More grief on the underground ?

Villa · Post by **Villa** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:58 pm

Yup, it's the national state of alert.
Which is quite odd, as that implies a clear and present danger to national security. One off red, which would indicate hostilities are underway at a national level.
I don't think these recent incidents of the past fortnight justify such a high security alert status.
We've got armed police crawling all over the premises.

Post by **Buster** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:12 pm

No, what i meant was do you use the "Bikini" states? Surely they only relate to military instalations.

Lady Redname · Post by **Lady Redname** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:21 pm

according to sky news it was the same type of explosive as used last time, they gave the name but i forgot it already

if it wasant for that bit of info i would of said it was some wannabe guys trying to emulate the previous, but thats a bit more scary. it seems very unlikely that all 4 just 'failed' to go off right though unless they really didnt know what they were doing (which the previous attack they obviously did)

Post by **Buster** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:23 pm

Lady Redname wrote:(which the previous attack they obviously did)

I`m inclined to believe they didn`t actually know what they were doing first time. There are a few things that lead me to believe that the guys first time round expected to be going home, i.e. didn`t expect to be there when they went off.

Villa · Post by **Villa** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:47 pm

Buster wrote:No, what i meant was do you use the "Bikini" states? Surely they only relate to military instalations.

Yup.
We have been at Bikini Black Special for years now, with the exception of Amber after 9/11 for a couple of days, and when we went into Afghanistan, and then Iraq, and finally 2 weeks ago.

The err... 'bunker' beneath our building is 100% military controlled.
Not to mention we've got all the military top brass, along with a few politicians based on site.

Phule · Post by **Phule** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:40 pm

Villa wrote:LOL, just saw a guy getting jumped by armed police outside, and dragged away.
Now they've shut the doors of my building

Just read a news article from ft.com...

The last line of the article reads:
Later, a man was arrested in front of the prime minister’s Downing Street residence.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/321a0664-fa1e- ... 511c8.html

Wonder if it was the same guy Villa saw earlier...

Mercury · Post by **Mercury** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:19 am

i dont believe they knew what they were doing either.

if you knew anything bout the tube at rush hour, if u hit oxford circus deep level, at peak time, ud kill thousands with the same explosive force as used in each individual hit 7/7

the only line that made sense that they did hit was kings cross (picadilly deep line), and theres no surprise thats where the most casultys came from.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:33 pm

Just to follow up .. man at my tube change stop (stockwell) just got what CS players would call HEADSHOTed. Shot 5 times in the head by flyingsquad after failing to stop and running onto a train with a belt looking like it had wires coming out of it.....! hope he was guilty..

neilbob · Post by **neilbob** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:52 pm

I'm leaving my iPod at home from this day forth.

Villa · Post by **Villa** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:08 pm

neilbob wrote:I'm leaving my iPod at home from this day forth.

AGOL!
Just what I was think too.

Lady Redname · Post by **Lady Redname** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:17 pm

just got told to evacuate leicester bus station (approx 5:55pm)

strangly the buses ran from other stops in town still so i had no problem getting home

Lady Redname · Post by **Lady Redname** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:43 pm

spoke to a mate, apparantly just a abandoned bag caused a panic

Villa · Post by **Villa** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:47 pm

Lady Redname wrote:spoke to a mate, apparantly just a abandoned bag caused a panic

Thats the young generation for you these days - first they used to send their elderly parents to retirement homes, and now they just leave them on the streets

Post by **Calix** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:17 am

Villa you suck

like anyone would bomb Leicester, they also evacuated Huntington(lol) town centre today..

Lady Redname · Post by **Lady Redname** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:12 pm

yeah thats what i thought
sky news was bragging about (and interveiwing people at the bus stop i was at 20 min earlier) leicester being the best centre for racial harmony in the uk

which confused me greatly, they cant of spent long here :/