Update (8:51 a.m.): I just heard Soledad O’Brien on CNN say Al Qaeda is taking the credit, blaming the attack on the “occupation” in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dirty cowards.
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While we were sleeping, several bombs exploded in London. The subway was one of the targets.
I check my e-mail before I check the headlines, and I found out about the attack from British blogger Adrian Warnock:
Turn on your radio or TV- there have been at least six bombs today in london. You will be glad to know that I and my family are all well, although my brother narrowly missed one of the explosions.
American blogger Phillip Johnson, who met Adrian in London, is blogging the latest developments.
I just heard a report about D.C. law enforcement checking the subway system. The city will probably be on high alert today. (New York and D.C. respond)
Terrorism blogger Athena has returned from hiatus to blog about the attack. Michelle Malkin and Lorie Byrd are updating.
Tony Blair: It is important that those who engage in terrorism realize that our determination to defend our values and our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction and impose extremism on the world. They will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear.
Bloggers: UKBlogs Aggregator, Tim Worstall (in London?), TigerHawk, Tony Rickey in London, Matthew Sheffield, BBC Reporters’ Log Double Toothpicks Arthur Chrenkoff, The Moderate Voice, Captain Ed…
Other Sources: FOX, Sky News, BBC, CNN, Associated Press, European Markets Sink, London blasts fit al Qaeda-type pattern…
Be sure to check the Counterterrorism blog.
Update II (9:39 a.m.): The cowards in dirty nightshirts say they’ve killed Egypt’s Iraq envoy, whom they kidnapped a few days ago.
Update III (11:51 a.m.): More attacks planned?
Wizbang: “If fighting extreme Islamic terrorism were a short-term proposition Galloway’s opinion on the matter would probably be the correct one. The problem is that we cannot afford to play the short game with these monsters. They have decided that the freedom-loving cultures of the west represent all that is wrong with the world. They have decided that they hate us and that they’d like to either convert us to their way of viewing the world or kill us.”
Remember this? Another terrorist attack could occur in the U.S. at any time.
The Political Teen has video.
Update IV (3:16 p.m.): The Wall Street Journal has a story on bloggers covering the aftermath.
Polipundit asks: “If the people who perpetrated today’s bombings are caught, what would the great defenders of ‘civil rights,’ such Senator Dick Durbin (D-Gitmo), recommend that we do with them? In Durbin’s eyes, detaining them at Guantanamo Bay would clearly be out of the question…”
Brian at Iowa Voice posted comments from the DNC site.
Update V (5:45 p.m.): Two undetonated bombs found.
Blogger Fausta translated this article for me:
Hi LaShawn,
Here’s the translation of the article that linked to your site:Blogs, the choice for information
The English TV networks chose to not show pictures of the dead and wounded and the photoblogs came to the fore.
When the BBC announced a short time ago that direct broadcasts on hard-hitting events might be delayed in order for the editors to be able to omit images that might shock the audience, the possibility of an attack existed.
Today, when the attack took place in the English capital, it became clear that the British networks weren’t interested in showing images of the wounded or the dead, or of a population in panic.
Both the BBC and Skynews preferred to show the work of emergency and security crews. During the first hours of broadcast the commentators told of the chaos in London, with its paralyzed (public) transport, people thrown on the floor, smoke everywhere.
However, all that was shown on TV were closed streets and subway stations, and rubbernecking passerby.
