This is just crazy... what is the world coming to? My prayers go out to all of those that are in London at this time.
But I was just thinking about something...I heard on the news that arrests have already been made in regards to the **** attacks in London.One was two weeks ago and the latest one was today. But why is it that almost 4 years after the 9/11 attacks WE STILL CAN"T FIND OSAMA BIN LADEN? I know it's a lil' off topic but it was just a thought. :?:
(waits for a 30 page debate on Osama) the US is covering for him... :???:
the man shot and **** by the London police had nothing to do with it..I fou nd t his article on aol.
Man Shot by London Police Not Connected to Bombings
Citizens Say the Mistaken Killing Makes Them More Fearful
By JILL LAWLESS, AP
LONDON (July 23) - The man officers **** in a dramatic subway **** apparently had nothing to do with a series of bombing attacks on London's transit system, police said Saturday, calling the death a "tragedy'' and expressing their regret.
Police had pursued the man and shot him point-blank Friday in front of horrified passengers on a train at the Stockwell station in south London, later saying he was "directly linked'' to the attempted bombings the previous day.
But on Saturday, a spokesman for Metropolitan Police said "the man was unconnected to the incidents of Thursday'' in which **** placed on three subway cars and a double-decker bus failed to detonate properly, and was "probably unconnected'' to the July 7 **** bombings that **** 56, including the bombers.
"He's not believed to be connected in any way to any of the London bombings,'' a police source said on condition he not be identified.
In a country where most police are not armed, and police shootings are rare, the killing in the subway was a shocking episode and immediately raised questions about whether police now have a shoot-to-**** policy toward **** suspects. Police refused to discuss "operational tactics.'' But police sources and security experts said it was clear from the incident that officers were operating under revised guidelines.
The leader of a human rights group called for a quick and thorough investigation into the ****, and a Muslim leader said the news would make London's immigrants and Muslims more fearful.
"It's incredibly important that society remains united at such a tense time, it's very important that young Asian men don't feel that there is some kind of trigger-happy culture out there,'' Shami Chakrabarti, director of civil rights group Liberty, said in a statement.
On Saturday, police raided a house in south London that they said was connected to the investigation. No arrests were made, police said Saturday evening.
Earlier, police said a second suspect had been arrested in south London, close to the scene of one of the attacks this week. The arrest late Friday was ``in connection with our inquiries'' into Thursday's attacks, police said. The first suspect, whose identity has also not been released, was being questioned at a high-security London police station.
Police would not say whether the men were among the four suspected of carrying **** onto three subway trains and a bus Thursday.
In explaining Friday's ****, police said officers trailed the man after he emerged from a nearby house that was under surveillance because of a suspected link to Thursday's attempted attacks.
Suspicious of his behavior and clothing, officers followed him into the station and then ordered him to stop, police said. Witnesses said the man ran into a subway car, where officers fatally shot him about five times at point-blank range. He has not been identified.
"For somebody to lose their life in such circumstances is a tragedy and one that the Metropolitan Police Service regrets,'' a police spokesman said on customary condition of anonymity.
Azzam Tamimi, a spokesman for the Muslim Association of Britain, said "people will be afraid to walk the streets now, to take the Tube.
"To give license to people to shoot someone **** like that on the basis of suspicion is very frightening,'' Tamimi told the British Broadcasting Corp.
"The problem in this particular incident is that the person seems to be colored, seems to be Asian. Now he can be of any religion, from any roots or region. This will cause a great anxiety and concern,'' Tamimi said.
Sir Iqbal Sacranie, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, acknowledged that "the police are under tremendous pressure to apprehend the criminals who are attempting to cause carnage on the streets of London,'' but he said, "it's absolutely vital that the utmost care is taken to ensure that innocent people are not **** due to overzealousness.''
London's Mayor Ken Livingstone called the killing a "human tragedy.''
"The police acted to do what they believed necessary to protect the lives of the public. This tragedy has added another **** to the toll of deaths for which the terrorists bear responsibility,'' he said.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission, would investigate the ****, but would do nothing "to hinder the urgent police priority of tracking down and bringing to justice those responsible for the recent London bombings,'' commission chairman Nick Hardwick said.
In a late development Saturday, police said a "suspicious package'' that might be linked to the attempted bombings Thursday had been found during a search of **** in northwest London.
Security alerts kept the city of about 8 million people on edge. Londoners mourned, with hundreds packing Westminster Cathedral for the funeral Mass of Anthony Fatayi-Williams, a 26-year-old who was among the 52 people **** by four **** bombers July 7.
"These present atrocities and Anthony's death have raised great emotions in us,'' Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster Alan Hopes told mourners. "We are angry, we are appalled and we are grieving. But as Christians we cannot yield to bitterness, we cannot yield to thoughts of revenge.''
London's police force said it had had a good response to Friday's release of photos of suspects captured on closed-circuit surveillance cameras. Police said an anti-****hot line had received more than 400 calls since Friday's appeal for help from members of the public.
The ****, which contained homemade explosives, failed to detonate properly and no one was injured in Thursday' attacks, which echoed the much deadlier blasts by four **** bombers exactly two weeks earlier.
The startlingly clear closed-circuit TV images of the suspects released Friday stared from the front pages of British newspapers Saturday. "Faces of the four bombers,'' said the Daily Telegraph. "The Fugitives'' said The Times, while the Daily Mail labeled them "Human ****.''
One image shows a stocky man in a "NEW YORK'' shirt running through a station. Another depicts a man in a white baseball cap and a T-shirt adorned with palm trees. Two others are in dark clothes, slightly obscured by a poor camera angle.
A statement posted Friday on an Islamic Web site in the name of an al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility for Thursday's attacks. Authorities, however, were skeptical. The group, Abu Hafs al Masri Brigades, has also claimed responsibility for the July 7 bombings - as it did for the 2003 New York City blackout and many other events.
Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said dealing with the threat posed by the bombers was "the greatest operational challenge ever faced by the Metropolitan Police Service.''
He said the service, which for years had to deal with **** campaigns waged by the Irish Republican Army, was now "facing previously unknown threats and great danger.''
07/23/05 15:57 EDT
