BBC says CERTAINLY Al Qaeda

[dutchdemocrat]

... Get your boots on folks. Here we go.

[Dudley_DUright]

1. Tony Blair

just used the words "terrorist attacks".

[still_one]

4. well it sure helped going into Iraq

why would you destroy your entire credibility and follow our moran Mr. Blair?

Are we going to bomb more people in Iraq because of this?

[The Backlash Cometh]

21. Maybe if they had kept their eye on the real Al Qaeda cells, maybe...

[Jawja]

23. Exactly.

We didn't go after bin Laden like * said. He wasn't "wanted DEAD or ALIVE." We haven't "smoked 'em out of thar caves."

I just wish the sheeple who went to the polls and put this gang of thugs back in out of fear of "tarrorists" could understand this one big point.



London, my heart is with you today. Truly a beautiful city. I have ties through ancestors there. Wherever they are, bless them. So sorry for your losses.

[dweller]

2. Blair speaking now

referred to the blasts as "terrorist attacks"

he's heading back to London in few hours.

dp

edit: this was over CBS early show, from BBC feed (?)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. I am listening to BBC Radio4.

Nothing like that said. Listening to Blair right now, nothing said regarding that.

[dutchdemocrat]

16. I am watching BBC on the telly

And that's what was said.

Now Jihadis in Europe taking credit.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. Christ..... you mean we have to bomb Baghdad again???

[liberal N proud]

10. No Tehran

[enigmatic]

6. Blair looked like he was literally shitting his pants

I've never seen anybody as rattled as he was..

[wakeme2008]

7. Me thinks he just lost his job and he knows it

[bennywhale]

9. We've seen that before, its his "i'm sincere act" You've got to see

his "peoples princess" speech about Diana. He nearly cries. Its all a game.

[Dudley_DUright]

8. Al Qaeda web site claiming responsiblity

for what ever that is worth (according to ABC news). Blair said terrorist attacks, but did not say Al Qaeda.

[Al-CIAda]

11. Sure helps take the heat off the DSMs and other pesky anti-war issues.

Very convienient IMO.

[slor]

12. I wonder if they will expedite...

troop withdrawals from Iraq, to go to Afghanistan?

[kiki]

13. Been watching BBC all morning.

"Almost certainly" does not mean "certainly".

One guy has been on saying that the attacks actually don't seem like Al Qaeda - they appear designed to paralyse the metro system rather than to cause maximum amounts of death and injury. He did receive the report, as he was saying this, about the website claiming responsibility for Al Qaeda, but was quick to say that it hadn't been verified and that many groups claim responsibility when something like this happens.

[Clark2008]

14. Ohhh.... PM Blair.... you said.... Bush said.... going to Iraq will make

us safer!

Who lied?

[MetaTrope]

15. Funny, my money would have been on North Korea or Iran

Or maybe Venezuela.

[Algorem]

17. Gee,isn't it the IRA that usually blows up English stuff?

[GCP]

18. You have a point there

Maybe everybody's jumping to conclusions too soon. The police guy said they'd had some warning - Al Quada don't warn.

[leftchick]

19. they always assume Al-Q

Always.

[friesianrider]

20. Al Qaeda Europe has claimed responsibility...

According to ABC.

[MetaTrope]

22. Shouldn't that be Al Qaeda Europe(TM)?