Thursday, July 07, 2005

Terrorist Attack in London

Seen several reports, but all are about the same.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said it was "reasonably clear" that a series of terrorist attacks had rocked London, leaving at least two dead and 100 wounded in six near-simultaneous explosions during Thursday's morning rush hour.

"It's reasonably clear there have been a series of terrorist attacks in London, there are obviously casualties, people that have died, and people seriously injured," Blair said from Gleneagles, Scotland, where he is hosting the G-8 summit.

and
One senior Israeli official, on condition of anonymity, says Scotland Yard told the Israeli embassy in London minutes before explosions that it had received warnings of possible terror attacks, The Associated Press reported.

Arab sources said the blasts were likely the work of al Qaeda, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported.

Reports from a German magazine said a group calling itself "Secret Organization -- al Qaeda in Europe" is claiming responsibility in an unverified online statement.

Der Spiegel said the group says the blasts are in retaliation for Britain's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

While Scotland Yard said it was "too early to say" what caused them, when asked whether they may be terror-related, police said officials found indications of explosives at one of the sites.

Wonder where this will go. How are the Brits going to handle this? I've only seen a couple of posts stating that it would never have happened if they hadn't gone to war over a lie.

UPDATE:
Europhobia has a running log of events.
Glen Reynolds at Instapundit has a bunch of good links as well.

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