Birmingham Entertainment District Evacuated After Terror Threats
Jeff Quinton has news that the entertainment district in Birmingham, England has been
evacuated due to terrorism threats. A sad fact that after a big terrorist attack, which 7/7 was, is that there are other terror threats issued in the aftermath.
British Broadcasting Corp. television reported that police had carried out several controlled explosions, a precaution to disarm objects suspected of being explosive devices. (source)
Jeff Goldstein reports that 30,000 people were evacuated which gives credence to the threat having enough legitimacy to evacuate such a large population. With detonated items, this can mean there was explosive material found or the threats were deemed legitimate enough and specific enough to conclude bombs may be found in certain items.
The London Times reports London police are concerned that terrorists might strike again tonight. Investigators are convinced only one of the bombers of 7/7 was killed, the possible suicide bomber in the double decker bus, and that other still remain in England. As with every investigation however, there are multitudes of people connected and if this was the work of Al Qaida or an Al Qaida linked group, the connections will be numerous.
Update:
Bongo Vongo, who lives in Birmingham, has some in depth reports including that a suspicious package on board a bus was detonated by police. California Yankee reports of the response by British officials.
Update:
Via Jeff Quinton comes the police press release.
The bomb disposal squad has carried out 4 controlled explosions on a bus in Corporation Street, near the Square Pegg public house. This turned out to be a false call. The bomb disposal squad are however, still investigating another suspicious package in the Broad Street area.
This appears to be more of a precaution and a false threat than an actual incident to me, and thankfully so.
Cross-posted at ITB. As this story breaks, I will try to update both this post and the post on my site.
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Damn, who stirred up the Qaedas to do that?
Today I torched a wasps' nest with gasoline - amazing!
Improbulus - you eat pig fat right out of the grease trap.
Filthy - you are a disgrace.
Defense Guy - you like ketchup on your cottage cheese.
Carlos - Evita is crying now you insulted her.
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 10, 2005 01:49 AM (ScqM8)
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I almost forgot:
BUSH LIES - you are a scumbag of the highest order, a trash can maggot, desert-dweller loser. Go stuff your "McLadens".
Rooster/Babler - a Klan recruiter degenerate who breathes bloodthirsty hatred. A Heckle-and-Jive pretzel-minded imp.
Greg - so knowledgeable the world shakes in shaock and awe.
Oldsamabeenmissin - you can run, but you can't hide. Your panties are in a bind and even the Wal Mart refuses your money.
Songun - fuck you and your Chief Leader Mr. Ill fantasies. Even roadkill in Georgia smells better than you.
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 10, 2005 02:39 AM (ScqM8)
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Keep the people in a perpetual state of fear and then strip the compliant masses of their rights. Works every time.
Posted by: greg at July 10, 2005 03:47 AM (AInP9)
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Rats are down there in the sweltering london subway tunnels eating the corpses. I'm friggin pissed!!!!!!!
That damn war on terror has stirred up the qaedas and now rats are dining on people. Is there no shame?
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 10, 2005 05:13 AM (ScqM8)
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Gimpy - you scumbag genocidal fool! Someone from the mental health department needs to track you down to get you to take your medications, son.
"DSM is a disturbed child and needs a good beating to realign his perspective. It's well established that hurting or killing small animals is one sign of a sociopath budding into a psychopath."
This is after Gimpy fantasizes of sawing people's heads off on day and later commenting: "DNM is right, this is a job for bio-agents, which would be less dramatic, but more effective over the long term. We should slip some plague rats into the city, say about a million or so."
Biological warfare and genocide - from the whackjob who complains about my shotgun orkin hobby!
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 10, 2005 06:17 AM (ScqM8)
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So DSM, you think it's okay to kill inoffensive insects to satisfy your bloodlust, but it's not okay to kill murderous scum who kill innocent people? You are simply a coward who admires the jihadis and you wish you had the courage to be one. You are an insignificant, infinitessimal fraction of a man, and the sooner you run into a nest of killer bees, the better I'll like it. I look forward to hearing about you on the news, happy hunting!
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at July 10, 2005 02:13 PM (0yYS2)
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Gimp Fullaholus, you are a twistnut who has no clue about pest control, yet love to talk bull about killing people with knives and plague rats. You're the type who would rip the gerbil out of your friend's rump and then microwave it for dinner. Jihadis are just like you, scumbag punks who smell like rotting pork. Your tongue is a dangling hemmorhoid and your mouth spews forth chunks. As your hero, Bushie said, "bring it on".
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 11, 2005 06:03 AM (ScqM8)
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