Archive for July, 2005

July 7, 2005

Terrorism

Bus Bomb May Have Been Intended For Tube

by Edward Hugh

Brian Paddick, assistant deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police has just explained to a press conference that the bomb which exploded on a London bus in Woburn place may have gone off early.
“British police said a bomb that blew the roof off a London double-decker bus on Thursday morning may have been destined for [...]

Terrorism

London Update V

by Edward Hugh

As the dust settles, more and more of the details become clearer. The BBC have a good summary of three tube station bombs and the bus bomb (thanks for link to perfect.co.uk). The three tube bombings were on the Picadilly line between Kings Cross and Russell Square, at Edgware Road station, and in [...]

Terrorism

Update IV

by David Weman

Update (16:35 CET):
London’s mobile phone network is overloaded and spotty. The police is asking people not to call unless it’s important.
AP:
Two U.S. law enforcement officials said at least 40 people were killed and London hospitals reported more than 350 wounded. A senior police official confirmed at least 33 deaths killed in the subway [...]

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London bombings Kinja digest

by David Weman

I’ve created a kinja digest with bloggers who cover the situation. It works half-decently. Possibly useful.
And I’ll recommend the Wikipedia coverage once again.

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Terrorism

Livebloggng

by Nick Barlow

Other blogs covering this live:
Europhobia
Tim Worstall
Perfect
Bloggerheads
Normblog
Yorkshire Ranter
I’ll add more as I find them

Terrorism

London Update III

by David Weman

The jihadist website should of course not be taken at face value. They may well be full of it. I would be surprised if jsome jihadists aren’t responsible though.
There’s a Wikipedia entry on the bombings. They are generally very useful with these sort of events, distilling, summarizing all relevant info.

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London Update II

by Edward Hugh

Der Spiegel is reporting that a group of radical islamists is claiming responsibility:
A group calling itself “Secret Organization ? al-Qaida in Europe” has posted a claim of responsibility for the series of blasts in London, a German magazine reported Thursday.
Der Spiegel magazine reported that the group posted its message on a Web site popular with [...]

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London Update

by Edward Hugh

Just following on from David, there is in fact a lot of blog activity. Tim Worstall is live blogging. John - shot from both sides - had to walk to work, Alex, the Yorskshire ranter can see things from his office window, Perfect.co.uk is also following things closely etc, etc.
As I said in comments, there [...]

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Terrorism

Explosions in London, suspected terror attacks

by David Weman

Many people were hurt today in a “major incident” on London transport as suspected terrorist attacks caused multiple explosions on tube trains and buses and plunged London’s transport network into chaos.
There’s still a lot of confusion, and little information.
The Guardian Newsblog and Europhobia are liveblogging.
British Transport police initially said power surges had caused explosions, but [...]

Terrorism

Bombs in London

by Scott MacMillan

This is more or less an open post to discuss what’s going on London. I’m sure I know much less than many of you at this point.

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