Moments in time...images captured forever...history tonight...
The events that occured in London, the 7/7 attacks as they are now called, have rattled the nerves of the world but not damaged the steel that holds it together...terrorism is a constant. It was always thus and most likely always thus will be. Fighting it is not futile, though...just as rats are exterminated from a home, terrorists can run...but their existence will continue until a day when generations force them to die out...when human life accepts dignity and beauty over dishonor and mayhem...
The worlds stands united with Britain today, which suffered its worst attack since World War II. America knows a bit about this, too...the 9/11 attacks were the worst attacks on America since the Civil War...
Today we read the tales of horror...tomorrow we'll see the tales of heroism. We'll hear of the rescue workers, and the beauty of human life...
And in the end, we need to read about both. Because only then can the human race see what its up against: A pillar of destruction set on destroying the ideals of construction...a pillar built on a false foundation, though, is one that will not substain the test of time.....

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Years after 9/11 and a day after the world received word that London would be the site for the 2012 Olympics, the city was attacked...

Four blasts rock the London subway system and a bus during the morning rush hour, killing at least 40 people, U.S. officials say. More than 700 people are wounded...

The 9/11 of Britain occuring today, 7/7...

ABC NEWS reporting that 2 bombs did not go off

People broke windows on the railway system and in buses with shoes, or anything they could find...many, according to eyewitnesses, felt the power of death over life...
The "tube" once sheltered thousands during the London Blitz...some were underground for 2 hours...


Initial reports of shock in London...people could not escape the carnage...blood covered many buildings...cars, trucks, buses, the 'metro'...the bombings causes panic but then an eerie calm...silence on the streets...Fleet Street has no cars on it...pubs began to get full, according to press and eyewitness reports on the street, though no one drank. In many cases no one spoke a word...their eyes fixated on the television sets in front of them, watching the horror on the street unfold...

People are gathering tonight in Italy in support of Britain...Condolences from Condi..

Getty images of the building spattered with blood..

Blogger offers photos from London...


Like America..the state of shock turns to a state of anger...



Alexander Chadwick provides mobile phone images of the aftermath of terror attacks in London...now forever etched in history...

The attacks:

Tavistock Square where there has been a confirmed explosion on a bus."

The sounds and sights that played out on the streets of London today were strangly similar to the events and horrors on 9/11 in America...Like that time, the world came together, united in a stand against terror, and all of its evils...
There is no doubt that today's event will not undermine that feeling of unity, but instead increase it...
Tony Blair stood before the press shortly after today's events and spoke with clarity...appearing shellshocked at first, he became rigid, and stood up to terrorists, flanked by the world leaders attending the G8 conference...Blair said, "Those responsible have no respect for human life. We are united in our resolve to confront and defeat this terrorism that is not an attack on one nation, but on all nations and on civilised people everywhere"

Chronology of events..

Details from the attacks...

British police service said it received no advanced warning of attacks..

The BBC originally reported that the explosions may have been electrical surges...

Former NYC Mayor Guiliana was in London 'yards away' from attack!

The hunt begins...Investigators have not yet said whether they believe the bombers left explosives on three trains and a bus or mounted suicide attacks...but there is a massive and intense hunt underway in Britain...

Who did this??

Who ... or what...timers instead of suicide bombers caused carnage..

Telltale signs of Al-Qaida

The world watching...And worrying? The Bush Administration today raising the terror alert level in America to orange for the nation's mass transit system, warnings to be vigilant are once again heard...


Flags...ALL flags...at the G8 summit, lowered to half staff...

The world sends sympathy..





CIA expert says attack is an ominous sign for US..

Let's here it for the bloggers! The new media was around in 2001, but the advent of citizen journalists had yet to take off to the point it's at now...and while I road to work this morning myself stuck listening to local radio talk about ridiculous news while London had the 7/7 attacks or listening to NPR talk about the rising price of concerts, I missed the net until I got to work and logged on...I missed it because of how truly valuable of a way of news gathering and reporting it has become....and now it's not just the big players, AP, CNN, etc...it's blogs...it's citizens--quite like me--that have a hunger for news and a yearning to report something to someone somewhere....

Citizen journalists on MSNBC

"Metroblog" captures mood..

Comic blogger responds..

The Londonist captures minute by minute timeline..

GUARDIAN blogs got first minute accounts...



First it was TEAM AMERICA, now it's TEAM BRITAIN

Londoners taking pride in their "Blitz Spitit"