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Posted by French Toast on Thu Jul 7th at 8:21pm 2005

Or we should just say be a good citizen and don't break the law.

Bam, you're set.




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Posted by Kain on Thu Jul 7th at 8:26pm 2005

This is terrible! All my condolences to the British people; I hope everyone from SnarkPit and their families are ok...

I think Bush was right in the end: we must get rid of this plague at any cost.





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Posted by Andrei on Thu Jul 7th at 9:30pm 2005

It pains me to say it, but you have a point there -- Bush is right in his own twisted way. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif"> London was the last place I would have expected such a thing to happen.





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Posted by Myrk- on Thu Jul 7th at 9:42pm 2005

The rag heads Al Queda will claim responsibility, but it doesn't mean its them...


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Posted by ReNo on Thu Jul 7th at 9:51pm 2005

Enough of the "rag heads" s**t - no need for any of that Myrk.




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Posted by Dr Brasso on Thu Jul 7th at 10:43pm 2005

i was off to work as it was unfolding on cnn.....hope the uk pit establishment is well.....

as per the culprits....well, its hard to say where it will end....im thinking tho that ole tony blair and georgie bush are gonna do some kind of under the table work to get this "cell" exposed and terminated with extreme predudice....and if push comes to shove, my british bretheren, you can bet yer ass and yer housecat that the US will have your back in any retaliatory format chosen....god speed the lives of the innocent folks lost, and im really hoping these two fellas at the head of the tables quit f**kin' around and go do the job right......it pains me to see american and british and other troop factions dying needlessly......s**t....we are spending 4 billion a month plus on iraq alone, and where is it getting us....really..?

time to s**t or get off the loo.... and yes, it has a 911 air about it all over again.......maybe we needed a reminder, im saddened to say.....sometimes, pissed off works wonders. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">

again.....london pitters, sound off please.....i wanna know yer ok....peace.

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Posted by satchmo on Fri Jul 8th at 12:04am 2005

This is an email from the husband of an acquaintance in London:

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Hi everyone,

Just checking in - i'm ok but very shaken up.

I caught the Hammersmith and City Line train from Paddington at about 8:40 this morning. The train went 1 stop to Edgware Road and stopped.
Just as it was aboout to start up again there was a very loud bang. More like the sound of a collision than an explosion. We didn't know what it was but they suggested it was a power surge and they needed to evacuate the station as a precaution. So we evacuated the station. I got on a double decker bus to go to Kings Cross. The plan was to walk from there to Angel where I work. As we approached Euston station it was clear there was another explosion at a station close to Euston as the police had blocked off Euston road. Our bus was diverted south towards Russel
Square. The bus driver announced that because the bus had been diverted he didn't know how to get to Kings Cross station so maybe people wanted to get off. A lot of people did, but I did not. A couple minutes later the bus got stuck in pretty bad traffic. I was already way late for work, and had great excuse so I thought about going upstairs and just waiting till the bus got to Kings Cross. In the end I decided i needed to get to work because i was building this Bingo game for BC's birthday party tomorrow night with Nick so I needed to be online.

So i got off the bus, walked about 20 paces and it blew up.

Its the Russell square bus you'll see it on TV - it had no roof or side.

very lucky. There would have been 30 people still upstairs on that bus - i hope they are not too seriously injured.

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Amazing huh? His guardian angel was working hard this morning.




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Posted by Oski on Fri Jul 8th at 12:37am 2005

That was lucky. God I hate all damn terrorists.


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Posted by DrGlass on Fri Jul 8th at 1:05am 2005

If we just hate the people that do this and dont try to understand why they do these things, we will just find ourselves repeating history.



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Posted by Windows 98 on Fri Jul 8th at 2:48am 2005

That is horrible. I wouldve never expected for terrorist to attack London. Why?



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Posted by satchmo on Fri Jul 8th at 3:03am 2005

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I wouldve never expected for terrorist to attack London. Why?

Anyone is fair target as far as Bin Laden is concerned, even fellow countrymen. He's just flat out crazy. It doesn't matter whether these are innocent civilians. Actually, I take that back. It *does* matter because he probably prefers to kill innocent people. Cute chubby babies are even better targets for him.




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Posted by ReNo on Fri Jul 8th at 3:15am 2005

Why are people surprised it occured in London? Unfortunately it really has been a sense of "when" rather than "if" - it was almost seen as inevitable that the UK would see some sort of terror attack given its involvement in the Iraq / Afghan situations. London is the obvious target in the UK due to its population, and the underground has apparently always been seen as the most vulnerable spot in the city to terrorist attack. Some may have expected the G8 meeting in Gleneagles to be the target, but due to the immense security, it would have to have been incredibly well planned and executed to have worked there.




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Posted by satchmo on Fri Jul 8th at 3:25am 2005

And I am worried that the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will be the next target. It just seems to be the next logical choice. It's on the West Coast, it's extremely crowded, and it's security is not air-tight.

I am glad that I don't use that airport very often.




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Posted by G4MER on Fri Jul 8th at 6:54am 2005

If I was a terrorist I would fly a plane into the Hoover Dam. I mean that would knock the power out all along the west coast, as well as take a big strain on the power grid, cripple vegas, flood something downstream, and empty lake mead. Screw LAX.

But thats another matter all together..

I feel for the britts, and my thoughts and prayers are with the Brittish people... its bad, but it could of been worse.. they could of flown something into Bigben, or some other major landmark there and killed many more people like the world trade center attack.






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Posted by mazemaster on Fri Jul 8th at 8:20am 2005

The hoover dam is f**king STRONG. I doubt a plane could take it out.


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Posted by pepper on Fri Jul 8th at 8:54am 2005

One thing i dont get, everybody is shocked that 38 died(right/wrong?), but nobody seems to care that thousends die daily in africa. The irony.



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Posted by wil5on on Fri Jul 8th at 9:47am 2005

With the Hoover dam's location, it would be difficult to get a plane large enough to do damage in place. Youd have to fly through a narrow canyon, it would take lots of skill to fly anything larger than a cessna into the dam face. A well-placed bomb would be far more effective, but even so, would have to be very powerful to burst the dam.


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Posted by Andrei on Fri Jul 8th at 10:22am 2005

How about a Cessna full of explosives (not only on the inside but also attached in plastic containers on the outside, under the fuselage)? A small crack in the dam's structure should be enough to break it all under the pressure of the water on the other side.




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Posted by wil5on on Fri Jul 8th at 10:56am 2005

Youd think so, but no. Dams are curved so that the pressure of the water bends the dam forward, pushing the ends out into the walls of whatever canyon/valley its built in. An explosion on the dry wall of the dam would probably do some damage, but it would take a large explosion to burst a dam from that side. Bombing from the other side, underwater, is more effective, since the explosive force works with, rather than against the force from the water. Watch Dambusters, and pay more attention this time :P


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Posted by keved on Fri Jul 8th at 10:58am 2005

? quoting ReNo
Unfortunately it really has been a sense of "when" rather than "if" - it was almost seen as inevitable that the UK would see some sort of terror attack given its involvement in the Iraq / Afghan situations.

Yeah, unfortunately it was only a matter of time. Rightly or wrongly the UK has been the staunchest supporter of the US & President Bush in their 'war of terror' policy, so an attack on UK soil was always on the cards.

Latest death toll is 'at least 50'...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4663931.stm






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