Suspect suicide bomber shot dead in London!

[roosta]

FUCK ME. The world is gone completely bonkers. I am never leaving Ireland again!

[ms.peachy]

:(

Isn't there some kind of Chinese curse or something that says "May you live in interesting times"?

My life was already interesting enough, thanks.

[tracky]

u got a link to a news report on this?

(never mind its showing up in the news now)

[avignon]

FUCK ME. The world is gone completely bonkers. I am never leaving Ireland again!
Because there has never been any violence in Ireland?

[Echewta]

Because there has never been any violence in Ireland?


And that my friends, is when we say "touche."

[TAL]

Skye, have a safe trip.

[Mr_Complex]

What's worrying is when will they occur in other cities?

[paul jones]

the day after the first attack I went to London to see Super Furry Animals and there was an eerieness like never before on the tube.

[WildBaldMonkey]

FUCK ME. The world is gone completely bonkers. I am never leaving Ireland again!


That's the whole point of terrorism...to make you afraid to go about your life because "they might get you". FUCK THEM! Whatever happens, happens.

[ms.peachy]

Hmm, maybe I am foolish or just naïve, but to tell you the truth I am not worried in the slightest. People are getting afraid and everything, but I think there is no reason to be. I'd ride the subway all day and I wouldn't care, and I certainly would not change my arrangements or plans.
Well, I'm worried, but not scared off from living my life. There's definitely a 'mood' in London today, no doubt. I got plenty of time to observe this on my hour and a half bus ride home. I was thinking about the fact that it's not like I could avoid getting on busses with young brown men with backpacks - even if that was something I was inclined to do, which I absolutely am not. I really feel for the guys who have to walk around scared to reach into thier backpacks to get their mobile phone, you know?

At one point on my ride, someone on the upper deck must have dropped something fairly heavy, as there was this sudden loud noise overhead. This older Muslim man sitting next to me jumped half out of his skin and gasped. I grabbed his hand, and he just turned and looked at me and I could see he was blinking back tears. I said calmly (don't even ask me how I was so calm, I don't even know) "It's OK, we're all OK. Don't worry, we're OK." And he just kind of nodded and he just sort of... I don't know how to explain it, it's like his whole body just sort of "broke" and he collapsed a bit back into the seat. I gave him a tissue and he thanked me. Like four times.

I don't really have a point in telling that story I guess, it's just this thing that happened and in a weird way I feel a little better for it.

[roosta]

I think maybe the point he was making was that these attacks have been focused on the UK, and may be motivated by the policies of the British government. The Irish government is totally seperate to the UK's, and these attacks have not seen Irish soil.

I thank you.

i never said i was afraid of violence! Im afraid of Islamic extemeists blowing themselves up on buses!

[YoungRemy]

Here are some of the worst attacks on mainland Britain in the last thirty years. Most were related to the conflict in Northern Ireland.

February 1974 - Coach carrying soldiers and families in northern England is bombed by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Twelve people killed, 14 hurt.

October-November 1974 - Wave of IRA bombs in British pubs kills 28 people and wounds more than 200. Several people are convicted but cleared almost two decades later.

July 1982 - Two IRA bomb attacks on soldiers in London's royal parks kill 11 people and wound 50.

December 1983 - IRA Bomb at London's Harrods department store kills six.

October 1984 - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's cabinet narrowly escapes IRA bomb which kills five people at hotel in English resort of Brighton during the Conservative Party's annual conference.

September 1989 - Bomb at Royal Marines Music School in Deal, southeast England, kills 11 and wounds 22.

February 1991 - The IRA fires mortar bomb at Prime Minister John Major's London office. No one is injured.

April 1992 - Huge car bomb outside Baltic Exchange in London's financial district kills three people and injures 91.

March 1993 - Bombs in two litter bins in Warrington, northern England, kill two boys aged three and 12.

April 1993 - IRA truck bomb devastates Bishopsgate area of London's financial district, killing one and injuring 44.

February 1996 - Two people die when IRA guerrillas detonate large bomb in London's Docklands area.

March 2001 - A powerful car bomb explodes outside the BBC's London headquarters. Police say the Real IRA, a republican splinter group opposed to the IRA's ceasefire, were behind the blast. One man was injured.

July 2005 - A number of people are killed in a series of explosions on London's transport system, causing chaos in the British capital.Several blasts hit the underground network and police say there have been at least three explosions on buses in the city.

[roosta]

Here are some of the worst attacks on mainland Britain in the last thirty years. Most were related to the conflict in Northern Ireland.

February 1974 - Coach carrying soldiers and families in northern England is bombed by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Twelve people killed, 14 hurt.

October-November 1974 - Wave of IRA bombs in British pubs kills 28 people and wounds more than 200. Several people are convicted but cleared almost two decades later.

July 1982 - Two IRA bomb attacks on soldiers in London's royal parks kill 11 people and wound 50.

December 1983 - IRA Bomb at London's Harrods department store kills six.

October 1984 - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's cabinet narrowly escapes IRA bomb which kills five people at hotel in English resort of Brighton during the Conservative Party's annual conference.

September 1989 - Bomb at Royal Marines Music School in Deal, southeast England, kills 11 and wounds 22.

February 1991 - The IRA fires mortar bomb at Prime Minister John Major's London office. No one is injured.

April 1992 - Huge car bomb outside Baltic Exchange in London's financial district kills three people and injures 91.

March 1993 - Bombs in two litter bins in Warrington, northern England, kill two boys aged three and 12.

April 1993 - IRA truck bomb devastates Bishopsgate area of London's financial district, killing one and injuring 44.

February 1996 - Two people die when IRA guerrillas detonate large bomb in London's Docklands area.

March 2001 - A powerful car bomb explodes outside the BBC's London headquarters. Police say the Real IRA, a republican splinter group opposed to the IRA's ceasefire, were behind the blast. One man was injured.

July 2005 - A number of people are killed in a series of explosions on London's transport system, causing chaos in the British capital.Several blasts hit the underground network and police say there have been at least three explosions on buses in the city.

and your point is?

[franscar]

Move to Canada. :(