Prayers and Hopes For Our UK Posters

[catalina_francisco]

Firstly I hope all our posters who are in London at the moment are safe and have not suffered in the events of terrorism today. I also hope and your families and friends are safe, as are those of any other posters who may have loved ones in the capital right now. There is nothing that can be said at times like this which will take away the fears and sorrow, or the senselessness of what has happened. I know all of us who are in seemingly safer surroundings right now hope you all remain safe and get home okay tonight. Our thoughts are with you.

Francisco & Catalina

 

[onceburned]

Such terrible news to wake up to.

Yes, I hope all our members and their families are safe, and will be praying for the wounded.

 

[Vixandra]

Woke up with this on the TV and its awful.

And yet, the number of live surviors compaired to dead ones they're bringing out seems so much better then 9/11, I hope it stays that way.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Seeing/hearing/reading this kind of thing makes me want to go Betticus on the cowards who don't have the balls to face those they want to kill...

And my best wishes and hopes to all who suffer the chance that those cowards will come and wreak their havoc.

 

[Kimberleigh65]

Adding my thoughts, and a request for my nephew J, who is a Metro policeman in London.

We hope to hear from the family soon, there simply are no international lines available.

Thanks.

 

[catalina_francisco]

You certainly have to admire the calm and strength of those who have survived, the walking injured and those working amongst the debris and aftermath. It is reminiscent of the spirit of the Brits that was legendary during the last WW.....calm, determined, getting on with business with strength and a noticeable lack of aggression and revenge. I fully expected repeated news reports of screaming, hysterical people and chaos, but even those being interviewed after being discharged from hospital are calm and the first trains are returning to service. It is unique and to be commended.

Catalina

 

[graceanne]

*praying real hard*

 

[shy slave]

Its such a terrible shock to see and hear.


It would be good if the other GB posters could post to let us know your all ok.

 

[catalina_francisco]

Its such a terrible shock to see and hear.


It would be good if the other GB posters could post to let us know your all ok.

Thanks for posting shy as I was worried about you but didn't want to intrude by PMing. Do you know if Dolf is OK?

Catalina

 

[Miss Diva]

My thoughts and prayers from Montreal.

 

[shy slave]

Thanks for posting shy as I was worried about you but didn't want to intrude by PMing. Do you know if Dolf is OK?

Catalina

Dolf is Dolf!

Dolf versus the terrorists....

Who is going to win that one??

She would leave them crying in the corner within seconds

Any Dom around here could verify that!

Ps. she is fine

 

[graceanne]

Dolf is Dolf!

Dolf versus the terrorists....

Who is going to win that one??

She would leave them crying in the corner within seconds

Any Dom around here could verify that!

Ps. she is fine

Are you sure? You talked to her? Like, on the phone?

 

[catalina_francisco]

Dolf is Dolf!

Dolf versus the terrorists....

Who is going to win that one??

She would leave them crying in the corner within seconds

Any Dom around here could verify that!

Ps. she is fine

LOL, she could always spike them with a stiletto, clobber them with the handbag, then shove them in the Thames!!

Catalina

 

[shy slave]

Are you sure? You talked to her? Like, on the phone?

Yes Mummy I have just finished talking to her,

I promise I have

* I wish Dolf would get in here and prove she is ok*

 

[shy slave]

LOL, she could always spike them with a stiletto, clobber them with the handbag, then shove them in the Thames!!

Catalina

But I am guessing she would want to torture them a little before she disposed of them

 

[catalina_francisco]

But I am guessing she would want to torture them a little before she disposed of them

Ah, a girl after my own heart....have had some interesting discussions today about how I might proceed to torture a certain sub, and how far I can go.

Catalina

 

[dolf]

* I wish Dolf would get in here and prove she is ok*

*stomping through the thread in a grumpy mood*

 

[shy slave]

*stomping through the thread in a grumpy mood*

Grace, Grace, Look!!

Dolf is here, I didn't tell fibs.

Thanks Dolf, I owe you

 

[graceanne]

Yes Mummy I have just finished talking to her,

I promise I have

* I wish Dolf would get in here and prove she is ok*

Yeah, me too. I've literally got knots in my stomach.

 

[graceanne]

*stomping through the thread in a grumpy mood*

Dolfy!

*great big hug*

 

[timberwolf05]

what's going on?

since "I" have no tv....no radio unless i get in the van.....no newspaper.....

what is going on folks?

evidently i missed something?

thanks
the wolf

 

[jasonlf]

I didn't even know this had happened until I came here.

Yikes.

Prayers to all brits.

 

[LeahLo519]

Yes, that was a horrible thing to happen. I'm truly sorry and my thoughts and prayers are with you all. Terrorism sucks.

 

[shy slave]

since "I" have no tv....no radio unless i get in the van.....no newspaper.....

what is going on folks?

evidently i missed something?

thanks
the wolf

You have a computer, tune into a news site

 

[catalina_francisco]

since "I" have no tv....no radio unless i get in the van.....no newspaper.....

what is going on folks?

evidently i missed something?

thanks
the wolf

World recoils in horror at London attacks

By Peter Millership 1 hour, 48 minutes ago

LONDON (Reuters) - The world recoiled in shock on Thursday after bombs tore through London's transport system killing 37 people in a coordinated rush-hour attack.
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Countries in Europe and the United States stepped up security after the blasts and vowed to hunt down the militants who caused carnage in Britain, the closest U.S. ally, host to the G8 rich nations' meeting and EU president.

Messages of sympathy and condolences poured in from European and Middle Eastern nations, particularly those whose civilian populations had been targeted by militants, branding the attacks barbaric, repulsive and heinous.

"We Spaniards know well the suffering that the British people are going through today," Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said, referring to train bombs in Madrid which killed 191 people last year. "We unite with their grief as they and so many other people united with ours."

London Mayor Ken Livingstone called the attacks "mass murder," Blair said they were "barbaric" and Queen Elizabeth referred to "the dreadful events in London."

President Bush stood side by side with British Prime Minister
Tony Blair at the G8 summit meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland, to say world leaders reacted resolutely.

"Their resolve is as strong as my resolve," Bush said. "We will find them (the perpetrators). We will bring them to justice. And at the same time we will spread an ideology of hope and compassion that will overwhelm their ideology of hate."

Iran and
Syria, both on Washington's list of states sponsoring terrorism, joined an unbroken chorus of condemnation, as did the
Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Lebanon's Shi'ite Muslim Hizbollah guerrillas.

SECURITY TIGHTENED

European transport systems tightened security.

"There is (heightened alert) in all of Europe," Italian Interior Minister Guiseppe Pisanu said. "As the violence breaks out again one must keep one's nerves steady and face it, with the force of law and with the rules of democracy."

Bush directed U.S. security authorities to be extra vigilant. "I have been in contact with the
Homeland Security folks," the president said. There was condemnation and solidarity for the victims, the British government and its citizens, from statesmen, religious leaders and ordinary people from around the globe.

"I grieve with all Londoners at the wounds that have been inflicted on this wonderful city -- the city that is home to people from so many countries and cultures," U.N. Secretary General
Kofi Annan said.

Russian President
Vladimir Putin said the bombings were "inhuman crimes," Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern called them "a black mark on society" and
Pope Benedict deplored "these barbaric acts against humanity."

"Lebanon, which has been the victim of violence for years, shares with the British their pain," said Lebanese President Emile Lahoud.

The Olympic Committee, which had delighted London by awarding it the 2012 Games, expressed grief. "I'm deeply saddened that this should happen at the heart of an Olympic city," IOC President Jacques Rogge said. "Unfortunately there is no safe haven. No one can say their city is safe."

Echoing the views of Bush and his allies,
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the bombs "underline the need for the international community and members of the Alliance to remain united in the fight against terrorism."

MIDDLE EAST SYMPATHY

The bombs drew shock and sympathy from Middle Eastern capitals, some of them all too familiar with street bloodshed.

"We've been experiencing terrorism for 30 years," said Samira Murr, a Lebanese teacher in her 50s, in Beirut. "It's like the Madrid bombings, like the 9/11 attacks. We feel we are not safe anywhere in the world any more."

"It is a heinous act," Saudi Arabia's Social Affairs Minister Abdulmohsen Al-Akkas said.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad condemned "these detested acts," while Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said the bombings showed "the need to stand up to the evil of terrorism in any country, as we are doing now in
Iraq."

Arabic satellite channels such as Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya aired live footage of the scenes of the bombings that hit a bus and underground trains, as did Lebanese and Israeli media.

"We condemn with the strongest possible terms these explosions, and convey our sincere condolences to the British people and government," said Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom sought to compare the attacks with his country's struggle against Palestinian militants who have used suicide bombings against civilians.

"This attack shows us once again that terrorism is not
Israel's problem only," he said.

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, responsible for many suicide attacks on Israelis, condemned the London bombings.

"Targeting civilians in their transport means and lives is denounced and rejected," Moussa Abu Marzouk, deputy chief of the group's political bureau told Reuters in Damascus by telephone.

Leading Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim scholar Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah voiced outrage. "These crimes are not accepted by any religion. It is a barbarism wholly rejected by Islam," he said.





Catalina