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Sat, 22 Jan 2005
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 Today's weather in Michigan
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What about all the snow
today we had about 2 feet of snow
1-22-2005
about 14 out there!
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spring?
allegedly 6 inches of snow tonight...can this be?
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check out the weather page at
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London endures a day of terror(3:12)
Friday, July 8, 2005; Posted: 9:17 a.m. EDT
(13:17 GMT)
People work at the scene of the destroyed bus
Thursday evening.
London endures a day of terror(3:12)
Witness describes bombing at train station
(2:48)
Blair: 'Reasonably clear' blasts were terror
acts (2:57)
Witness describes the chaos aboard Underground
(4:27)
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(CNN) -- As Friday dawns in London,
investigators are picking through the carnage
created by a coordinated bomb attack on three of
the city's Underground trains and a double-
decker bus.
Officials are urging commuters to stay home
Friday.
Prime Minister Tony Blair blamed Islamic
extremists for the Thursday morning bombings and
vowed to bring those responsible to justice.
In a televised address to his nation, he
praised "the stoicism and resilience of the
people of London" in the face of the bloodshed.
"We will not be intimidated," Blair said.
The Union Jack flew at half-staff over
Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening after the
British capital's bloodiest day since World War
II.
Queen Elizabeth II will visit with some of
those "affected by the tragedy" Friday,
Buckingham Palace announced.
Home Secretary Charles Clarke, the Cabinet
official in charge of domestic security, told
the British television network ITN that police
are facing "total carnage" at the bomb scenes.
After meeting with the government's Emergency
Committee, Blair vowed "the most intense police
and security service action to make sure that we
bring those responsible to justice." (Full story)
Police do not know whether suicide bombers
carried out the attacks or whether bombs had
been left in packages on the Underground or in
buses, according to Brian Paddick, Metropolitan
Police deputy assistant commissioner.
Paddick said it wasn't clear whether the bombs
were on the trains or in the tunnels.
U.S. law enforcement sources said investigators
have discovered remnants of timing devices that
may have been used in the train explosions --
but that no such fragments have been found at
the site of the bus blast.
Investigators' first priority is to examine
forensic evidence and video footage from the
transport system's extensive surveillance
system, Paddick said.
"We've had considerable success in the past
using closed-circuit television footage in order
to trace the movements of the people involved,"
he said.
The Group of al Qaeda of Jihad Organization in
Europe claimed responsibility in a Web site
posting. The authenticity of the claim could not
immediately be verified. (Full story)
Blair stressed that the bombers did not reflect
the views of most Muslims. (Transcript)
"We know that these people act in the name of
Islam, but we also know that the vast and
overwhelming majority of Muslims here and abroad
are decent, law abiding people," he said.
London Mayor Ken Livingstone said the blasts
were "mass murder" carried out by terrorists
bent on "indiscriminate ... slaughter." He spoke
from Singapore, where an announcement that
London will host the 2012 Olympic Games inspired
celebrations back home a day earlier. (Full
story)
'Trapped like sardines'
Three blasts took place in the city's subway
system and one more hit a double-decker bus, all
within an hour at the height of morning rush
hour. (Timeline)
Paddick said there were 700 to 900 people on
each of the affected trains at the time.
Witnesses described the horror of seeing victims
dying and with serious injuries. There were
scenes of panic as power failed on crowded
underground trains, and tunnels filled with
smoke.
"We were all trapped like sardines waiting to
die," said Angelo Power. "I honestly thought I
was going to die, as did everyone else."
Police cordoned off areas around six stations in
and around the city's center and financial area
and brought in sniffer dogs to check the areas.
Telephone traffic -- particularly by cell phone -
- was nearly impossible.
One man, with blood streaming down the left side
of his face from a wound on his temple, said he
didn't "want to live through it again."
"There was a very loud bang, the lights went
out, the carriage filled with smoke," he
said. "We were all thrown forward."
"I was in the front carriage and people were
severely injured there," he said,
dispassionately, adding that his train had been
in the tunnel between Kings Cross and Russell
Square.
"Some people were very calm, others very
panicky."
Jarvis Medhurst said he was working at the
Tavistock Hotel when the bus exploded "literally
40 meters away."
"There was a massive explosion and a cloud of
smoke, and then when the smoke started to die
down, you could see the wrecked bus, which was
on fire," he said.
"There were bodies everywhere. Heads and bits of
bodies, heads and arms and legs all ripped away.
"There seemed to be kids lying around as well as
adults. I'm just in shock, it's something I'll
never forget."
After the explosions, transit authorities shut
down the entire Underground system and bus
service in the center of London.
Bus service was restored Thursday afternoon --
with increased security -- except in the
vicinity of the explosions, said officials, who
added they hope to have some Underground service
restored on Friday.
Leaders react
Blair was in Gleneagles, Scotland, hosting the
G8 leaders when he got word of the attack. (Full
story)
"It's particularly barbaric that this has
happened on a day when people are meeting to try
to help the problems of poverty in Africa and
the long-term problems with the environment," he
said.
Just before leaving for London, Blair made a
second statement, surrounded by the other
leaders present at the conference. (World
reaction)
"All of our countries have suffered from the
impact of terrorism," he said.
"We are united in our resolve to confront and
defeat this terrorism that is not an attack on
one nation, but all nations and on civilized
people everywhere." (Transcript)
He turned the summit over to Foreign Secretary
Jack Straw while he traveled to London then
returned late Thursday.
U.S. President Bush was among the somber leaders
who stood behind Blair as he spoke. (Transcript)
"We will not yield to these people, will not
yield to the terrorists," he said in a short
statement after Blair departed. "We will find
them; we will bring them to justice."
The U.S. State Department -- where the Union
Jack flew at half-staff Thursday evening --
confirmed at least two Americans were injured in
the bombings, and says another two may have been
hurt.
The blasts also spurred U.S. authorities to
boost security in major American cities,
particularly those with passenger rail systems.
(Full story)
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez
Zapatero -- whose nation saw nearly 200 dead in
the Madrid train bombings of 2004 -- offered
his "absolute condemnation" of the attacks.
At the United Nations, the Security Council
condemned the bombings in a resolution that
calls on all nations "to cooperate to bring
these people to justice," British U.N.
Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry said.
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