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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:58 pm
by Villa
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:12 pm
by Buster
No, what i meant was do you use the "Bikini" states? Surely they only relate to military instalations.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:21 pm
by Lady Redname
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)
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:23 pm
by Buster
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:47 pm
by Villa
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:40 pm
by Phule
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...

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:19 am
by Mercury
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:33 pm
by Dog
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..
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:52 pm
by neilbob
I'm leaving my iPod at home from this day forth.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:08 pm
by Villa
neilbob wrote:I'm leaving my iPod at home from this day forth.
AGOL!
Just what I was think too.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:17 pm
by Lady Redname
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
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:43 pm
by Lady Redname
spoke to a mate, apparantly just a abandoned bag caused a panic
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:47 pm
by Villa
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

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:17 am
by Calix
Villa you suck
like anyone would bomb Leicester, they also evacuated Huntington(lol) town centre today..
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:12 pm
by Lady Redname
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 :/