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Six Bomb Blasts Around Central London

M3rk1n_Muffl3y writes "There were six explosions around London this morning. Information is still emerging, but looks like there were bombs detonated on a bus near Russel Square and several others on the Underground around the City and King's Cross. It's been difficult to reach people on their mobiles."

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  1. New York by QMO · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's got to be disgruntled New Yorkers, upset over the IOC's decision on the 2012 Olympics.

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  2. First Post by HaveQuick · · Score: 0, Troll

    Poor people :( Fucking Al Qaeda shitheads.

    1. Re:First Post by Hugh+Lilly · · Score: 0, Troll

      An Al Qaeda groups has claimed responsibility already.
      No they haven't.

      A lot of experts have also pointed to the attack being "typical of Al Qaeda".
      Stop watching FOX.

    2. Re:First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      From the SkyNews timeline:

      "13.01 - Al Qaeda terrorists claimed responsibility for the London blasts on an Islamic website and said: "Britain is now burning with fear, terror and panic in its northern, southern, eastern, and western quarters."

      Britian is burning with fear, terror and panic is it? Theres a case of wishful thinking.

      So far these clowns managed to blow up seven bombs and kill, ohh, 2 people. The IRA managed better than that and they used to warn the police before hand so people could be evacuated!

      Terrorists these days can't even terrorise properly. Fucking amutuers.

  3. jokes already? by Tomfrh · · Score: 0, Troll

    you guys are slack.

  4. terrorists by kdougherty · · Score: -1, Troll

    The morning news believes there was terrorist activity involved and apparently Bush is getting in the middle of things... fantastic...

    At least they didn't get planes flown into their skyscrapers. I think they are making too big of a deal about it.

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  5. Militant Islamists Must Die by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    They are a cancer.

    We must show no mercy. They are to be eliminated. One by one of necessary or as a whole with one nuke.

  6. Re:Why? by nairobiny · · Score: 1, Troll

    Here in London we don't particularly appreciate your cretinous attempts at humour. Why don't you grow up?

  7. Only two dead so far... by Bonzor · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not quite sure this is a TERRORIST attack moreso than a hippy "peaceful protest" attack. Four seperate explosions, yet so little casualties...Perhaps the terrorists wanted to just make their presence heard...or they botched the job. I"m used to hearing a lot more casualties for terrorist bombings...something doesn't seem right here.

  8. The 7th bomb is at Victoria by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    13:37 BST

  9. frogs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I blame the french

  10. Re:Terrible. by syslog · · Score: 0, Troll
    Bomb Mecca?

    Why, it wasn't enough that you bombed Iraq? Killed countless people who had done *nothing* to you? Thousands of women and babies? Was that fair?

    Use common sense. Bush & Blair LIED and killed an incredible number of people, and created a terrorist breeding ground where there wasn't one!

    Bush & Blair are as much to blame for the deaths of poor innocents in their countries as the idiot terrorists.

    naeem

  11. Re:Terrible. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In fact, bombing random (oil-rich) developing countries is exactly why this happened. I am really sorry for every individual suffering from this attack, but I also have to say: The British had this one coming, and the UK deserves this and more, for their involvement in the illegal war in Iraq.

    It'll be fun to watch Blair & co bitch and whine about the "evil terrorists" while torturing, raping, and killing Iraqi civilians by the dozen at the very same time. Bah... I hate hypocrisy.

  12. hehe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Secret Organisation al Qaeda in Europe = J. Chirac :D

  13. Re: The real bugger is... by fredu · · Score: 0, Troll

    I bet it's the New Yorkers pissed off at them not getting the olympics.. :P

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  14. Bliar cries crocodile tears by vandan · · Score: 0, Troll

    When I listened to Blair's response, I couldn't help but think that his description of the attack on London could very well have applied to the attack on Iraq ... apart from the small fact that only a handful of people died in London.

    Honestly people, death and destruction is bad, no matter who is involved. One thing I can't handle, however, is hypocritical arseholes like Bliar, Dubya and hoWARd bombing the Christ out of other countries and then proclaiming their shock when someone stikes back.

    Remember that Bliar was well aware before the invasion of Iraq that the decision to go to war had been made, and that intelligence was being 'fixed' around the policy. So how innocent is Bliar, or the British people who returned him to power? Certainly not as innocent as the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have been killed since the invasion.

    But who does the world cry for?

  15. Bound to have happened sooner or later ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Well, this was bound to happen. The West is too liberal in immigration policies and lets these people in. America is just as bad. They're allowed to gather, travel about and do what ever they want, all the while wishing all of us dead.


    The solution is round up every Muslim that can be caught and send them back where they came from as quick as can be done.


    Afterall, during WII, Germans and Japanese couldn't freely wander about in the US or England. Why is it different now?


    If boatloads of them happened to wind up on the bottom of the Atlantic by mistake, no loss either although a mean thing to do to fish what haven't done anything to us.


    This will get modded away quick enough, but we'll be hanging ragheads of lamp posts in a few years, and I want to hear why people think we won't. They're not people, really. If you take the time to download and hwatch some of those beheading videos from Iraq you'll see that.


    The Muslims are like a small dog attacking a large man. At first the big fellow ignores it, then brushes it away and, finally, when it bites, kicks it to death.


    Sure enough, they're going to try something with a nuke or a germ bomb. It is just a matter of time. Then, a few days later, the sun is going to come up at midnight over the Muslim world.

  16. Re:Very Sad by DamienNightbane · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why the fuck should we mourn? At most, a few hundred people died. There are still more than six billion people left. Maybe when a few hundred million die, I'll be concerned, but until then, you and your false empathy can fuck yourself.

  17. Re:News just in.... by scott_evil · · Score: 0, Troll

    France or the US in my opinion...
    Shortly after the UK announces it wants to give more aid to Africa and cut CO2 emissions and the US says it doesn't... BOOM.
    Shortly after London wins the olympics... BOOM.

  18. Re:Terrorist? by tweek · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't remember Bush attacking Iraq when planes did the work in 2001.

    I think it's fucking stupid that we're in Iraq but don't be a fucking idiot and blame this on Bush. If you must, if you're a Brit, blame it on Tony Blair.

    Or how about this for fun....

    BLAME IT ON THE FUCKING PEOPLE WHO PLANTED THE FUCKING BOMBS!

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  19. Re:Why? by aidfarh · · Score: -1, Troll

    You know, that was actually my first thought, as well. Really, not joking. Of course, they'll blame Al-Qaeda, they always do. Even if some obscure group claim they're part of Al-Qaeda and they were responsible for the bombs, they could be lying. Who really knows?

    Anyway, terrible as this might seem, from my point of view, it's not really that bad. As reported by the media, the number of deaths were minimal, considering the amount of firepower involved. The bombers were really very considerate, if you think about it. And when I consider the number of my brothers and sisters that have died because of British and U.S. actions, it really is impossible for me to sympathise.

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  20. Re:The real bugger is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    to each his own.
    You do know that this was written over the gate to the German concentration camp at Dachau?
  21. Re:What will the EU do? by NeedleSurfer · · Score: -1, Troll

    You wanna know who will be held accountable? The US for starting all this shit and puttingh the world in danger by trying to bully everyone on earth, but don't stop, continue, you guys are just too diwwitted to understand that YOU are the problem, people around the world are just defending themselves against you, how long will it take for you to realize that THIS is the result of two government killing 10s of thousands of people, mostly innocent and that hitting harder will lead to harder retaliation...

    dam!

  22. Re:Someone from the UK by sejanus · · Score: 0, Troll

    You couldn't care less that people have died? What a miserable person you are.

  23. Re:Terrorist? by mtrupe · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wow. So its Bush's fault? You're nuts.

  24. NO , its NOT funny , Asshole by Moulinneuf · · Score: -1, Troll


    Its not humour its racism , its even shameles and very distatefull to make such a comment.

    People died , there is absolutely nothing funny from this event or the comment the made in this thread.

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    1. Re:NO , its NOT funny , Asshole by Moulinneuf · · Score: -1, Troll


      Ha , yes , the racist excuse of they started first , BTW , I am sure you mean Etats-Unians.

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  25. Sounds good to me. by mosel-saar-ruwer · · Score: -1, Troll

    The only pressure that would 'kill them at the source' would be a full-scale genocide, killing everybody of a threatening (ethnical, religious, etc) group, their relatives, the relatives of relatives, their friends, relatives of their friends.... But that's not a 'good' action from anybody's viewpoint, and even that will not be enough to stop all potential terrorists.

    Since when did genocide get such a bad name?

    I'm all for killing every God-damned one of 'em.

    And stuffing their God-damned corpses in pig bellies afterwards.

  26. Re:Maybe 4 bombs by 1010011010 · · Score: 0, Troll


    "Troll?"

    Well, you can mod down this one too:

    Tell that to the Islamic Holy Warriors

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  27. Re:Maybe 4 bombs by /ASCII · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, the reason the terrorist chose London is probably because they where recently chosen to host the 2012 Olympic summer games. This is the french retribution. All of this could have been prevented simply by ceasing all forms of professional sports. How many more people must die before we stop this madness?

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  28. Re:People in the UK are used to it. by caluml · · Score: 1, Troll

    I find it really interesting that this went straight to +5 Insightful, but as Americans wake up, and can't take the truth, it gradually gets modded down.

  29. Re:Some details by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    passengers requested to evacuate

    They asked me to evacuate. I told them that I already had ...

  30. Re:You're an embarrassment to your country. by Moulinneuf · · Score: -1, Troll


    Not a difference of opinion , you have no idea what funny means , SOMEONE , IF EVEN JUST ONE , DYING AINT FUNNY AT ALL MORON!

    Your Racist and sexist too , Sorry I as a human being find it despicable when others laugh at the death of other human beeings.

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  31. Re:Someone from the UK by rbarreira · · Score: 0, Troll

    Only on slashdot would this post be modded as troll. Now mod mine equally, I don't give a fuck!

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  32. Because we all know by chadseld · · Score: 0, Troll

    that if we surrender to the enemy, the violence will stop. Surrender = Peace.

    Honestly, these animals kill innocent people and you want to surrender?!?!?

    Peace is NOT as important as freedom.

  33. Re:Just a normal day for Bhagdad.... by amrust · · Score: 0, Troll

    Who acted suprised? This is what these spineless, gutless cowards DO. They blow people up from safely out of range. When that can't be done, they blow themselves up, like the geniuses they are. Nobody's suprised anymore. They're just sick of it.

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  34. It's the old saying. . . by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 0, Troll
    Americans one-on-one can be great people to be around; Unrealistically optimistic, happy and hard-working.

    As a large group, however, for those same reasons, they can be very dangerous and easily manipulated.

    Or putting it more accurately, a large demograph of the U.S. population is extremely ignorant, very well-armed, and led by evil men wrapped in flags who know how to manipulate all the emotional triggers built into the public.

    Those triggers are. . .

    • 1. Heart-swelling patriotism.

    • 2. The Desire to punish bullies and rescue the under-dog.

    • 3. Bone-deep belief in Greed, Competition and Survival of the Fittest.


    Number 1 blinds and deafens people to lies from presidents so that number 2 can be used in a manipulative way. And number 3 is where corruption and torture come from. (Torture is a way of 'feeding' on those less fit, same way jocks terrorize geeks).

    9-11 was deliberately manufactured/helped along by the U.S. Shadow Government, and this latest spate of bombings was either IRA, or set up by U.S./British/Israeli black-ops to keep the war fires burning and the people from thinking clearly. When the Fear button is pushed, people stop thinking and questioning and give away their freedoms in return for the perception of safety. Heck, at this point, it's even possible that genuine, un-manipulated jihadists were responsible. But I seriously doubt it. They have too much to lose; they want the invaders gone, not more pissed off. The only group which has anything to gain from this action is the Shadow Government.


    -FL

    1. Re:It's the old saying. . . by GypC · · Score: 0, Troll

      It's always amusing to watch a drooling moron accuse others of being "extremely ignorant".

  35. Well there he does it again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    a taxi driver this morning told me that it was all a big conspiracy. The g8 meeting was not going well for Mr. Bush (everyone wants to give more aid to Africa while he does not, everyone wants to do a better job at the environment while he does not, etc.) so he had to divert attention somehow. What better way for Mr. Bush to gain the upper hand by forcing the g8 meeting to focus back on terrorism, the only topic where he has already memorized all possible answers and positions...

  36. Re:travel updates for Southern england by bitslinger_42 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Kings Cross and Charing Cross stations? You know, this might not be normal terrorists after all. Harry Potter book 6 comes out in a week or two, this could be a publicity stunt by Rowling's publicity engine. Wonder if Voldemort's going to claim responsibility.

    Sniff, sniff. What's that smell? My karma, up in flames :-)

  37. And the chickens come home to roost by Eol1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Amen

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    1. Re:And the chickens come home to roost by Eol1 · · Score: 0, Troll

      Bah ... if your fucking imperialist government would quit meddling in the affairs of others AND FUCKING RESPECT SOVERIEGN rights as promised by international law, maybe you wouldn't get blown up. I doubt you like it when China or Ethiopia tell your governments what to do. How would you feel if France invaded the US over WMD's and human rights (death pen). You don't see any supposed terrorists bombing Switzerland do you.

      Besides, all your citizens are valid targets and participants in the war ... not innocent in the slightest. You pay taxes and those taxes fund the war effort. Can't invade others without money. Children grow up to pay taxes and serve as foot soldiers. Don't like it, use that beloved democracy and change your leaders who are getting you killed.

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  38. Re:Maybe 4 bombs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You big pussy. Get behind some real men and fight you little fag. Turned your balls in for a while have ya'?

  39. Stop igoring history, dipshits... by Seng · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bin Laden & his groupies were pulling shit WAAAAY before we started killing them on their own ground. Take a look at the first WTC bombing. I don't recall anything in particular the US was doing, other than being a world economic leader. Not to mention, the "west" would be targeted by Islamic idiots (ok, terrorists is the more popular term now) for simply backing the creation of Israel after WWII. There's a lot more to things going on today than "Oh, the US attacks on Iraq/Afghanistan are causing more terrorism." I call bullshit. They've been pulling this crap since then. How many suicide bombers have blown themselves up in the name of Allah? How many times do a pound my head on a brick wall thinking "If only these dumb asses would LISTEN to the religion the proclaim to worship under, and love ALL fellow man"? Every single major religion carries the same basic sentiment, but becuase one group decides blowing someone else up with suicide belts is a better solution, we have to deal with this crap. I say glaze the whole fucking middle east over with some tactical nukes. The root of the problem grows from the bad seed of Islam radicals...

  40. I Upset the racist club ... by Moulinneuf · · Score: -1, Troll


    Yes , Its really embarassing to see your reply ;-)

    Calling someone "a pussy" is sexist and saying that the french where behind this is racist ... Anyone who as a minimum of real understanding about those two words ( this obviously dont mean you , at all ) can see what is meant in my reply.

    "I know you are French"

    No , I am a real American From CANADA.

    " and are thus the target of the original joke"

    There whas no joke , hence my reply and point.

    "People, and probably ... are despicable?"

    The two are unrelated , one is remebering the deceased and good times and someone you knew , the other is a racist comment about people who died in a murdering action. I can make the disertion between the two , I guess you cant.

    "James AD Joyce, who will be added to my friends list, is correct "

    People who are alike support each others , I guess you proove that theory once again as right.

    " you are an embarrassment to your country."

    Really , I dont think my country appreciate people who laugh at the murder of innocent and who make racist jokes about it. Its a Real American thing , you cant understand it.

    "The French have it bad enough "

    Another racist comment based on your obvious lack of education and current knowledge , BTW London aint in France ...

    "masking knee-jerk nationalism "

    As I said I am a Real American , from CANADA.

    "thinly veiled moral 'highhorsing'"

    There is no morality discussion here , you and your friend are racist arseholes and he is sexist too.

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  41. More false-flag nonsense. by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: -1, Troll
    A False Flag attack is an ancient and well-understood tactic, and it works really well because the majority of any population can be counted to fall for it every time. --People would rather believe in a comfortable lie which doesn't leave them smudged with guilt rather than look at the facts staring them in the face.

    Why was there no proper investigation into 9/11? Why do NONE of the facts line up with the official story? Why was there so much fishy bullshit surrounding the event? (A terrorist passports found sitting on top of the smoking rubble pile?) Why was even the pantomime of an investigation hindered at every step by the Bush administration? Why were there dancing Israeli spies video-taping 9/11? Why, why, why. . ?

    The answers are ugly and entirely possible; means, Motive (with a capital 'M') and opportunity all held by the U.S./British/Israeli Shadow Governments. Black-Ops are well funded for a reason! But everybody just bends over backwards to look the other way at over-simple black & white explanations.

    The fiction of the 'Middle Eastern Terrorist' is just that.

    Everybody who believes in the lie alters the world in a negative way.


    -FL

    1. Re:More false-flag nonsense. by rlp · · Score: 0, Troll

      FL - do you get a discount on bulk purchases of aluminum foil?

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  42. Re:Maybe 4 bombs by bukharin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, there's good documentary evidence that the Japanese offered to surrender before any nuclear bombs were dropped. The US refused to accept this surrender because it was not "unconditional" (Japan wanted to keep their Emperor). So the bombs were dropped. Japan then repeated the same offer of conditional surrender, and it was accepted. So the bombs effectively made no difference in terms of ending the war.

    Additionally, as jedigeek pointed out, choosing to drop the bombs on cities was pretty unnecessary.

    I think that the dropping of atomic bombs on Japanese cities were the 2 greatest war crimes of all time.

  43. Propaganda by TamMan2000 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Read his own literature! You talk about reading, then do it! He has written COUNTLESS times about fighting ANYONE who's not Muslim! The US is the most obvious target aside from Isreal.

    Don't be confused, this isn't merely about a military event, this is a religious EDICT. As for the rest of the babble that is your post, it's not worth comment.

    Bin Laden and al Qaeada are very clear on their objectives:

    * All non-Muslims OUT of the Middle East (basically any nation that is Muslim or that is CLAIMED by Muslims)
    * Spread Islam throughout the world


    That is even less true than saying we went after Hussein to bring freedom to the Iraqi people.

    Propaganda, and true modivation are seldom the same...

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  44. Re:go read history by stankulp · · Score: 0, Troll
    Do you really, really, believe that Bin Laden decided to spend several years planning the 9/11 attack, sacrifice several people, kill thousand of innocent people just because he wanted, without a reason?

    Actually, he did it because Bill Clinton proved that the American people had no stomach for war casualties in the Somalia debacle. This made him believe that he could attack America with impunity.

    He found out differently, much to his chagrin.

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  45. Re:Seems you can't read, either. by Moulinneuf · · Score: -1, Troll

    "In what way does this make fun of the bombing victims?"

    There is no valid reason that could be given to justify those action. Also its an embarssement that one of the biggest peacefull event on the planet would be name and associated with those murders and it even worst when the fact is that it would blame other nations who I am sure are not in anyway shape or form related to the murderers who commited those reprhensible acts.

    " Here's my point: the original post was making fun of the people who did the bombing, not the victims. "

    No , your point , is that your support a racist comment , because in your view and failed values they where making fun of some nation you dont particulary like. Pick any one of the nation who lost the olympic bids ( Paris ( France ) as well as Madrid ( Spain ), Moscow ( Russia ) and New York ( United States ).

    " So in what way is it offensive to the victims of the bombings? "

    Your more concerned about making a racist comment then going or asking for justice.

    " read the fuckin' comment "

    I read the entire thread.

    "before you took offence."

    I am no offensed by it , I simply pointed the fact that your a Racis sexist arseholes.

    "you just saw someone making a comment that wasn't "oh no this is a tragedy this is all blair's fault "

    Now your going to blame the Britain Prime Minister opposition too ... and make me as someone who care if someone dont blame him , personnaly my intervention as to do with your racist aproval of the GP post. I just hate racist.

    "You are a hypersensitive whiner."

    Its you who is a racist and sexist moron and in agreement with the racist comment , not me.

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  46. Re:To our British friends by akihabara · · Score: 0, Troll

    Twat.

  47. Re:Seems you can't read, either. by Moulinneuf · · Score: -1, Troll


    Real American from CANADA , I speak and write in both official languages of my Country and understand and can write in many other languages.

    My name is of French Origins , nothing to be ashamed of since its my real name. I aint a coward who is afraid of what he say and and of who he is.

    "France was behind these horrific attacks."

    I guess I whas right when I said racist club ...

    "We all know it."

    I dont think you know the meaning of the word all.

    "Shall we invade?"

    Go ahead , your obviously the or one of the leader and best represenative of your country.

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  48. Re:To our British friends by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    >We faced down the IRA for 30 years

    Which you well deserved for violating the integrity of the Irish Island and opressing irish catholic people, you asshole followers of an incestful serial wife-killer king of eight. British people are perverts, who exist against the law of nature.

    Michael Collins, hey, hey, hey!
    Long live the freedom and unity of the Irish Island!

  49. Re:Seems you can't read, either. by Moulinneuf · · Score: -1, Troll

    no , I just take my time to think before I reply , you should try it sometime.

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  50. Paging Russian/Korean Special Forces! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Let's throw some seriousness into all this humor. England has a serious security problem. It is the hordes of Middle Easterners (MEs) who have exploited the generosity of the West, who have demanded to be allowed to live in the West, and who have condemned Western values while they (the MEs) are living in the West. The good money says that the culprits of this tragedy are MEs.

    The time has come for 3 responses. First, illegal immigrants from the Middle East should be promptly deported. Airport searches will no longer be done on randomly selected persons. These searches will be biased against Middle Easterners.

    Finally, we hire the Russian or Korean special forces to do sweeps in London, Fallujah, and other hotbeds of terrorism. The Korean special forces are probably the best choice, since they kill first and ask questions last.

  51. EAT UP ALL THAT ELITE PROPAGANDA, BOYS! by Cryofan · · Score: -1, Troll

    Eat it all up, yum yum.

    It doesn't matter that 100 people dropped dead of sudden heart attack in England today. And that 100 will drop dead of sudden heart attack in England tomorrow, and the next day. And the next, etc.

    It doesn't matter that 100,000 people die every day on this planet, most of cancer and heart disease. And it doesn't matter that we could take all that money from the war machine budget and use it to cure sudden heart attacks and cancer. It doesn't matter that 60% of the federal American budget goes to the so-called "defense" war machine (most of it is hidden in non-defense categories, boys....).

    All that matters is that the elite can use this little bombing to SCARE YOU, and then they can use that as an excuse to do whatever they want. It's called an outrage-pretext-incident, boys. See WTC-911, Kuwait rapes, Tonkin Gulf, Pearl Harbor, the Lusitania, and the USS Maine, etc etc.

    You ain't nuttin' but meat machines, nuttin' but domesticated livestock, swimming in an elite-friendly culture evolved by decades of elite propaganda, and heeding the call of your CorpGovMedia masters. Look at you--jerking and twitching to the blare and noise of their propaganda, like ideological versions of Pavlov's dogs....Homo Sapiens Americanus....

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  52. No, you're wrong. You're very, very wrong. by Grendel+Drago · · Score: 0, Troll

    You only give out this "root causes" nonsense because you think that perhaps the terrorists have some good ideas---you dislike globalization, or you don't like the idea of American military hegemony.

    You say that People generally become terrorists because they are upset about something., and go on to say that we should address the reasons that they're upset.

    Fair enough. How, then, do you propose to deal with the Army of God? Shall we outlaw abortion, because it tweaks some people so hard they feel the need to murder real live adult humans to make their point about the sanctity of life?

    --grendel drago

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  53. Respond with more force by WD_40 · · Score: -1, Troll

    The only thing these slimeballs understand is overwhelming, crushing force. You bomb my tube, I Tomahawk your mosque. Fallujah and other hotbeds of terrorism should be reduced to overlapping bomb craters. We need to make it so these scum know without a doubt that if they do this shit, it will be brought back on them tenfold.

    In this world, there are people who need to be shot dead, not negotiated with or have the error of their ways pointed out to them, but removed from this earth, and the sooner the better.

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    "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine." -- RFC 1925

    1. Re:Respond with more force by Random_Goblin · · Score: 0, Troll

      Bomb THEM? THEM who? If you knew who THEM was, you could arrest THEM ahead of time.

      ah that would be everyone who isn't US, you know those funny looking people not from our tribe, we should hit them with big rock!

  54. The French by metroplex · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm quite sure the French did this because they were sooo pissed London was chosen over Paris for the 2012 olympics :)

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  55. Stick to what you know boys and girls by DrSoCold · · Score: 0, Troll

    For those idiots here that think they know about warfare and national security, sit back shut up and do what you do best, type code at your bosses bark. If you don't have military combat experience or have members of your family involved in the war on terror then do not comment. The most some of you idealists have seen of war is playing call of duty, so shut it. Your pathetic arse will be saved by the strong and brave who dodge the bullets from these ruthless killers. You will still get your pathetic pay check so you can preach your anti war rhetoric and chant your idealisms. For those of you with respect, dignity and the wisdom to not comment on subjects you know nothing about, thankyou. It is a tough time for us brits right now.

  56. What Goes Around Comes Around by CATINTHEHAT · · Score: 0, Troll

    At this point it is still much to early to say with certainty who is responsible for this terrorist attack. But after being invaded and occupied based on bogus claims of WMD. After witnessing the wholesale destruction of their cities and the murder of more than a hundred thousand of their civilians, Iraqis have about as much moral right to set off bombs in London as the U.S. had in attacking Japan after Pearl Harbor.

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  57. Re:Neocons: Invade the world, invite the world. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you are such an asshole, people are getting slaughtered and you start talking this shit about israel.

  58. Re:Someone from the UK by jafac · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's not needed and hopefully we won't whore this like September 11th was.

    The fact that you blokes re-elected Blair doesn't give me warm fuzzies on this.

    But don't feel bad - we were retarded enough to re-elect Bush. . .

    My guess? in response to 7/7, Britain will attack. . . Belgium.

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  59. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're saying the DGSE (French Secret Service) couldn't have done something so well planned? There may be something to that.

  60. Re:Then what? by cmaher · · Score: 0, Troll

    You goddamn nerds know nothing about the political and emotional reality of the world. 'Ignoring' terrorism is a stupid and unrealistic and most probably ineffective solution to terrorism. Its funny how you people think your solutions for things are logical and pragmatic when it is tainted by anti-American zeal and your proclivity to condemn anything large and powerful, who you see as 'bullies.' No one who thinks like the vast majority of people on slashdot will ever be elected to a position of power and stay there to succeed, ever. Thank god all you people will do is stick to tinkering with your computers.

  61. The solution by PhotoBoy · · Score: -1, Troll

    We should throw every last rag-head muslim cunt out of the country, that would sort the problem of terrorism and benefit fraud all at once.

    1. Re:The solution by PhotoBoy · · Score: 0, Troll

      Nope, terrorists say "Allah akbar" and blow themselves up so I don't sound like a terrorist, especially since I'm not speaking in sand nigger speak. In fact I sound just like someone who has suggested a logical solution which is to get rid of all the rag-heads. Then we will know for sure that there aren't any terrorists in the country.

      And if most Muslims do not support terrorists you'd think they'd be less hostile to actually allowing the police to search their mosques for bombs instead of constantly crying about religious discrimination. And when's the last time a rag-head reported one of their relatives to the police because they suspicted them of terrorism?

  62. Re:To our British friends by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, by allowing the unlimited detention and beating of suspects without charge. Sounds a bit familiar?

  63. Re:The proper way to fight terrorism by ckaminski · · Score: 0, Troll

    It was invade Iraq, or do nothing, get kicked out of Saudia Arabia, and be forced to lift the embargo, which could, and probably WOULD result in Saddam rearming himself (the French were lining up to sell him weapons) and threatening his neighbors again.

    There was no choice. It was fight in Iraq now, or do it all over again in 10 years.

  64. Re:Why? by letxa2000 · · Score: 0, Troll
    No, I don't. I live where SUVs and roads are plentiful.

  65. Re:Message from a Muslim in London by genrader · · Score: 0, Troll

    Perhaps you should reconsider your religion and realize they're the "good" Muslims according to Allah?

  66. Re:Neocons: Invade the world, invite the world. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Israelis have been terrorizing Arabs for years. Quite simply, it is easier-and less risky- to attack places like London than it is to attack Israel itself.

  67. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    We support corrupt leaders in Saudi Arabia and in teh far east... We ignore the wish of most people in the near and middle east. And we negate their culture and try to encourage them to use our.
    Do you know anything of Muslim history over the last few 100 years, let alone since the birth of their so-called pirate "religion"? Of the call for warfare, rape, and plunder against everyone who does not submit to their so-called "faith" and the complete political tyranny it entails?

    we negate their culture and try to encourage them to use our? Do we shove Coca-Cola and BigMacs down their throats? Do we force them to go to our movies and listen to our music at gun-point? Or do you think maybe they do it out of their own free will, because they actually like our culture, because they find it liberating and exciting? Negation of culture? PUH-LEEZ. Islam is nothing but the negation of other people's cultures till they all bow down in the direction of Mecca, speak Arabic, and think that everything that happened outside of 7th Century Arabia- whether it's the poetry of Persia, the monuments of Egypt, the spirituality of India- is worthless trash. Come back to us when you can tell us something about the complete destruction of Buddhism in Afghanistan, of Zoroastranism in Persia, of Christianity in Iraq, Egypt, and North Africa, Hinduism in Western and Northern India and every other culture unforutnate enough to live along one of Islam's bloody borders. Come back to us then, when your mind is free of the ignorance, hypocrisy, and/or self-hatred so ambly disabled in your post.

  68. Re:Message from a Muslim in London by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I am sorry but Islam is not a beautiful religon. All you have to do is look at the Muslim world and see why.

  69. now, normally I tend to be more balanced. by Machine9 · · Score: 0, Troll
    but isn't it about time we gave all those pretty nuclear weapons we, The West, have stockpiled over the decades a whirl?

    "every time you bomb one of our cities, we reduce a major city of yours to molten glass. Still want to play?"

    sounds good to me by now.

  70. Re:Well... by Alphabet+Pal · · Score: 0, Troll
    Their is no moral high ground in the war amongst pirates.

    I agree. When people stop respecting the intellectual property rights of recording companies, morals have already gone out the window.

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  71. Re:Neocons: Invade the world, invite the world. by GypC · · Score: 0, Troll
    Oh, of course. It's all the Jews' fault.

    Thank you for clarifying that, Adolf.

  72. Re:Paul Hill by Halvy · · Score: 0, Troll

    GREAT POINT!

    actually, anything takes presidence over 'mans' law since The Law is simply a form of bondage that the handful of rich & powerful scum puts on the other 6.5 billion of us.

    Big-Al-Queda did NOT do this.. it is NOT in their interests to bomb people who are against the war in iraq.

    This reeks of the jewz & bush, inc.

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  73. Are You A jew?.. by Halvy · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wouldn't be running my mouth like that, knowing that alot people are pissed off at what the jewish-mafia is doing to this planet.

    REMEMBER to NEVER_FORGET that *Hitler* almost won the first time around..and ALOT has been learned since then, on what it takes to *get-it-right* this next time around...

    -- dammed kikes always making my fingers hurt from typing!!

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  74. I'm investing in Black-Body-Bags :) by Halvy · · Score: 0, Troll


    for scum like you, sooo when your done *defending* me, i can spit on your grave AND be the richer for it :)

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  75. Re:source, please by DerProfi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ah yes, the same old completely worthless Lancet study that's been flogged in the media since the November 2004 US elections... Note that if you actually read the thing, it says (in very small letters, in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of The Leopard"):

    "We estimate there were 98000 extra deaths (95% CI 8000-194000) during the post-war period."

    Here's a layman's translation of that bolded bit:

    We, the esteemed authors of this study, are 95% confident that the number of extra deaths during the post-war period fell somewhere in the range of 8,000 to 194,000. In other words, our sample and methodology both suck so hard that we really have no clue. However, for the sake of drama we'll choose a number about halfway between those upper and lower bounds and go with that as our estimate.

    Next!

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  76. Glorious Day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Now everyone in the Christian world will understand that the War is justified. The weak, the traitors, the critics, and the "moderates" will be silenced. We will go forth and burn the evil off this earth. The Evildoers will recieve their judgment from our righteaous army, and the blinding white standar of Purity will be carries by our leaders Bush and Blair.

    Bring on the napalm and the nukes, and rejoice! Evil will soon be a memory in the minds of the good and righteous! The War is on!

    Thank You, oh merciful father, my Lord, my God--I think I'm gonna cu-cu-CUUUM!!! Aaahhhh....

  77. And what are you going to do about it? by Halvy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Huh?

    You spinless...jewmerican.

    Oh yea, save us the time of having to bring-you-to-justice..and just kill yourself.

    You have NOTHING to live for.. and I have everything to live for, espcially waiting for the tide to turn, against monsters like you. :)

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  78. Re:Maybe 4 bombs by geekee · · Score: 0, Troll

    " america's astoundingly arrogant foreign policy?"

    Yes, it was extremely arrogant to aid Israel and Kuwait against destruction. You're simply defending racists like Bin Laden who are no better than the KKK, by blaming America for their racist policies of destruction to non-muslims.

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  79. Re:Maybe 4 bombs by johansalk · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Oh please, then what triggered 9/11?"

    STFU you ape. How about a million Arabs killed by the actions of your government in Iraq alone before 9/11? http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0707-31.htm

    As

  80. OK!! by Halvy · · Score: 0, Troll

    I WILL!! LOL!!


    Ahhhhnd YOU keep calling people names and laffing, so the good-decent-innocent Muslims and all other good people, can slip up from behind you, and bring-you-some-old-fashion-JUSTICCCCCCE!! :]

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  81. Re:Once again /. shows its true colors by ylikone · · Score: 0, Troll

    So much hatred. You need therapy. oh, and bush and blair suck.

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  82. Re:Someone from the UK by Scudsucker · · Score: 0, Troll

    But of course, your (typical) reaction is what terrorists are hoping for. If everyone said "no biggie" like the parent poster, we wouldn't have terrorism because no one would be terrorized.