London Bombing, 7/7/05

I’m not normally one for conspiracy theories, but this is just damned weird: AP: JERUSALEM – Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on his way to a hotel near the scene of one of the London blasts Thursday when he received a call to stay put, the foreign minister said. “After the first explosion, our finance minister received a request not to go anywhere,” Finance Minister Silvan Shalom told Israel Army Radio. Netanyahu was to have been the scheduled keynote…

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BBC: All London Underground services have been suspended indefinitely and bus services in central London (Zone One) have been halted. Wait, London Transit officials are just announcing on CNN that the Underground will be open tomorrow. Red Cross USA Online Donations British Red Cross

NYT: LONDON, July 7 – London was struck by a series of apparently coordinated terrorist explosions in subways and buses during the morning rush hour this morning. The explosions ripped apart at least one double-decker bus and caused officials to close and evacuate the entire subway system. There were many casualties, but officials said it was still too early to tell how many of them were injuries. There were at least two dead. Witnesses reported seeing dozens of people stumbling…