5 years today, 7/7 London Bombing's

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pimper said:
5 years today, 56 people died in London because of Suicide Bombers, just wondered if this has affected anyone on this Forum, in anyway?, i have a friend that was very close to one of the sites of the attack and she says it still runs vividly through her mind.
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Thank you. :)
 
We had two trainees down in London on courses that week but fortunately they were not affected, although they ended up having to do a lot of walking that day to get to our offices.

I was in London two weeks later when there was the second attempt, my boss called me as I was getting off the train at St Pancreas to let me know what was going on and check I was ok. Ended up walking to Waterloo from there (which took a while and was a very hot day) calling my Dad every so often for directions as I had no map (and no smart phone).
 
sad day for all thoes involved and may they Rest In Peace.

However it hasn't affected the population, which is a great thing.

Anyone watch the 7/7 program on bbc the other night. Amazing set of events for the bus blast, with the diversion and explosion outside the medical place, which happened to have a conference with some of the most trained doctors involved.
 
Fire Wizard said:
If you wish to discuss conspiracy theories regarding the attacks which took place on the 7th of July 2005 or any other terrorist attacks around the globe, feel free to create a new thread about it. Anyone that posts about them in this thread though, their post will be removed without further warning.
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Citizen420 said:
censorship on ocUK is taking on a whole new level!
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No, it's not. I specifically said in my post here, if you or anyone else would like to discuss conspiracy theories regarding the attacks which took place on the 7th of July 2005 or any other terrorist attacks around the globe, feel free to create a new thread about it, just keep it out of this thread please.

However, if you continue to post in this thread in the way you have been doing, I'm afraid it will only lead to a suspension since I'm not going to continue to remove your posts after I have asked you as well as everyone else to keep discussion regarding conspiracy theories out of this thread. If you disagree with my decision, feel to to get into contact with another member of the moderating team via email so you can discuss your concerns with them.

This is going to be my last post on the matter. If you continue to ignore these warnings, your posts will be removed as well as leading to a possible suspension, without any further warnings.

Thank you. :)
 
naknakkus said:
I was down there on a sight-seeing trip with my then-girlfriend (now wife). The bombings occurred on our last day, just after we bought day tickets for the tube and buses. Fortunately we took our time having breakfast, so the news had already arrived and we stayed put. Strangely, I don't remember experiencing much anxiety or fear at the time - it was more a feeling of confusion and bewilderment.
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The Americans make a big fuss about things returning to "normal" a few weeks after the WTC attack but London was pretty much business as usual the next day. Why? Because we are so used to things like this happening. Even the young amongst us remember the IRA constantly blowing things up.

I was in Spain at the time and I remember someone saying "have you heard about London?" I mentioned something about winning the bid (the day before) and they replied about the bombings. No shock from me or my family, just another explosion in London..

Obviously different for those that were there and saw it but for the rest of us it really didn't make much of an impact.
 
Rroff said:
Yeah my sister had to bring several work colleagues home with her as they couldn't get out in any other direction that day - and then drive them home heh.

That a lot more people weren't killed that day is difficult to understand but thank goodness.
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Fortubnately they weren't the IRA, with their proper explosives, instead they had fertiliser bombs.
 
For me, this defines 7th of July bombings:

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I always find that picture very haunting.

I remember the day well, me and dad were working in his new industrial unit setting it up ready to install some machinery and we heard the news. We were both pretty shocked.

RIP.
 
It's good that parents kept these things away from their children, after all the terrorists want people to grow up living in fear.
 
I was in America at the time, so the biggest effect was seeing armed officers with submachine guns all over the NYC Subway.
 
I kinda thought , hmmmm cause and effect

We illegally invade another country and someone blows stuff up over here in response

Was hardly much of a shock
 
I was in Italy at the time. Someone came round and mentioned the bombs. Everyone started ringing home and went to their rooms to see what was on the news.
 
lurkio said:
I kinda thought , hmmmm cause and effect

We illegally invade another country and someone blows stuff up over here in response

Was hardly much of a shock
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I didnt realise it was proven to be Iraqi's who carried it out. Are you party to information everyone else is not?
 
[TW]Fox;16900667 said:
I didnt realise it was proven to be Iraqi's who carried it out. Are you party to information everyone else is not?
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Didnt mention Iraq or Iraqi's in my post mate
 
Pretty shocking when I heard the news but I came to London pretty soon after and it seemed pretty normal again.

The difference for me was that the IRA would always give coded warnings and although inexcusable they were intent on causing damage and political carnage rather than deliberately aiming to kill as many as possible.
 
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