such as this, no doubt with the public mood of places like oldham/ bradford in mind).

I think the discrepancy is because the BBC only reports officially confirmed figures, whereas other news agencies go by "reliable" but unofficial ones.

 

[belboid]

& at the same time, the beeb ticker is reporting Al Qaida have just killed the Egyptian envoy.

A simple and serious message to the G8 it looks like

 

[kyser_soze]

CNN website front page saying their sources are reporting 40 [forty] dead. http://www.cnn.com/

this compounds my fear that we are witnessing an orchestrated slow-drip of news/ reporting of casualties deaths etc, in order to manage public hysteria and fear (something that will have been planned in event of an attack such as this, no doubt with the public mood of places like oldham/ bradford in mind).

What do mean by 'fear'? Fear of more casualties or fear of managed media?

It is possible that people in critical conditions are dying and new bodies beign found, hence the updating...after all this is a 'live' event.

 

[Belushi]

kens' been crying hasn't he, he said what needed to be said
tony and his protracted statement/sermon is a cunt

whatever people think of ken he is a true londoner

 

[Jangla]

Apparantly theres people going around Newcastle begging and when recieving money saying 'thankyou, stay away from the metrocentre'

Source?

Thought not.

 

[Rocket Romano]

Source?

Thought not.

Just been quoted on Metro Radio. There was an advice link about this on Northumbria Force website. I will try to track it down for you.

 

[Loki]

Apparantly theres people going around Newcastle begging and when recieving money saying 'thankyou, stay away from the metrocentre'

Sounds like the old urban myth tbh.

 

[adsr]

Heard from one of my friends at Imperial College the suspect bag was outside the School of Mines on the corner of Exhibition Road and Prince Consort Road. Still not sure what it was tho

 

[Flavour]

If they want to make economic impact, i advise all Mancs to stay away from Trafford Centre, as it is 2nd most likely target after town.

 

[William of Walworth]

Heard from one of my friends at Imperial College the suspect bag was outside the School of Mines on the corner of Exhibition Road and Prince Consort Road. Still not sure what it was tho

That's about half way up between where Ex Road joins Cromwell Road, and where it joins Kensington Gore at the top. Not far from main Imperial College campus.

 

[Tank Girl]

Apparantly theres people going around Newcastle begging and when recieving money saying 'thankyou, stay away from the metrocentre'

lol - I was wondering when someone was going to bring that one up! makes a change from it being an arab warning you to stay away from the tube.

 

[Rocket Romano]

I'm aware its an Urban myth but its not helping that it was dismissed by the Police several months ago yet the major local radio station broadcasts it

(btw, how do people feel about the likelihood of further attacks outside London?)

 

[pk]

Originally Posted by ddraig
kens' been crying hasn't he, he said what needed to be said
tony and his protracted statement/sermon is a cunt

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Ken may have saved many lives today - his increase on congestion charging to £8 means many people now leave their cars at home - so the emergency services could access the affected zones far quicker.

Sure, there's the obvious increase in people travelling by public transport - but in the 20 years or so I've been commuting the tubes are always rammed in rush hour, same as the buses.

 

[tom k&e]

Sounds like the old urban myth tbh.

indeed

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/cocacola.htm

 

[SubZeroCat]

That's about half way up between where Ex Road joins Cromwell Road, and where it joins Kensington Gore at the top. Not far from main Imperial College campus.

South ken is a bit of target what with embassies and stuff. I went to school there and when 9/11 happened we were evacuated because our school was seen as a unlikely but possible target.

 

[Belushi]

Heard from one of my friends at Imperial College the suspect bag was outside the School of Mines on the corner of Exhibition Road and Prince Consort Road. Still not sure what it was tho

Fuck, know it well, hope it was just a dozy student and not an attempt to blow IC up

 

[sunflower]

Victoria mainline station is closed.

 

[harpo]

well, I've just lost my vodafone signal completely. Has anyone else?

 

[maomao]

(btw, how do people feel about the likelihood of further attacks outside London?)

We're against them. Let's not speculate, it's too upsetting. We'll know 99% of it by tommorrow.

 

[Wookey]

The Casuality Bureau Hotline number is: 0870 1566 344.

 

[LJo]

My vodaphone signal's gone, has been intermittent all day.

 

[Tank Girl]

Victoria mainline station is closed.

about 15mins ago the bbc said that victoria mainline was open