Three London Underground stations were evacuated at midday Thursday following reports of incidents, British Transport Police said. The Fire Brigade was investigating a report of smoke at one station….Emergency services also were responding to a report of an incident on a bus in east London, police said….
McCracken said he smelled smoke at the Warren Street station, and people were panicking and coming into his carriage. He said he spoke to an Italian man who was comforting a woman after the evacuation.
“He said that a man was carrying a rucksack and the rucksack suddenly exploded. It was a minor explosion but enough to blow open the rucksack,” McCracken said.
“The man then made an exclamation as if something had gone wrong. At that point everyone rushed from the carriage.” (Source)
If only authorities would stop and search Middle Eastern-looking men with backpacks headed for public transit systems, they could prevent most of these suicide bombings. But they’d rather feel me up in the airport than “offend” homicidal Muslim maniacs.
Whether the men in this scenario turn out to be of Middle Eastern background or not, the previous statement still holds. I just wanted to say that before naysayers start soiling the blog with pro-Islamofascist talk.
Good luck with all that, Tony! Ignore the real issue at your countrymen’s peril.
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Update (10:05 a.m.): According to FOX, a black or Asian (?) bearded man with wires protruding from his body was being chased.
From the Washington Post:
The emergency coincided with a service to commemorate those killed by bombs detonated by four young British Muslims in three underground trains and a bus at morning rush hour, killing more than 50 people and shocking a capital that had hitherto been spared al Qaeda-style attacks on civilians. That attack confronted Britain’s people and politicians with the prospect the country could be nurturing its own generation of the type of Islamist militants loyal to Osama bin Laden who had already inflicted carnage in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, in Bali and on Madrid’s suburban trains last year. (Emphasis added)
The British cops just arrested some clown. I didn’t get a look at him. I hear a brit twit talking about “civil liberties.” In the middle of a terrorist attack. Unbelievable.
Update II (10:37 a.m.): I just heard on FOX that an undetonated “device” is still onboard a bus.
Tony Blair is speaking, and I hear no anger in his voice. He’s stuttering, and his voice is soft. He sounds like a bureaucrat instead of a man in charge of a country attacked by Islamofascists for the second time in two weeks. Blair is a fool.
“These evil acts are based on the perversion of Islam,” he stutters.
Update III (4:14 p.m.): I’ll track down a link for verification, but I just heard that NY will conduct random backpack searches. Random backpack searches. They know exactly the type of person to search: young, male, and Arab-looking. But they’ll stop you, white American man minding your own business, and you, black woman visiting from Arkansas. (link)
I guess random 5-year-old girls need to make sure those pink Barbie backpacks are free of contraband. And 80-year-old Granny had better give it up, or she’ll be in a world of hurt.
The United States will be hit again. Brace yourselves.
Update IV (5:45 p.m.): Two bozos were arrested in connection to the attack. The article leaves out a few important details.
Dumbest and most understated headline of the year: Second Attack on London Stirs Worries.
