# London Terror Attacks
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [July 7, 2005, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439 "2005-07-07T10:21:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/1 "2005-07-07T10:21:44Z")
To those responsible: fuck you.
Fox is reporting 90 dead at this time.
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### Author:  [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/2 "2005-07-07T10:22:54Z")
Go Fox, make up those numbers!
Yes, fuck you to whoever is responsible. You’ve achieved fuck all.
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### Author:  [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/3 "2005-07-07T10:41:07Z")
What I’m hearing in the States from my local ABC affiliate is 2 deaths, 90 injuries. Perhaps Fox is mistaking injuries for casualties? This figure was updated on the news while I was typing this.
CJ
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### Author:  [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/4 "2005-07-07T10:43:40Z")
BBC news, who’d probably know best right now are reporting 2 dead, undetermined injured (lots though).
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### Author:  [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/5 "2005-07-07T10:46:28Z")
In these situations, BBC tend to be reliable, but slower to report. They wait until they can be confident that what they’re saying is correct. So this probably means 2 fatalities is the confirmed figure from the police so far.
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/6 "2005-07-07T10:48:56Z")
> [@Siege](#):
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> Perhaps Fox is mistaking injuries for casualties?
Fox is reporting 2 deaths and 90 [casualties](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=casualty).
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### Author:  [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/7 "2005-07-07T10:49:33Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#):
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> In these situations, BBC tend to be reliable, but slower to report. They wait until they can be confident that what they’re saying is correct. So this probably means 2 fatalities is the confirmed figure from the police so far.
2 dead, 17 serious injuries, 10 life threatening according to the Royal Holloway.
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### Author:  [@Hustle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hustle)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/8 "2005-07-07T10:49:41Z")
> [@Siege](#):
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> Perhaps Fox is mistaking injuries for casualties?
The term casualties includes both dead and injured. Fox News say 90 casualties.
Other threads:
[MPSIMS: London Underground Shut Down After Power Surges](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324421)
[Great Debates: London Hit By Terror Attacks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324428)
[MPSIMS: What the Hell?! They’re Bombing London!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324427)
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### Author:  [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/9 "2005-07-07T10:59:55Z")
I’d also like to add a FUCK YOU. Fuckers. :mad:
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/10 "2005-07-07T11:01:16Z")
I’m told that a website, alleged to be Al-Qaeda, is now claiming credit.
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### Author:  [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/11 "2005-07-07T11:02:31Z")
Yep. This is all fuckedupeddly familiar.
Let’s hope the Brits do the job properly.
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### Author:  [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/12 "2005-07-07T11:05:44Z")
Australian hotline (for relatives only) 1300 555 135 (Department of Foreign Affairs)
Is there an American one?
(Apologies if this is in a thread elsewhere)
We’re all thinking of you guys over there.
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### Author:  [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/13 "2005-07-07T11:08:20Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#):
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> Yep. This is all fuckedupeddly familiar.
>
> Let’s hope the Brits do the job properly.
And what might that be? Attack Norway? I’m sure there’ll be a proper investigation and criminal charges levelled. Let’s hope we don’t have another birmingham 7 and Guildford four. Let’s get the real guilty bastards and not the first dubious-looking Muslims we come across.
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### Author:  [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/14 "2005-07-07T11:08:36Z")
Goddammit! Fuuuuuuccck. My heart goes out to Londoners.
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### Author:  [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/15 "2005-07-07T11:19:09Z")
Boy I bet they’re glad that Saddam is out of power, the world is safe from terror now…
What?
/had to be said
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### Author:  [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/16 "2005-07-07T11:19:13Z")
I am incredibly impressed at how it’s being handled both by the public and the emergency response teams in the live footage. There’s no rent a crowd and everything is being dealt with calmly and efficiently.
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### Author:  [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/17 "2005-07-07T11:20:20Z")
> [@World Eater](#):
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> Boy I bet they’re glad that Saddam is out of power, the world is safe from terror now…
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> What?
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> /had to be said
No, it really didn’t have to be said. Not now.
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### Author:  [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/18 "2005-07-07T11:24:13Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#):
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> I am incredibly impressed at how it’s being handled both by the public and the emergency response teams in the live footage. There’s no rent a crowd and everything is being dealt with calmly and efficiently.
Sadly, London’s all too familiar with this kind of thing. Just about the only aspect that we’ve not seen before is multiple attacks at once.
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### Author:  [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/19 "2005-07-07T11:26:04Z")
> [@World Eater](#):
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> Boy I bet they’re glad that Saddam is out of power, the world is safe from terror now…
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> What?
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> /had to be said
What a fucking dick. When people are suffering, it’s time to put the ideologue to bed and wake up the part of you capable of basic human compassion. If such a part exists.
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### Author:  [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2005, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-terror-attacks/311439/20 "2005-07-07T11:26:11Z")
I think it’ll probably turn out that most of the guilty parties are beyond punishment. SOP these days.
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