Livebloggng
by Nick BarlowOther blogs covering this live:
Europhobia
Tim Worstall
Perfect
Bloggerheads
Normblog
Yorkshire Ranter
I’ll add more as I find them
Other blogs covering this live:
Europhobia
Tim Worstall
Perfect
Bloggerheads
Normblog
Yorkshire Ranter
I’ll add more as I find them
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
This news needs careful watching:
Spanish police arrested 16 suspected Islamist militants on Wednesday, including followers of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and men preparing to become suicide bombers in Iraq, the Interior Ministry said. t was the second European swoop in two days against suspected backers of the Iraqi insurgency, following Germany’s arrest of three Iraqis on [...]
“A car bomb exploded in the Spanish capital on Wednesday, injuring three people, 45 minutes after a Basque newspaper received a warning in the name of Basque separatist group ETA, police said.”
Reuters One Hour Ago
Thankfully no-one was killed. On this occassion there seems little doubt who was responsible. This bombing follows recent controversial moves by [...]
“The insurgents in Iraq are very violent, but you defeat them not just through military effort,” Ms. Rice told reporters traveling with her on Sunday. “You defeat them by having a political alternative that is strong.” Now, she added, Iraqi leaders are “going to have to intensify their efforts to demonstrate that in fact the [...]
Earlier this month, we noted that the end of the Orthodox mourning period for the victims in Beslan might bring rapid reprisals for the attack. Hasn’t happened.
This is not to say that there won’t ever be reprisals, just that the worst fears have proved unfounded. And frankly, the North Caucasus can use all the good [...]