Breaking News-Bomb Blast In London-Terrorist Attacks
Thursday July 7, 2005
Breaking news - and here's some web resources to help you keep up with it. NOTE: I'll be updating this post throughout the day, so please refresh your browser window to see the latest.
Wall Street Journal Free Section: ongoing coverage.
Transcript of Statement made by Prime Minister Tony Blair: The Prime Minister made a statement following his meeting with the government's Emergency Committee.
London Prepared: This Website offers information and advice to Londoners, visitors and businesses on London's preparations for - and responses to - major incidents and emergencies.
Department of Homeland Security has just issued this alert: "In light of today’s attacks in London, the United States Government is raising the threat level from Code Yellow – or Elevated – to Code Orange – or High – targeted only to the mass transit portion of the transportation sector."
Guardian UK News Blog: good ongoing coverage of today's events.
Flickr pictures tagged with "bomb"; public photos. Please use caution when viewing some of these pictures.
Flickr photos with the "terrorist" tag. Please use caution when viewing some of these pictures.
Flickr London Bomb Blasts Pool: Photos tagged with London, bomb, blast, underground, etc. Again, please use caution when viewing some of these pictures.
Flickr London Explosions Pool: More pictures; please use caution.
Wikipedia 7 July 2005 London Bombings: Rapidly changing page keeping track of the day's events.
If you are an American and have people in the London area, this is the number to call to check up on them: 1-888-407-4747.
Senior Travel Guide Larry West is keeping up with the day's events on his site.
Globalization guide Keith Porter has a post; also excellent coverage on the G8 summit.
Los Angeles Guide Courtney Gable is following this event in her blog; with a special insight since there was an averted terrorist-planned bombing of LAX in 2000.
Dianne Hadaway has an excellent resource for keeping up to date with this breaking news item.
Atheism guide Austin Cline is following discussions on this event in his very active forum.
Jane Dickerson, our UK for visitors Guide, is staying on top of news coverage of this event and how it will be affecting travel.
Shai Coggins, our Weblogs guide, writes about the London terrorist attack through bloggers' eyes.
Jessica Steinmetz, Catholicism Guide, is keeping track of her forum discussions about this event as well as providing updates.
US Government Information Guide Robert Longley is currently covering the imminent raising of the American terror alert level right now.
Blair leaves G8 summit after explosions in London: British Prime Minister Tony Blair Thursday left the Group of Eight summit by helicopter to be briefed on the attacks in London, but the G8 summit will continue.
Christian Science Monitor: As many as 40 people may have been killed and many more have been injured in a series of at least seven explosions in the London underground subway system and on a double-decker bus. The BBC reports that British Prime Minister Tony Blair said it was "reasonably clear" there had been a series of terrorist attacks.
The BBC states "An Islamist website has posted a statement - purportedly from al-Qaeda - claiming it was behind the attacks."
BBC News had a good article on the secred war against Al Qaeda; includes information about the organization that is claiming responsibility for this latest attack.
Albawaba.com, a Middle East news aggregator, has this statement from those claiming to be responsible:
A list of London bloggers (this via Jeff Jarvis) organized around the London Underground, or Tube.
Google News search for "London bomb"; also Google Search for "London terror". Both of these are Google news searches.
Yahoo UK has ongoing coverage of this event; also Yahoo News is a good source.
Ask Jeeves news home is covering this event as well, doesn't look like they have anything different than what I've seen so far.
MSNBC.com is following the event. Warning: when I logged on this site, there were some pretty shocking pictures right on the front page. If you have kids with you, be careful.
BBC News is of course providing excellent coverage as usual. This is probably one of the best places to check for up to the minute news.
MSN Search results for "london terror."
Various Technorati searches:
Craigslist UK Politics Forum: Pretty heated discussion going on here and there's no moderator, so be forewarned.
Answers.com search for "london terror."
DrudgeReport.com reports about the London terrorist attacks.
Today's Front Pages: shows current front page news all around the world; seems to be running a bit slow right now.
10x10/100 Words and Pictures That Define The Time: Images and keywords for current news events. 
Wanadoo, a top UK news portal. Includes the latest on the UK attacks, emergency information for travel and schools affected by the blast, eyewitness reports, and much more.
More to come, I'm sure.
- Xinhuanet reports "Three London tube stations were cleared and three underground lines were shut down after minor explosions took place on Thursday."
- July 21: More bombings?: "Up to four explosions hit London's transport system on Thursday, exactly two weeks after more than 50 people were killed in blasts on underground railway trains and a bus."
- UK Resilience:"The site will respond to emergencies in the same way with up-to-date news and guidance, plus briefings and links. In addition, the content has been revised and enlarged to provide a broad range of information on a variety of possible emergencies, with links to government departments, agencies, and other bodies who provide help and assistance."
- London Underground Homepage-Transport for London: Official London tube site.
- London's Explosive History: from NPR; a timeline of bombings in London.
- From NPR, All Things Considered; " Robert Siegel talks with Duncan Campbell, special correspondent for the London Guardian. Campbell talks about the revision of the timeline of the bombings, and what it means for Britain if the bombers were, indeed, suicide bombers."
- Google search thread for "london bombing suspect".
- July 12:CNN.com reports "British army bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion to gain access to a house in Leeds in northern England on Tuesday as part of the police investigation into last week's terrorist attacks in London."
- July 12: Bloomberg.com reports that "U.K. Police Raid Homes, Close Station in Bombs Probe."
- Random Acts of Reality:a blog written by an EMT working for the London Ambulance Service.
Google satellite map of where the attacks occured.
- London77: Wiki-based links collection.
Department of Homeland Security has just issued this alert: "In light of today’s attacks in London, the United States Government is raising the threat level from Code Yellow – or Elevated – to Code Orange – or High – targeted only to the mass transit portion of the transportation sector."
"A group calling itself "The Secret Organization of al-Qaeda in Europe" posted a claim of responsibility for Thursday's blasts in London, saying they were in retaliation for Britain's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. The statement, which also threatened attacks in Italy and Denmark, was published on a Web site popular with Islamists. "Rejoice, Islamic nation. Rejoice, Arab world. The time has come for vengeance against the Zionist crusader government of Britain in response to the massacres Britain committed in Iraq and Afghanistan," said the statement. London blasts In its statement, the group said "the heroic mujahedeen carried out a blessed attack in London, and now Britain is burning with fear and terror, from north to south, east to west." "We warned the British government and the British people repeatedly. We have carried out our promise and carried out a military attack in Britain after great efforts by the heroic mujahedeen over a long period to ensure its success."
- London: all blog posts with the word "London" in them
- London Explosion: all blog posts discussing "London Explosion"
- Lond Explosions: all Technorati blogs discussing "London explosions"
- London Bomb: Technorati search for "London bomb"
- London Blasts: Technorati search for "London blast"
- London Blasts: search for blogs discussing "London blasts"
- London Bombs: Technorati posts discussing "London Bombs"
- London Underground: posts discussing "London Underground"
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