Friday, July 07, 2006

7/7 one year on: The UK remembers: 52 perished, hundreds injured
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The UK is preparing to mark the first anniversary of the London bombings that claimed 52 lives and injured hundreds.

At 0850 BST - when bombs on three Underground trains went off - flowers will be laid at King's Cross station, near the scene of one of the attacks.

At midday, a two-minute silence will be observed across the country, including Wimbledon and other events.

A public ceremony will be held later in Regent's Park, with readings and a recital of the names of the dead.

The commemoration comes as Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair gives a firm warning that London must expect another attack. Nation prepares to remember 7/7
Mark Alexander

5 comments:

beakerkin said...

I want to know why the deranged Marxist types are always soooo woried about a potential back lash against Muslims. The average person does not go around blowing themselves up in public transportation.

There was more hysterical coverage of the accidental police shooting then the terrorist bombing. People need to get their priorities in order. No doubt the leftistas are more concerned about police trying to protect you then a deranged nut trying to blow you to smithereens.

Mark said...

Beakerkin:

I want to know why the deranged Marxist types are always soooo woried about a potential back lash against Muslims.

I'd like to know the answer to that question too.

The average person does not go around blowing themselves up in public transportation.

Yes, I agree. Can't imagine a real Englishman doing something like that, somehow.

There was more hysterical coverage of the accidental police shooting then the terrorist bombing. People need to get their priorities in order.

Perfectly stated; perfectly true.

No doubt the leftistas are more concerned about police trying to protect you then a deranged nut trying to blow you to smithereens.

So it seems.

BTW, Beakerkin, did you know that your avatar is malfunctioning? For about a weak now it fails to open up on my computer. Perhaps you need to upload it anew.

I wonder if anyone else is having the same problem?

Always On Watch said...

I'm all for tributes and memorials. But the failure to address the root causes is what leads to further attacks. We keep being told of the inevitability of such attacks. What? We're supposed to go belly-up and accept terrorist attacks?

Beak's avatar is "malfunctioning" because it was stolen by the troll John Brown. It's mighty low to steal an avatar!

Mark said...

Always:

Yes, it seems now that our mealy-mouthed, spineless politicians feel that such attacks are inevitable. So we, the poor infidels, will just have to live in fear, I guess, hoping we don't get attacked. What the politicians should do is deal sharply with the perpetrators of these evil deeds.

Thanks for letting me know about Beakerkin's avatar. Yes, I agree. That's pretty mean to nick someone's avatar. Don't quite understand how that should affect Beakerkin's avatar, though; and nor do I understand how he could have done it.

beakerkin said...

John Brown is a deranged Communist and has threatened people childrens while impersonating me.
There is a comedic story plot about Beakerambo being captured in Iraq on my site and on thavagejusthice.blogspot.com/.

I do not know what plot implications a beheaded muppet might cause. We have dispatched the talking Ann Coulter doll to Iraq and the Beamish army is in enroute.

We are having fun with the story line. We created Wolverbeaker and the Beakinator but those were stolen as well.