Pray for the people of London

POSTED BY: Conscience
UPDATED: Friday, July 8, 2005 18:54
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IMEARLY

Thursday, July 7, 2005 4:06 PM

@Skywalken:

Stereotyping is one of the founding fathers of terrorism.

Remove the swear word...
Remove the flag...
Remove yourself...

There's troll country for this kind of antics, let's stick to the specifics, okay.

Or perhaps we've forgotten...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_liberty

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HERO

Thursday, July 7, 2005 6:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SimonWho:
The attack seems designed to coincide with the opening of the G8 summit and was most probably committed by those who spread messages of bigotted hatred.

I agree. But Oklahoma City taught us to look before we leap to conclusions. I'd say number one suspect are Osama's boys, but we shouldna rule out the Anarchists there for the G8 Summit, and maybe even take a quick glance at the good old IRA.

I'm surprised the terrorists, whoever they are, didn't hit the London Live 8 Concert instead. Seems that would have been a better target of opportunity for bombers already in the pipeline. Maybe the terrorists lack the ability to 'shift on the fly'.

Well in any case. Hats off to London in sympathy for your loss and pride in your resilience.

Now maybe this will get NATO off its collective ass. I mean, what good is a collective security organization if it fails to respond collectively to attacks on its member states?

H

CONNORFLYNN

Thursday, July 7, 2005 6:56 PM

My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of England and Europe.

"Al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe" has claimed responsibility for the atrocity that it was. So I think it's safe to say Islamic Extremism is once again at fault. Let's hope more attacks don't come in the insuing days in Europe and throughout the world.

I only hope that the REAL Muslims of the world step up and start putting a stop to the hijacking of their religion.

ODDNESS2HER

Thursday, July 7, 2005 7:30 PM

Stay strong, London. You've been through worse and you can make it through this. We're pulling for you.

SIMONWHO

Thursday, July 7, 2005 7:50 PM

I think some of you might be surprised if you were here. EastEnders is being shown as normal on BBC1 as are most other programmes. Radio shows are doing the usual slots. The tube is going to reopen tomorrow.

Frankly, for the most part, it's business as usual. The BBC showed it best (as usual) by going through a thorough summary three hours after the attacks and then went to the weather. Even under fire, we still have time to learn whether it's going to rain or not.

I love my country and its capital.

ODDNESS2HER

Thursday, July 7, 2005 8:13 PM

Glad to hear that Londoners are dealing and getting on with things.

SIGNYM

Thursday, July 7, 2005 8:20 PM

My heart goes out to the victims and their families. I hope the perpetrators will find quick justice.

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

Thursday, July 7, 2005 8:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hero:
I'm surprised the terrorists, whoever they are, didn't hit the London Live 8 Concert instead. Seems that would have been a better target of opportunity for bombers already in the pipeline. Maybe the terrorists lack the ability to 'shift on the fly'.

The Live 8 concert wouldn't have been nearly as good a target. The idea of terrorism is to make people afraid of everything--even the most mundane things, like shopping in the market, going through a border checkpoint or riding public transit.

Live 8 only happened once and while it would have killed bunches of people and gotten lots of publicity, it wouldn't have illicited the kind of fear that this will.

Point of interest on the "shift on the fly" thing. I saw on CNN that a group calling itself the "Secret Organization Group Al Qaeda Organization in Europe" claimed responsibility in a website posting. Speaking as a former military intelligence analyst, if Al Qaeda was involved I've no doubt that they could have "shifted on the fly". Those buggers are scary good at this stuff.

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OLDENGLANDDRY

Thursday, July 7, 2005 10:40 PM

It may not have been on the scale of 9/11 but a lot of very brave men and women of our emergency services (not to mention the general public) have seen some pretty horific things today. And the work of our doctors and nurses has only just begun.
Nevertheless, as Chuchill said 60 years ago: "London can take it"
Five years of Nazi bombings did'nt break us.
Fifty years of IRA attacks did'nt even make a dent.
It will take more than a few fanatics to make us Duck and Cover.
Tomorow we carry on.
Full English breakfast, cup of tea and then on with the working day.
The Terrorist has no weapon if you are not terrified.

THATWEIRDGIRL

Thursday, July 7, 2005 11:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SimonWho:
Frankly, for the most part, it's business as usual. The BBC showed it best (as usual) by going through a thorough summary three hours after the attacks and then went to the weather. Even under fire, we still have time to learn whether it's going to rain or not.

I love my country and its capital.

That's what I love to hear.

All the news reports I've seen show London responding in a quick and efficient manner. Your emergency men and women certainly know their stuff. You've effectively taken away the terror by returning to the daily routine. Well done London.

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