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Major Terror Attack In London Foiled
Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:47 PM
SKYWALKEN
Quote:Police have thwarted a major terrorist attack in the heart of London after a "massive" explosive device in a car was found. Eyewitness said a man crashed the vehicle into bins near a nightclub and then ran off. It is thought Islamic extremists were most probably behind the foiled attack in The Haymarket, close to the popular shopping area of Regent Street. Bouncers alerted police to the suspicious vehicle shortly before 2am this morning. The area was cordoned off by officers who examined the car, outside an American Express foreign exchange. They discovered what appeared to be a potentially explosive device, which was then made safe by specialist teams. It is believed that the vehicle was a silver Mercedes which also contained propane gas canisters. The Haymarket is in the heart of London's theatreland. An investigation has been launched by the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command. Sky's Tim Marshall said: "No doubt this was an attempted terror attack." He said the target was probably civilians because there are no major political institutions in the area. Authorities are warning of major traffic disruption in the area, with several roads shut along with Piccadilly Tube station.
Thursday, June 28, 2007 11:08 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Quote:FROM ARTICLE:Sky's Tim Marshall said: "No doubt this was an attempted terror attack."
Friday, June 29, 2007 4:21 AM
FREMDFIRMA
Friday, June 29, 2007 4:48 AM
KANEMAN
Friday, June 29, 2007 9:40 AM
JONGSSTRAW
Friday, June 29, 2007 10:19 AM
FLETCH2
Quote:Originally posted by Jongsstraw: They had this all over cable news early this morning. One British law enforcement fellow kept saying that this demonstrates how every citizen must remain vigil at all times. What does that actually mean? Seems to me that any time someone actually has been "vigil" and pointed out dangerous looking Muslims or other blokes...well you're just gonna get sued by the ACLU or CAIR...and probably called a racist.
Friday, June 29, 2007 11:08 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Forgive me for saying so, and please don't consider this a personal attack on you, but if we start considering every two-bit MacGuyver with a nice car and a couple of propane tanks in back crasing into a tree a "MAJOR TERRORIST PLOT".... well then I guess they already have won, haven't they?
Friday, June 29, 2007 3:10 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Fletch2: It means you report suspicious people or suspicious items.
Saturday, June 30, 2007 11:13 AM
Sunday, July 1, 2007 9:07 AM
ANTIMASON
Quote: (satire) LONDON BOMB 'NOT SCARY ENOUGH', BROWN TELLS MI5 PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has dismissed the latest London bomb scare as "feeble" and "unlikely to frighten the public". Brown compared MI5 to the cast of 'Police Academy' Mr Brown is understood to be disappointed with MI5's effort, describing it as "half-arsed and transparent". A source close to Brown said: "The PM wanted to start things off by scaring the absolute, holy shit out of people. "A badly driven Merc with a couple of gas bottles in the back does not cut the mustard. "We asked for Arabic literature on the passenger seat, a map of Whitehall with big red crosses on it and a huge controlled explosion on live television. Someone will be getting their backside felt for this." The source added: "We're trying to introduce ID cards, imprisonment without trial and swingeing restrictions on freedom of speech. "We wouldn't be able to force through new parking regulations on the back of this pile of arse." Police say they are looking for "a man" in connection with the incident in London's Haymarket. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Our investigations are currently centred on a man. If you see a man you should react with complete terror and run screaming into the nearest busy shop or pub." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/war/london-bomb-%27not-scary-enough%27,-brown-tells-mi5-20070629249/
Sunday, July 1, 2007 1:06 PM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Quote: That's what this has all been about from the start. And our own government is all the happier for it. Everyone, everywhere being eyes and ears for the FEDS. We're all going to be so scared someday that we'll all be agents working against each other and trusting no one but ourselves.... Maybe we won't even trust even ourselves one day.
Sunday, July 1, 2007 3:53 PM
Quote: Auraptor- What this has all been about from the start is Islamic terrorist trying to kill as many infidels as they possibly can. They SAY that's what they want to do, the yell it over megaphones in demonstrations, they paint signs saying 'Death to the Infidels', and then they set off bombs, or try to set off bombs, and your response is......" Oooh, our Gov't wants us to participate in becoming like Orwell's 1984 book! How wicked and evil !! "
Quote:No, the WICKED AND EVIL comes from the folks who want to blow you, your mother and your dog up in a flurry of hot twisted metal and flames. It's NOT coming from the Gov't.
Quote: So, we should simply ignore what those loud, bearded types say, the parts about killing everyone who doesn't pray like they do? Or should we start a wide spread campaign to hurl molotov cocktails at random mosques around the city ? Sounds to me, the Gov't is doing the responsible thing here.
Sunday, July 1, 2007 5:00 PM
Quote: it is possible to fight a war without turning your country into a soviet style police state.
Quote: should we go down the list of Arab countries and wage war on all muslims? that seems to be what we're doing.. and it doesnt seem very wise to me. come up with a better strategy then fighting a futile war on a 'tactic'
Quote: theyre not blowing us up.. theyre blowing eachother up. theyre killing us because we're in the way. we arent even a neighboring country, so why we're envolved in their politics is beyond my justification.
Quote: i personally belief that its our interference that motivates this behavior, and less their religious beliefs. otherwise, should we wage war on the Koran and Islam? thats the direction the Bush types are headed.. and thats a scary prospect
Wednesday, July 4, 2007 1:49 PM
PIRATENEWS
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Quote: ANTIMASON SEZ: (satire) LONDON BOMB 'NOT SCARY ENOUGH', BROWN TELLS MI5
Friday, July 6, 2007 5:18 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: my country, the USA, is about as far away as a Soviet style police state as one can get.
Quote: Same goes for the U.K. Spare me the hyperbole. Soviet state ? Please.
Quote:It might not be a bad idea, judging from how prevelent the Islamo fascist are across the mid - East.
Quote: But the fact is, we're fighting in a grand total of 2 countries.
Quote: And only Afghanistan was a direct result from 9/11.
Quote: As for the 'tactic' nonsense, I agree. Calling the enemy 'terror' is b.s. It's politically correct garbage, when in stead it should be noted we're fighting MUSLIMS. Call them Jihadist, Islamo-fascists, hijackers of Islam, but THEY all believe they're doing Allah's work. Just as do the Palestinian whack jobs who blow themselves up. As long as they identify themselves as part of a specific religion, we should be honest about it and call them what they are.
Quote:Wrong. They're blowing up everyone, themselves included. Bali, Spain, England, Scotland, the WTC (twice ) here in the USA.... Thoses aren't 'in the way' of their religious war between sects, it's a F-ing free for all.
Quote: That's horsecrap. Our 'meddling' isn't what drives them to murder in the name of Allah. It's just the excuse they use. Fact is, they'll say and do anything , or accuse US of anything, just to justify their attacks.
Quote: Sorry , but taking that in stride isn't gonna happen. YOU say it's a scary diretion the Bush types are taking us, but you ignore that its the Islamists who have been taking us that direction since BEFORE Bush even announced he was running for office.
Quote:This has virtually NOTHING to do w/ Bush, sorry to break it to you. He's just the 1st one to stand up and do something about it. Although I wish he'd do a lot more.
Friday, July 6, 2007 5:45 PM
Friday, July 6, 2007 8:10 PM
Quote: 6ixStringJack: It truly makes me feel good that there are others like me who will not bow down to terror, no matter what side of the fence it is coming at us from. If the proverbial shit every REALLY hit the fan, may I say it would be an honor to fight for the preservation of Liberty along side you.
Quote:I truly hope that I'm surrounded by more Antimasons than I am Auraptors. Time will only tell as our collective Governments keep pushing us further down that road and the people take off their masks of politeness and show their true faces.
Friday, July 6, 2007 8:31 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Frankly... i feel sorry for him. If he were a German in the 40's, he'd be one of Them forcing people into the cyanide showers for the Fatherland.
Saturday, July 7, 2007 1:25 PM
CITIZEN
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Major.....? Forgive me for saying so, and please don't consider this a personal attack on you, but if we start considering every two-bit MacGuyver with a nice car and a couple of propane tanks in back crasing into a tree a "MAJOR TERRORIST PLOT".... well then I guess they already have won, haven't they?
Saturday, July 7, 2007 2:48 PM
Saturday, July 7, 2007 9:36 PM
Saturday, July 7, 2007 10:13 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Sure, it's a pity for their families if they died, and forgive me for sounding like I don't care, but I don't care about 100 nameless, faceless people in London. It's not a national thing, so don't get on your high horse about US only giving a shit about what happens within their borders. It's strictly a people thing. 100 human beings mean nothing to me, particularly in a world that is crowded and overpopulated as it is. I wouldn't care about 100 people dying in Chicago either.
Quote: If it's not me or mine, I'm not worried about it, and I'm not EVER going to live in fear of it or turn spy for the FEDS. Are you going to piss in your boots every night now? Or are you going to take the steps necessary to do everything in your power to make sure it doesn't happen to you and the people you care about.... the only people that should really matter to you. Are you going to become NARC for the State now? Or are you going to just be a little bit more aware of your surroundings in order to think quick to protect yourself from this?
Quote: The chances you will be involved in a Terrorist attack in your lifetime would be less likely than you being struck by lightning.
Saturday, July 7, 2007 11:08 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Then the Terrorists and the State already won, didn't they Cit? It was a half ass job with nails and propane. Any wanker can take a trip to the hardware store and put that together without more than 5 minutes pre-meditation. I fail to see how this can seriously be called a "MAJOR TERRORIST PLOT".
Quote:Sure, it's a pity for their families if they died, and forgive me for sounding like I don't care, but I don't care about 100 nameless, faceless people in London.
Quote:It's not a national thing, so don't get on your high horse about US only giving a shit about what happens within their borders. It's strictly a people thing.
Quote:If it's not me or mine, I'm not worried about it, and I'm not EVER going to live in fear of it or turn spy for the FEDS. Are you going to piss in your boots every night now?
Quote:Or are you going to take the steps necessary to do everything in your power to make sure it doesn't happen to you and the people you care about.... the only people that should really matter to you.
Quote:Are you going to become NARC for the State now?
Quote:The chances you will be involved in a Terrorist attack in your lifetime would be less likely than you being struck by lightning.
Quote:Let's not even give this matter any more press. It only serves to feed the deadlier kind of Trolls.
Saturday, July 7, 2007 11:32 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Fletch2: BLAH BLAH BLAH
Saturday, July 7, 2007 11:51 PM
Quote:Originally posted by citizen: Well aside from the fact that it's not that easy to get the components of a bomb, I could build you a nuclear device with enough U235, they're actually pretty simple.
Quote:Personally I fail to see how something isn't a major attack just because it fails. The Japanese wanted, but failed, to wipe out the entire American Pacific fleet, so that's not a major attack. What if the planes had missed the world trade centre buildings? Would that mean it wasn't a major attack? No harm no foul? How does success or failiure change intent?
Quote:Forgive you for sounding like you don't care, but you don't? These attacks were aimed at a place in London not five minutes walk from where I work, places I walk past nearly everyday, so forgive me if I do care.
Quote:So why does so many of the American people, and Government expect the rest of the world to rally round when they're attacked, and help fight the 'war' on 'terror'? What was 'Freedom Fries' all about?
Quote:It's funny you read fear into what I said. Do people either agree with you or live in a state of abject terror? I've not lived a day of my life without the threat of some terrorist organisation, so no terrorism doesn't make me wet myself, it doesn't make want to open up concentration camps either. But living in denile, and refusing to see a large scale terrorist attack for what it is, just because it didn't succeed, isn't exactly a reasoned responce either.
Quote:How would becoming a Narcotics agent help?
Quote:Besides, working for the Military as I do, I rather suspect you already characterised me as a jackbooted nazi.
Quote:I'm not afraid of that either, but I'm not going to go out and play golf in the middle of a rain storm.
Quote:Well, no one is actually forcing you to post here.
Sunday, July 8, 2007 1:22 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Your point here is over my head. Glad you know how to make a bomb though.
Quote:Never said it was because it failed. I said it was not major because we're only talking about 100 people, and I'm sure that number was greatly exaggerated.
Quote: This was also a government plant to scare people as well because if I were to have rigged this up myself, it would have worked.
Quote:For cryin' out loud man... if these guys were anything to fear, wouldn't they have tested this out many times before hand, like they were on MythBusters or something?
Quote:Their trial run (which failed miserabley on 2 fronts) was the actual bombing!? Fucking retards more like it. I wouldn't call them terrorists.
Quote: I seriously suggest you read 1984 if you haven't to see what I'm getting at. I am seriously worried about my own Government heading that way, but it looks to me like you're already there if not a step or two away from it.
Quote:What does that mean? Does that mean that you won't go out of your dwelling anymore unless you're on your way to work? With all the press stuff like this is getting, it would seem to me that it's always raining in Britan..... Wait a minute.... doesn't it always rain in Britan?
Quote:Good for you then Cit. In the mean time, you're very quickly becoming an Orwelian police state. And it's not that hard to do to a little island. At least here, I'm able to save my money now and move out into Montana under trees some day in the middle of nowhere and escape most of that bullshit one day. Truth is, I feel sorry for most of you all living on that island. Not because of the terrorists, but because of the Government.
Quote:I saw 'Sicko' over the weekend. It included a lengthy interview with a retired British MP who was very eloquent and illustrated things so beautifully...anyway, his explanation as to the difference between Britain, France, & other Western European countries vis-a-vis the USA is that in Europe, the government is afraid of the people. In America, the people are afraid of the government. And by golly, I think he's got it.
Sunday, July 8, 2007 7:59 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by Fletch2: BLAH BLAH BLAH What's your solution then Fletch2? Better start kissing Big Brother's ass now then.
Sunday, July 8, 2007 9:31 AM
Quote:Originally posted by citizen:
Quote: Why didn't they think of that? It's not like anyone would notice a group of shifty looking fellas testing home made explosives all over middle England. They could wear Groucho Marx glasses and go incognito.
Quote: I've read 1984, more than once, and actually from a sociological point of view America is closer, as far as I can see. I mean some of those people cheering American bombs flattening Baghdad was eerily reminiscent of 'a minutes hate'. But whatever, I don't want to get into another idiotic round of "You're country is more totalitarian than my country" thanks anyway.
Quote:And no, what I wrote was what I meant (funny that), merely that just because the chances of being hit by Lightning are remote, doesn't mean I'm going to run out into the middle of a thunderstorm brandishing a bloody great lightning rod screaming at the sky like a demented fool, "Come on god you big useless bastard, hit me! HIT ME!".
Quote:The point was not that I'm afraid of my own shadow, it was that I'm not a bloody fool, recognising a threat and living in abject terror of it are two very different things.
Quote: I saw 'Sicko' over the weekend. It included a lengthy interview with a retired British MP who was very eloquent and illustrated things so beautifully...anyway, his explanation as to the difference between Britain, France, & other Western European countries vis-a-vis the USA is that in Europe, the government is afraid of the people. In America, the people are afraid of the government. And by golly, I think he's got it.
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