Attack in UK

[[TLB]Milito]

Our prayers are with our friends and TLBer's in the UK.

So sorry to hear about your loss.

May the animals that did this rot in hell.

[[TLB]Sinister]

I second that. Take care of yourselves and families.

[Tartan_Tart]

the following is the local news i recieved. sympathy to all in england.



BREAKING NEWS: MORE THAN 40 FEARED DEAD IN LONDON BOMB BLASTS Previous Story ("]Next Story [/url]| [url=")| Back to list (http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=148571&command=newModule&sourceNode=148308&page=1) Terrorists brought carnage to London today with a series of bombs that killed and maimed people across the capital.

More than 40 people were reported dead after three co-ordinated blasts on the Tube network and a bus explosion that appeared to be the work of a suicide bomber.

Osama bin Laden's Al Qaida network has claimed responsibility for the attacks which occurred as the G8 Summit was getting under way in Scotland.

The attacks appeared to mirror last year's assault on the transport network in Madrid in which almost 200 commuters died.

http://content.thisis.co.uk/sitewide/londonblasts170.jpg Police confirmed there had been at least nine deaths at Edgware Road tube station and two more at Aldgate Station.

And seven died when a double decker bus packed with people forced off the underground when the network was ripped apart by a massive blast.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said it was too early to put a figure on the numbers killed, but there were unconfirmed reports that the death toll was around 45.

A group calling itself the Secret Organization Group of al Qaida of Jihad Organization in Europe claimed responsibility for the attacks in a message on an Islamic website.

It said: "The heroic mujahidin have carried out a blessed raid in London. Britain is now burning with fear, terror, and panic."

The message called on Moslems to "rejoice" at the attacks which it said had been carried out in revenge for the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

As the scale of the attack became clear ministers attending the regular Thursday cabinet meeting convened an emergency Cobra committee to deal with the crisis.

Premier Tony Blair broke off from hosting the G8 Summit to deliver a televised statement on the incidents shortly after noon today.

He said: "It's particularly barbaric that this has happened on a day when people are meeting to try and help tackle the problems of poverty in Africa.

"It is reasonably clear that this is a series of terrorist attacks and it's reasonably clear it is aimed to coincide with the G8.

"It's important that those engaged in terrorism realise that our determination to defend our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction.

"Whatever they do it is our determination that they will never succeed in theiir desire to impose extremism on the world," he added.

In a statement to the Commons, Home Secretary Charles Clarke said there had been four explosions, one on a bus at Woburn Place and three on the Tube.

He said the three underground explosions happened between Aldgate and Liverpool Street stations, between Kings Cross and Russell Square stations, and at Edgware Road station.

More than 180 casualties and one of the dead were taken to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel while 26 were taken to St Mary's Hospital.

London Ambulance Service spokesman Paul Woodrow said: "We are dealing with large numbers of casualties and we believe there are a number of fatalities."

The terror attacks began with a series of explosions on the Tube network during this morning's rush-hour.

The blasts were initially blamed on a power surge but it soon became clear that it was a co-ordinated terrorist attack on the capital.

Mainline stations were closed and Tube and bus services were cancelled across the city. The series of incidents came less than 24 hours after Londoners celebrated the award of the 2012 Olympic Games.

[[TLB]Xanthos]

This will be a difficult war for many years to come.

Very sorry to hear the news. It will only serve to intensify our resolve and our solidarity.

[[TLB]Festus]

Kill soldiers, kill their leaders, but to attack innocents is rephrensible.

Animals like these should be sent on their way to the next world as slowly and painfully as possible, missing a few vital parts they'd require when they met those "virgins" they are promised.

[SQUEAK]

In the overall scheme of terrorist attacks on London, this has been quite small in terms of damage and casualties, but has totally paralysed the entire transport system. This was a bloody well planned operation.
More of a political hit than an attack on people [although that doesn't lessen the hurt on those who have been injured] and I would not place too much credence on the initial "Al Queda" claims.
This would appear to have originated elsewhere. Watch the news and read everything twice.

The devices themselves appear to have been small but powerful, which would indicate high-explosive rather than a home-built IED. This does point to a well established group rather than the work of a small band or singleton, but these days over here it's a lot easier to pick up some pretty good stuff from our eastern neighbours.

We've had worse. New-York had a lot worse. More people died on the roads today than as a result of this action.

Let's not try and declare war on whoever did this. They will win.

Dune - keep your head down. You may be a bleedin' cockney, but you're our bleedin' cockney.


News - www.bbc.co.uk (http://www.bbc.co.uk/) First - Best - Honest

PS. Mrs SQUEAK was in London on Tuesday, so don't think I'm not sitting here counting my blessings....

[-OGz-GLUTEUS_MAXIMUS]

Our thoughts and prayers are with our UK friends. I was on this morning with Dune when the news came. Devastating.

[[TLB]killer]

Keep strong and be safe, I don't know what to say but I will keep us on my prayers.


Let's not try and declare war on whoever did this. They will win.


I'm not trying to turn this political but, it's a little too late for that.

[BraveDart]

I'm sorry to hear about this happening to our friends across the pond. My hopes and thoughts go out to all of you.

[Pirate]

I hope they find who did this.

[[TLB]Corsair]

You know we're with you in spirit even though we're an ocean away.

[Tartan_Tart]

SQUEAK']In the overall scheme of terrorist attacks on London, this has been quite small in terms of damage and casualties, but has totally paralysed the entire transport system. This was a bloody well planned operation.
More of a political hit than an attack on people [although that doesn't lessen the hurt on those who have been injured] and I would not place too much credence on the initial "Al Queda" claims.
This would appear to have originated elsewhere. Watch the news and read everything twice.

The devices themselves appear to have been small but powerful, which would indicate high-explosive rather than a home-built IED. This does point to a well established group rather than the work of a small band or singleton, but these days over here it's a lot easier to pick up some pretty good stuff from our eastern neighbours.

We've had worse. New-York had a lot worse. More people died on the roads today than as a result of this action.

Let's not try and declare war on whoever did this. They will win.

Dune - keep your head down. You may be a bleedin' cockney, but you're our bleedin' cockney.


News - www.bbc.co.uk (http://www.bbc.co.uk/) First - Best - Honest

PS. Mrs SQUEAK was in London on Tuesday, so don't think I'm not sitting here counting my blessings....


srgsean and i was discussing the blast from the bombs, if they were IRA there would have been a lot more killed and it seems a bit amature with the bombs but sad to say still caused deaths, if it was "Al Queda" people they would of went for the PM or more important persons of london.
why go for persons working class , seems more of a hate crime.

if it does turn out to be "Al Queda" or someone from the same back ground, i think britain should stop taking people from that countrys into our country, it would be a shame for decent people cant gain access to britain but for the safety of others that sacrifice should be made.

it just spells out Hate and there must be more than one doing the bombings.

i hope to god that we dont see any more blood on britain or any other country

[Dune]

Thanks chaps... it will take more than a couple of mickey mouse bombs to scare us,what happened today pales into insignificants when you concider what we went through with the IRA.

People in London are used to this kind of disruption and take it as a matter of course and carry on,we are not easily scared by the type of COWARDS that try to threaten us,and would never give them the satisfaction of acting any different.

Of course we are sadend by the loss of life and meaning less injuries to people just going about their daily bussines,but life dose go on and we will not let this or any other incident of this nature in the future stop us from doing what we want to do and when we want to do it.

Terrorisim,terrorist rely on terrorising the general public and that satisfation they will not get from us,thats not just London thats the entire country,British people are not built that way and we have no reason to be scared of these cowards because thats all they are.


Thanx for all your kind words they mean alot,all of my friends and family are safe and for that i thank god but it will be bussines as usual tomorrow.

[[TLB-HC]paulp]

my thoughts and prayers go out to ya all across the pond and if any of ya all need something please let me now

[Fox]

Dune']Thanks chaps... it will take more than a couple of mickey mouse bombs to scare us,what happened today pales into insignificants when you concider what we went through with the IRA.

People in London are used to this kind of disruption and take it as a matter of course and carry on,we are not easily scared by the type of COWARDS that try to threaten us,and would never give them the satisfaction of acting any different.

Of course we are sadend by the loss of life and meaning less injuries to people just going about their daily bussines,but life dose go on and we will not let this or any other incident of this nature in the future stop us from doing what we want to do and when we want to do it.

Terrorisim,terrorist rely on terrorising the general public and that satisfation they will not get from us,thats not just London thats the entire country,British people are not built that way and we have no reason to be scared of these cowards because thats all they are.


Thanx for all your kind words they mean alot,all of my friends and family are safe and for that i thank god but it will be bussines as usual tomorrow.
Dune, for Prime Minister!


I would like to convey my most heartfelt sentiments towards our neighbors. No man, woman or child should have to suffer because of other's petty differences and unfounded prejudices.

What a bastardization of reason this is: where innocent life is considered nothing more than a tool to be exploited for insidious reasons? Why must present generations beget their' blind hatred to thier' children?

May those cowards forever run with their genitals firmly tucked between thier' legs. And may we all stand with unwaivering determination for what we beilve in. A bully can only inspire fear for as long as you give him that right. I say that we never allow them the pleasure of our yielding; for as we stand together... they stand alone.

My thoughts and prayers go out to all... take care and Godspeed.

-Ben "Fox" Thurber

[SQUEAK]

Don't worry Killer. We'll find 'em. But we'll find them as criminals, not as warriors or soldiers. The amount of strength these people draw from their victims treating them as some sort of Holy Warrior merely makes their recruitment of more poor, displaced or disgruntled individuals even easier.
We've been dealing with terrorist/organised crime gangs here for a while now. We know the drill. When we get them, we'll let Silz loose on their sorry asses.

[non_compliance]

Thoughts and Prayers with all the people affected by this treachery... it makes me sick that someone would do this.

[longdistance]

To our friends in the U.K.. Our prayers and thoughts go out to you.
As you stand beside us we shall stand beside you, in tracking them down.

Now if only they would hit China this would all come to an end.

[Bolthead]

SQUEAK']Don't worry Killer. We'll find 'em. But we'll find them as criminals, not as warriors or soldiers. The amount of strength these people draw from their victims treating them as some sort of Holy Warrior merely makes their recruitment of more poor, displaced or disgruntled individuals even easier.
We've been dealing with terrorist/organised crime gangs here for a while now. We know the drill. When we get them, we'll let Silz loose on their sorry asses.

Well said Mr. Squeak...

[Sgtpoe]

Festus']Kill soldiers, kill their leaders, but to attack innocents is rephrensible.

Animals like these should be sent on their way to the next world as slowly and painfully as possible, missing a few vital parts they'd require when they met those "virgins" they are promised.


when theyre caught cut off there feet,
its hard to walk to mecca with no feet.

question i would be asking is why did the bus driver do a runner just before the bus was torn a part.

and how many were on board it at the time.

i do feel for all you chaps and your familes down south :salute: ,dont think it can happen in scotland as knowone really knows where it is.

just lets all hope its over,

for london/uk/america/canada.and the rest of europe.

[QPS_Jumpy]

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[widowmaker]

Isn't it funny how this war game that we play has made our world smaller. When I heard the news this morning, the first thing that I thought about was my friends in Europe. I thought of each one of you by name and prayed that you were safe. I have all the anger that everyone is expressing concerning the cowards, but I am also greatly relieved that you are all safe. Life is very precious and friends are a treasure... oh the sorrow that both were lost today.

[widowmaker]

Please forgive Jumpy, he didn't mean to start a firestorm. Breath slowly....Let it go.
:p:p:p

[BraveDart]

thanks for calming me down, Widow. I almost flew off the handle at Jumpy. Today isn't about US and it's policies. It's about London and it's people who have been hurt, killed, and terrorized.

They should have everyones support and attention.

[[TLB]Milito]

No Political Discussions In The TLB Forums Please.

[Sgtpoe]

3 words spring to mind there Milito...............

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kiss

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you decide what order to put them in

[[TLB]Milito]

sgtpoe']3 words spring to mind there Milito...............

my

kiss

ass

you decide what order to put them in

You know the rules. What's your problem?

[Dexter]

Real sorry about what happened in the UK. It's a bit close to home here. All over the news. Lots of Irish in UK. Anyways, I'm sure who ever did this will be hunted down etc etc... I still stick to my original statement. Wars belong here, online with friends! Peace!

[[TLB]CARL]

lets pray for those people in the uk

this could have happen any where and still can happen here in usa

i just don;t understand how u can take a life when life is so good

i don;t kown how to feel, this is there 9/11

i try to think what can be done to stop these kinds of killings

there is nothing i can think of no matter what we do, they will never stop

so sad to to say is only one way is to kill em before they attack us again
no other way i can think of

[Sgtpoe]

You know the rules. What's your problem?

none milito

bet you said this on 9/11 about your own countrys carnage.on this forum

just expressing a point,its a major politcal event and needs to be shared thats all.

or do we just forget it never happened and doesent need to be talked about.

if i remember we lost the political part of the forum,due to peeps bringing it into other parts of the forum.

this isint happening here,but all i see is you saying that it shouldnt be talked about here so where do you suggest.

p.s aint this political aswell.

http://forums.clan-tlb.com/showthread.php?p=55207#post55207

[[TLB]Genx]

Sgtpoe, I understand your feelings..i felt the same way after 9/11. But, you must realize that we are all friends here and none of us want something like this to come between that. However you may feel, this type of incident is no fault but of the terrorist themselves. I don't think in any way that this should be considered a political event. IF we all think that way and start hating each other, then they win. That's what they want more than anything.

I am very understanding of your post however, defending one's beliefs is very understandable or else we wouldn't have a free world. I myself wrote up a long post in rebuttle to Jumpy's post, but thought about it and decided not to click the post reply button.

We are all friends here!! We should be supporting each other in times like this instead of arguing about who's fault it is. Or else, we'll become as bad as the politicians that we complain about.

[Sgtpoe]

tell him that he dont know poilitics ar tactical views if it bit him in the ass

http://forums.clan-tlb.com/showthread.php?p=55207#post55207

no offence milito but saying one thing and posting another,is a bit suspect in my book.

iraq..... and us/british army wounded is a political statement.

as we here of it every day,i hate to here of any military casualties on any side i.e us or uk canada. the rest i dont care about.it could have been someone i knew i have friends in the us airforce based in england,and friends in the T.A based in aberdeen that go to iraq at every opertunity that want to.

[Saku]

Damn.

IM so glad our UK friends and their families are fiesty as Dune states. I can believe that!

My thoughts and prayers are with the families who suffer the loss of their loved ones. :(

Like Dune mentioned ... "Terrorisim,terrorist rely on terrorising the general public and that satisfation they will not get from us' Well said, man.

[widowmaker]

Here are three more words to put together:

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[[TLB]hOMER]

Gentlemen and lady. This thread was started to show our condolences to our overseas cousins. Please don't let it get out of hand. I realize that emotions are running a little high right now but please take a breath (and a beer) before you post. Thank you

[Sgtpoe]

agreed appoligise to those i offended

[[TLB]iampatrick]

This event has again stirred feelings in me that I cannot silence. I dont understand how some people are so blinded. We watch inocent men, women, and helpless children suffer and die at the hands of evil. Yet some of us are not so quick to call it evil. Imagine the agony and fear in the eyes of a child on the bus at that very moment. HOW CAN WE NOT GET ENRAGED?! I would love to see those bastards suffer the same fate or worse! Not only that, but I think anyone who agrees with the bombings, or sympathizes with the terrorist's, SHOULD BE SHOT! I am sick and tired of people who sypathize with killers. NO MORE!

[[TLB]killer]

Has anyone heard form Silz?

[widowmaker]

He posted on the shout box

[Sgtpoe]

yip he posted earlier along with dune spex and squeak, just to keep you informed killer,read the shoutbox for more info.

[[TLB]hOMER]

Has anyone heard form Silz?
I'm not certain but I don't think that Silz lives in London. I believe that he lives in Worcestershire which is a bit north-west of London.

[[TLB]killer]

And

[Sgtpoe]

a ok

[PsB|Silz]

Killer

Thanks for the concern, I personally am "A OK", living about 90 miles away from the capital.

First thing I did when I got home yesterday was to log in check that the rest of the UK contingent were OK, that their families were OK.

Now if it had been 24 hours later I would have been getting off a train some yards away from where one of the explosions occured, but that isn't the point here.

As Dune alluded to, life in the UK and London will go on, we have a legacy here of dealing with terrorist attacks, sure this is the second worst such attack on home territory next to Lockerbie, but the terrorists have not won in the past, and they will not win on this occassion either.

I'm being realistic here when I say it could have been much much worse, and whilst I appreciate the comparison to 9/11, personally I find the comparison a little untoward as 9/11 was the single event that will always resound in the minds of the world due to its sheer scal, he number of casualties and fatalities.

Don't get me wrong, my sympathy and thoughts are with everyone and every family that are affected by this attrocity, but comparitively speaking it was a relatively "small" event in comparison to 9/11 and Madrid. The londoners are already trying to get on with life as normal, and so it should be.

I'm not saying forgive and forget, I'm saying their should be a steely determination to get on with it, life reutrns to normality, and the perpetrators will be brought to justice. If anything the British attitude will be one where the attrocity makes us yet stronger and firms up our resolve.

As a nation we survived the Blitz, we found a way through years of terrorist bombings during the Irish Troubles, the indescriminate pub bombings, and I guess we were all waiting for this one to happen as we knew it would come at some point, just not when and where.

I just hope that people take a step back, and reflect before trying to extract vigilanty style justice on sections of our multi-national communities based on prejudices and misconceptions. Let the emergency services do their thing, do the forensics, and get the cold blooded killers brought to justice.

[Fox]

iampatrick']This event has again stirred feelings in me that I cannot silence. I dont understand how some people are so blinded. We watch inocent men, women, and helpless children suffer and die at the hands of evil. Yet some of us are not so quick to call it evil. Imagine the agony and fear in the eyes of a child on the bus at that very moment. HOW CAN WE NOT GET ENRAGED?! I would love to see those bastards suffer the same fate or worse! Not only that, but I think anyone who agrees with the bombings, or sympathizes with the terrorist's, SHOULD BE SHOT! I am sick and tired of people who sypathize with killers. NO MORE!

I agree with you fully, Patrick.

And there is one quote I wish to share with you that I picked up from a website* a while back and it inspires my thoughts to this date.

"BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT, at the expense of the truth, is a weakness and has no place in a free society."

These very words changed my life and how I look at the world...

If anyone is to pay then tax the life force of those resposible. I will not become a murderer of the innocent they hide behind... I will not give them that favor... but damn it if I'm not frustrated.

They say this world is getting smaller but it's still too great for one man. I can't help but feel whelmed with emotion when this happens... It's just so infuriating that I can't fix something because I don't know why it's wrong in the first place!

...


...If you didn't know this now then I will tell you. I am a very caring person and a long time ago I found it my destiny that I am to be a protector of the innocent; of women and children... I would gladly lay my life down so that others may live. I have carried this belief since child-hood. It hurts so bad deep inside to see those faces that will never be seen again... I feel like I failed them and I don't know why. I feel a pulse in my neck and am confused as to why I have it... how can there be a heart left when my chest feels so empty?

This just isn't their' 9/11 it's ours... ALL of ours... and if we don't stop it in our lifetimes then our children will suffer the same fate. As did the previous generations with the world wars. The day I stop striving for peace is the day I forget how to breath.

I belive Sinister's Sig. has always said it best, "LIVESTRONG." I know I try to.

-Your friend in war and peace

Ben "Fox"


*armedfemalesofamerica.com (seem extremist but if you read what they have to say then it comes to make sense)

[SQUEAK]

What Silz said.:stupid:

Please remember one fact. They hit us. We'll deal with it - our way. We may ask for help in doing so but this is a crime against British Law, and will be dealt with as such.

All offers of sympathy and support are gratefully recieved and I thank you all for using this hallowed society as a means to make this a smaller and friendlier world.

[[TLB]Corsair]

A pretty damned inspiring statement by the Mayor of London. (http://news.ft.com/cms/s/dcdfe116-ef08-11d9-8b10-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=46d6f5a8-d260-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html)

from the FT.

I've bolded what I found most inspiring about what he said. Reminds me how much crap you Brits have dealt with and why you've always made it through.
======

Text of statement delivered by Ken Livingstone
Published: July 7 2005 18:04 | Last updated: July 7 2005 18:04
http://news.ft.com/c.gif http://news.ft.com/cms/c21e94a2-ef13-11d9-8b10-00000e2511c8.jpg“This was a cowardly attack, which has resulted in injury and loss of life. Our thoughts are with everyone who has been injured, or lost loved ones. I want to thank the emergency services for the way they have responded.

//

Following the al-Qaeda attacks on September 11 in America we conducted a series of exercises in London in order to be prepared for just such an attack. One of the exercises undertaken by the government, my office and the emergency and security services was based on the possibility of multiple explosions on the transport system during the Friday rush hour. The plan that came out of that exercise is being executed today, with remarkable efficiency and courage, and I praise those staff who are involved.

I’d like to thank Londoners for the calm way in which they have responded to this cowardly attack and echo the advice of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair - do everything possible to assist the police and take the advice of the police about getting home today.

I have no doubt whatsoever that this is a terrorist attack. We did hope in the first few minutes after hearing about the events on the Underground that it might simply be a maintenance tragedy. That was not the case. I have been able to stay in touch through the very excellent communications that were established for the eventuality that I might be out of the city at the time of a terrorist attack and they have worked with remarkable effectiveness. I will be in continual contact until I am back in London.

I want to say one thing specifically to the world today. This was not a terrorist attack against the mighty and the powerful. It was not aimed at Presidents or Prime Ministers. It was aimed at ordinary, working-class Londoners, black and white, Muslim and Christian, Hindu and Jew, young and old. It was an indiscriminate attempt to slaughter, irrespective of any considerations for age, for class, for religion, or whatever.

That isn’t an ideology, it isn’t even a perverted faith - it is just an indiscriminate attempt at mass murder and we know what the objective is. They seek to divide Londoners. They seek to turn Londoners against each other. I said yesterday to the International Olympic Committee, that the city of London is the greatest in the world, because everybody lives side by side in harmony. Londoners will not be divided by this cowardly attack. They will stand together in solidarity alongside those who have been injured and those who have been bereaved and that is why I’m proud to be the mayor of that city.

Finally, I wish to speak directly to those who came to London today to take life.

I know that you personally do not fear giving up your own life in order to take others - that is why you are so dangerous. But I know you fear that you may fail in your long-term objective to destroy our free society and I can show you why you will fail.

In the days that follow look at our airports, look at our sea ports and look at our railway stations and, even after your cowardly attack, you will see that people from the rest of Britain, people from around the world will arrive in London to become Londoners and to fulfil their dreams and achieve their potential.

They choose to come to London, as so many have come before because they come to be free, they come to live the life they choose, they come to be able to be themselves. They flee you because you tell them how they should live. They don’t want that and nothing you do, however many of us you kill, will stop that flight to our city where freedom is strong and where people can live in harmony with one another. Whatever you do, however many you kill, you will fail.”

[[TLB]Milito]

To the mayor of London.

:salute::salute::salute: