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Latest report I'm seeing is 33 dead, but that's expected to rise. As many as a thousand injuries. People are being advised to not call emergency lines except in extremely serious situations, and to not go to the hospital if it can be avoided. Scotland Yard says they've been planning it for months, though no one can confirm that the "group" (no one's ever heard of the branch before) claiming credit is actually responsible. They're not sure how the bombs were set off; in Madrid it was cell phones but they don't work in the underground. Several witnesses reported a bomb going off just as another train passed theirs, which makes timers seem less likely. Not suicide bombs, apparently; the bombs (with lots of nails) were left to go off.

EDIT: 37 dead.

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I agree with Bensaf and NoWhere man. There seems to be no one type of suicide bomber. Some of them seem to do it because their poverty and disillusianment(sp?) is so great that their only hope of better living is to give their lives to allah in hopes of going to eternal paradise. OTOH, you have the very fundamentalist middle-class/wealthy muslims who feel that Allah calls them to reclaim their world from the materialistic west. When someone thinks their called by God or Allah or whomever, they tend to do things that to us look completely irrational or horrible...but them it is their duty.

Just my opinion from what ive seen and read.



Also, their is an excellent book out called "The Kite Runner". Its about a boy growing up in the final days of the afgan monarchy and the invasion of the Russians and the eventual take-over by the Taliban. Very good and provides insight into how Afganistan went from being peaceful and prosperous to war-torn and impoverished.

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Yeah, I saw this on the news last night just after it happened. The death toll is getting higher and higher, but it seems a lot of people were lucky - certainly there could have been more deaths considering the severity of the event.

I don't know anyone personally who is in London at the moment, but I have been thinking about FP members. Hope you and your families are all okay .



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@ aol.....

or maybe

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Here's what AOL thinks of the bombings...



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being a Brit abroard, my heart goes out to everyone at home. Still waiting to hear from some friends but don't think they would have been in the area (fingers crossed).

What is the world coming to when terrorist attacks are just 'inevitable' and people can just take another human's life away so brutally! @X*?ers! ]:|

Very very sad
Big hugs and best wishes to all our English friends.

It may not be the right time but I still would like to congratulate you on hosting the olympics in 2012, well done

Tiny clanger still needs to report in !

Yeah spooky if you've been there....worse if you live there I'm sure. There was a shutdown when we were trying to get back to heathrow airport and that was a mess...I can just imagine how bad this was !

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Wow, this was so scary to hear about. I was in London, using the metro and riding on buses, just 4 days ago. *shivers*

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yep, me too, one friend was on the train and got evacuated, all my other friends were already in work so now are stuck with out trains. THank God they are allsafe.

it is very frightening.

is there any one else who has to report in from England/London area.

GFG

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all ok here, thank you all.

Hope everyone else is ok? thoughts go out to those not as lucky.

Latest from Sky News

Reports indicate 2 dead, 90 injured, but death toll may be rising. Updating as I listen to the radio ...

Any Board members living in London, get in here NOW and let us know you're alive and well. Even if the net connections are jammed, give it your best shot.

Fingers crossed for you all ...




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OMG im so sorry:#(

i hope everyone reports back

I hope tiny and the rest of our london members check in ! I heard about it during the drive in 5 hours after it happened, listening to BBC world service here @work.

Heart goes out to everyone in the UK !

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Ok, latest is as follows:

[1] Six explosions reported, still no major update on acsualty figures, but lots of harrowing pictures of 'walking wounded' milling around Tube stations including one woman whose entire head was swathed in dressings.

[2] Some mobile phone networks have reduced bandwidth available to regular consumers in order to increase bandwidth for emergency services use. Vodafone is cited as particularly heavily compromised in this regard. However, T-Mobile is still operating almost normally, I was able to check on a friend in London and hear him relay that he's alive, well but a bit shaken. According to him, it's "mayhem" at the moment.

[3] A number of people have started posing Livejournal entries. Including offers to contact relatives abroad from people who have SMS and net access working outside the Capital. London Livejournal is here

[4] On another Board I susbscribe to, thus far all London members accounted for, alive and well.

[5] Classic FM radio broadcast 13:15 - entire Tube network suspended, people advised to travel "only if absolutely necessary".

[6] BBC news website and others increasingly carrying reports that an Islamic extremist group connected to Al-Qaeda is claiming responsibility.

Anyone here with relatives in the area, your best bet at the moment is E-Mail, as that appears to be functioning normally. Be prepared for some delays in turnaround though as they struggle to get home in the chaos if they're in work.


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Sorry to hear all of that, it is just so sad.

Keep us posted,

Ingo in NYC

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Cali if you hear anything more on the news,please tell us..

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Latest report as of 12:45 here in the UK: large number of passengers trapped in underground train near King's Cross tube station. Injuries/fatailities aboard train unknown at this stage. Emergency services pulling out all the stops to reach the train and rescue the passengers. Additionally, a London bus was blown to pieces in one of the blasts - roof torn completely off the vehicle, fatalities from that blast yet uncounted.


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

i know its all over the news!