Terrorist Attack in London

[Blackspear]

I hope you are all safe, and that your families are as well.

[SSK]

I second Blackspear. My thoughts go out to all involved!

[Blackcat]

I work in London but fortunately south of the attacks. They took place in the morning rush hour.

Seems like a large co-ordinated terrorist attack over 6 main areas of the capital.

Tube trains and buses have been hit and they are now suspended.

Lots of casualities so far, over 100 and some fatalities.

Coincides with G8 summit and winning of the Olympic bid.

[Ailric]

My prayers go out to England. :(

[FanJ]

My deepest sympathy go out to all who fell victim, and to their family and friends.

When does this insanity and madness stop.... >:(

[Capp]

This is terrible, I'll keep you all in my prayers. :'(

[rdsu]

Another very sad day for all of us... :'( :-\ >:(

[beetlejuice69]

Prayer to all the victims and their families.


Terrorists = Cowards

[meneer]

Another black day :-\

[big ed]

Bloody Buggers!! If the powers that be keep insisting on having Summits that accomplish little why don't they lease an Aircraft Carrier and hold them in the Mid Atlantic. It seems the only people that suffer in these attacks are the Common Folk!

Distressed, big ed

[Detox]

My thoughts and prayers are very much with our friends - the people of the United Kingdom - on such a dark day.

[Pollmaster]

-{ Quote: "Bloody Buggers!! If the powers that be keep insisting on having Summits that accomplish little why don't they lease an Aircraft Carrier and hold them in the Mid Atlantic. It seems the only people that suffer in these attacks are the Common Folk!

Distressed, big ed" }-

Nah it's because they won the olympics bid.

[Triple Helix]

-{ Quote: "Terrorists = Cowards" }-

Very true I agree

Another very sad day for all of us as we all Suffer these Tragic Events My Sincere Sadness to all in the UK.

:(

[slammer_JvA]

-{ Quote: "My deepest sympathy go out to all who fell victim, and to their family and friends.

When does this insanity and madness stop.... >:(" }-

I fear it will never really end, Jan... :'(

This said; don't let this stop us from spreading the message of peace!

Please be sensible, and don't allow 'them' for us to continue the circle of hate.

NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER.

BUT MAKE LOVE NOT WAR.

Fill your heart with constructive thoughts instead of destructive ones.

My sympathy to all Londoners and Great Britain (http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/b/abidewme.htm). A b i d e.

"Come not in terrors, as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings,
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea—
Come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide with me."


You've resurrected before, and I know you will again - stronger than before.

Have faith.

United we stand


4 PEACE

slam

[Blackcat]

-{ Quote: "Nah it's because they won the olympics bid." }-
Probably both as they can virtually guarantee maximum publicity with London being in the news of most other countries.

But it must have taken a lot of planning and therefore the G8 summit was probably the key.

[Eldar]

I just heard it on the news and was really shocked. :'(
When will this horror stop?
Simply unbelievable. >:(

Our prayers go out to all the people who lost someone, those
who got hurt and those still not found by this act of inhumanity. :'(

[PlexShaw]

-{ Quote: "I work in London but fortunately south of the attacks." }-
Same here. I first noticed something was up when I got to the bus stop at Waterloo and there were more people there than usual. I got into the office (which is not far from Scotland Yard) and found out what was going on.

I didn't feel like doing much work after that.

Bizarrely, the journey home at about 3.30 from Waterloo was delay free. ???

[Cochise]

-{ Quote: "I fear it will never really end, Jan... :'(

This said; don't let this stop us from spreading the message of peace!

Please be sensible, and don't allow 'them' for us to continue the circle of hate.

NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER.

BUT MAKE LOVE NOT WAR.

Fill your heart with constructive thoughts instead of destructive ones.

My sympathy to all Londoners and Great Britain (http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/b/abidewme.htm). A b i d e.

"Come not in terrors, as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings,
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea—
Come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide with me."


You've resurrected before, and I know you will again - stronger than before.

Have faith.

United we stand


4 PEACE

slam" }-

All very nice thoughts Slammer my Friend only if it is aimed at people with ethics and feelings, but sadly that is no longer the case.....'Turning the other cheek' won't cut it....atrocities like this, fired by misguided religious fanatical beliefs demand swift and violent retribution........if we can't hit the perpetrators then hit the people who furnish them with the wherewithall to carry out their insidious deeds....no fear, no favour....these people need to be shown that what they get upto isn't a good idea....until the 'Nettle' is grasped and ripped out of this Planet we are all destined to live in fear........

My only other comment is to express my disgust at the hard, unfeeling attitude of the media....with regard to fighting to interview badly injured victims with terrible burns etc., asking questions of people who are so deep in shock from their Injuries and the carnage that they have witnessed that they don't really know where they are......Shame on everyone of them....not one was offering help, only seeking the chance to get the best picture or get an interview with the worst injured......Words cannot fully describe my feelings....Damn them all....


Cochise,

[Fire-Ant]

>:( :'(

[Notok]

-{ Quote: "My only other comment is to express my disgust at the hard, unfeeling attitude of the media....with regard to fighting to interview badly injured victims with terrible burns etc., asking questions of people who are so deep in shock from their Injuries and the carnage that they have witnessed that they don't really know where they are......Shame on everyone of them....not one was offering help, only seeking the chance to get the best picture or get an interview with the worst injured......Words cannot fully describe my feelings....Damn them all...." }-My sentiments exactly :(

Best wishes to all in the UK.

[ronjor]

Silent post.

[Firecat]

-{ Quote: "My only other comment is to express my disgust at the hard, unfeeling attitude of the media....with regard to fighting to interview badly injured victims with terrible burns etc., asking questions of people who are so deep in shock from their Injuries and the carnage that they have witnessed that they don't really know where they are......Shame on everyone of them....not one was offering help, only seeking the chance to get the best picture or get an interview with the worst injured......Words cannot fully describe my feelings....Damn them all...." }-

My sentiments exactly as well. I saw that. One look at the TV and I havent looked since then.

My best wishes lie with the victims and their families. May god bring his fury upon the cowards who caused this tragic event.

[JRCATES]

This is truly a very sad circumstance for not just London, but all of us....no wonder I am in such a bad mood today. God bless the good people of England and Great Britian. This is not just another black day for all of us, but a black eye and reminder for mankind that we have such evil, hate-filled murderors amongst us and that their terrorist activities must de dealt with accordingly.

[Uguel707]

My prayers go to the victims and their families.
It is a very sad day for the whole world. :'(

...the only thing terrorists can accomplish is
to unite the world against them. >:(

[JimIT]

The following was spoken 65 years ago during the time of another crisis in Britain.

I believe the words may still convey sentiments that a lot of our friends in the UK have:

I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.

...If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science.

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'

--Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill - June 18th 1940

[Jaws]

My sympathy goes out to the people of the UK. May we all become stronger in the face of adversity.

[Pilli]

Laurence Binyon, For the Fallen (21st September, 1914)

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is a music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncountered:
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables at home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end they remain.

"We Shall Remember Them"

[Cochise]

-{ Quote: "The following was spoken 65 years ago during the time of another crisis in Britain.

I believe the words may still convey sentiments that a lot of our friends in the UK have:

I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.

...If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science.

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'

--Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill - June 18th 1940" }-


And it was JimIT...and it will be again........all we need here is another 'Winnie'..(I can call him that because I'm a Brit through and through).


Cochise.

[snowbound]

As we all know from the past, and have read here, the resolve of the British is unwavering.

I'm sure it will be no different this time. My thoughts and prayers go out to all the families effected by this despicable act.

Terrorism and or Extremism will not win the day.


snowbound

[bigc73542]

I feel so sorry for the people of London, and all of England as they were victims of this cowardly attack. The people of England have shown their resolve in the past and I am sure that they will rise to the task again. God bless you all.

[Blackspear]

-{ Quote: "Terrorists = Cowards" }-Couldn't agree more, they should use that word in every instance in every sentence about these mongrels >:( >:( >:(

[zashita]

And I would quote Blackspear :
-{ Quote: "Don't let the bastards grind you down" }-
Never let them thinking they could win ....

[Le Kibitzer]

God bless the innocent who have lost there lives in this barbaric act.

Words can't express what i feel ...............

Truly yours
Le Kibitzer

[beetlejuice]

-{ Quote: "My prayers go to the victims and their families.
It is a very sad day for the whole world. :'(

...the only thing terrorists can accomplish is
to unite the world against them. >:(" }-

Very well said Uguel, and that is exactly what they are doing. The thing I fear is that someday, someone is going to get so sick of their attacks, they will unleash the ultimate in retaliation, then Heaven help us all.

[JRCATES]

-{ Quote: "
My prayers go to the victims and their families.
It is a very sad day for the whole world.

...the only thing terrorists can accomplish is
to unite the world against them." }-

-{ Quote: "Very well said Uguel, and that is exactly what they are doing. The thing I fear is that someday, someone is going to get so sick of their attacks, they will unleash the ultimate in retaliation, then Heaven help us all." }-

One can only hope so. In various forums today, I have seen people of a certain political ideology practically rejoice at today's events....as though it is a vindication that the war on terrorism is wrong. This only proves to me that those united against terrorism are actually doing the RIGHT thing......

[Rita]

My heart goes out to all the people in England,it is so sad it breaks my heart. :'( :'( :'(

[mercurie]

This was like watching your best friend be physically beaten by invisible bully. And there seem to be nothing you could do. >:( >:(

This type of cowardly attack on citizens of a country must be dealt with swiftly and with little mercy. :(

Time to close ranks again.

[wildman]

:'( My heart goes out to all of the U.K., and my deepest symphony to the family and friends of those effected. May the entire civilized world commit anew to eradicate terrorism and the terrorists from the world.

Thanks
Wildman
:'( >:(

[BeetleBoss]

I don't know what to say.....this was very sad. Its sad that I hear about terrorist bombs blowing up and killing innocent people all the time.

There's just no understanding what these people think.....and the hatred ..and the uncaring thats in their hearts.

My heart breaks for everyone who was effected by this terrible act and all the terrible acts by these very sick people.

Its asked in another thread....what scares you most......well, this is what scares me most. It scares me that the world seems to be getting more dangerous each year. It scares me that I get used to hearing about terrorist attacks on the news. It scares me that if things don't get better....my children will have to live with this same fear in their lives. It scares me that my little boy might choose to help fight this fight in his future and might end up being one of the victims because of it.

As much as everyones says, "we can't let them think they've won" how can you not walk around worried that something might happen at any given time.

[~*Nat*~]

-{ Quote: "My prayers go to the victims and their families.
It is a very sad day for the whole world. :'(

...the only thing terrorists can accomplish is
to unite the world against them. >:(" }-

:'( Exactly MY thoughts too. >:(

[pamelajoy]

My sympathies to those who lost loved ones or who were injured in the bombings.

Londoners return to work (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/08/london.attacks/index.html)

Bloggers rush to post eyewitness accounts (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/world/2005-07-07-london-blogs_x.htm)

[Rita]

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/1802/thoughtsforlondon118bh.gif (http://www.imageshack.us)

[gerardwil]

they are only bloody murderers

[big ed]

Well Folks,

Googled this Morning to find the story half way off the page. Says it all!!!!!

[Fire-Ant]

-{ Quote: "Time to close ranks again." }-
Right !

[Trooper]

-{ Quote: "We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Sir Winston Churchhill June 4, 1940" }-

Even tho this speech is old, truer words have never been spoken.

God bless all of our friends in the UK who are struggling with us in this fight against world terrorrism. Much sympathy goes out to all of the people in the UK, especially those who lost there lives yesterday by these cowardly terrorist attacks.

May you all RIP.

[Marja]

Sending prayers and good thoughts to all the people in the U.K., especially the families of those who got caught in the middle of these mindless acts.


To call it 'terror-ism' -negates the strength of the people who are going through this time with their heads held high and their stalwart spirits unbroken.

It is cowardice pure and simple.....

[snowbound]

Entertainment district in Birmingham evacuated today,

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-07-09T200645Z_01_SCH972358_RTRUKOC_0_SECURITY-BRITAIN-BIRMINGHAM.xml


snowbound

[BeetleBoss]

very sad.......and scarey.

Ya know, I was going to post..."very unnerving"
but, the definition of that is
"to deprive of courage, strength, and determination."

Even after everything that has happened......I don't think they done that.

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[slammer_JvA]

-{ Quote: "Very well said Uguel, and that is exactly what they are doing. The thing I fear is that someday, someone is going to get so sick of their attacks, they will unleash the ultimate in retaliation, then Heaven help us all." }-

Hear hear, BJ

Good, and deep thoughts...sadly, but true...I fear

{...}

[musicman]

My prayers and thoughts go out to those whom lost loved ones in this Terroist attack. Its really a sad day when no one is safe at the hands of these cowards whom take innocent lives and cripple the innocent.........I know first hand I lost a loved one on the 911 attack :'( God Bless England and the couragous poeple whom stand for decent way of life and justice.

[ellison64]

Once again the atrocitys are perpetrated in the name of islam, and it seems (according to latest news) that those reponsible are probably british.Now many of the muslim faith would say that those carrying out these atrocities are not true muslims and yet they quote the quran on thier websites to give some sort of justification for thier actions.Personally id like leading muslim figures to actually state to the british people exactly what some of these verses from the quran mean as they seem clear enough to the terrorists.
ellison

[Pilli]

Hi ellison64, The muslim community in the UK has stated that these actions are totally unacceptable to them.

Having said that I think that Wilders is not the place to discuss theology or the reason that twists faith into such atrocities:)

I am a Christian and some of those that died were Muslims, my prayers go out equally to both.

Pilli

[beetlejuice]

I just find it a shame that we can't all put our differences aside and live in peace with one another.

[Rasheed187]

The people who did this will go to hell, there is no question, but I´m afraid they are silly enough to think that they actually did something good. But there is no excuse for this sick behaviour, killing and wounding innocent people, really makes me mad, makes me want to shoot these sick people. >:(

[ellison64]

-{ Quote: "Hi ellison64, The muslim community in the UK has stated that these actions are totally unacceptable to them.

Having said that I think that Wilders is not the place to discuss theology or the reason that twists faith into such atrocities:)

I am a Christian and some of those that died were Muslims, my prayers go out equally to both.

Pilli" }-

My prayers go out to both too Pilli.However i cant help wondering what part of "unacceptable" some of the suicide bombers and known terrorists groomed by certain imams at britains mosques cant understand.It maybe a controversial subject and indeed is perhaps not a topic for wilders.However the threat as proven by recent activities is a real one .
ellison
ellison

[NICK ADSL UK]

And on that note ellison64 this thread will now be closed! Thank you

Regards