Explosions in London

[Desdichado]

No, I understand. No prob!

 

[Zander]

Get this, Aldgate has a very heavy Muslim populous according to what I've seen on the news.

So does Edgware Road. I think the bus bomb went off by accident and that the bomber was actually headed to Marble Arch underground station (it's on the same bus route). Marble Arch has a significant Muslim population too. Most likely this was a tactical decision by the person coordinating the terrorist cell because it meant that the bombers could quickly and easily hide in all three locations.

 

[S'mon]

There are 48 confirmed dead. There are still unrecovered bodies in the Russell Square tube train, scene of the worst carnage, but it does look increasingly likely that the final death toll will be in double figures & well below Madrid, for which I am grateful. I find taking a realistic appraisal of the likely consequences of the attacks immediately means there isn't the drip-feed effect of mounting horror as the confirmed death tolls rise.

 

[billd91]

So does Edgware Road. I think the bus bomb went off by accident and that the bomber was actually headed to Marble Arch underground station (it's on the same bus route). Marble Arch has a significant Muslim population too. Most likely this was a tactical decision by the person coordinating the terrorist cell because it meant that the bombers could quickly and easily hide in all three locations.

I guess that answers my question about why 3 bombs were on the tube but the 4th was on a bus. I thought that didn't quite fit in.

 

[Psionicist]

And so it begins...

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20409-1686151,00.html

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

And so it begins...

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20409-1686151,00.html

God forbid. Next stop, Logan's Run.

 

[S'mon]

Great, now smelly Tube employees will be seeing me naked... *grrr*

 

[Darth K'Trava]

God forbid. Next stop, Logan's Run.

::shakes head::

So much for privacy. Thanks to a few nutjobs out there.... ::sigh::

 

[Aeson]

Well, Ingrid is a Tennessean, they're tough. Thanks!

Most of us Southerners are, but it seems to me you Brits have your tough side also.

I'm just getting around to reading this thread. I'm glad you all are all right.

 

[delericho]

And so it begins...

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20409-1686151,00.html

I particularly like the suggestion that they might fit "dummy" devices to some stations to save money. Because if we're serious about tackling the issue, half measures are the way to go.

The rest of my views on this are political.