Saffy
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I can only say thank you .. all of you ..
Ken Livingstone coulnt have put it any better ..
"This was a cowardly attack, which has resulted in injury and loss oflife. Our thoughts are with everyone who has been injured, or lostloved ones. I want to thank the emergency services for the way theyhave responded.
Following the al-Qaeda attacks on September 11th in America weconducted a series of exercises in London in order to be prepared forjust such an attack. One of the exercises undertaken by the government,my office and the emergency and security services was based on thepossibility of multiple explosions on the transport system during theFriday rush hour. The plan that came out of that exercise is beingexecuted today, with remarkable efficiency and courage, and I praisethose staff who are involved.
I'd like to thank Londoners for the calm way in which they haveresponded to this cowardly attack and echo the advice of theMetropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair - do everything possibleto assist the police and take the advice of the police about gettinghome today.
I have no doubt whatsoever that this is a terrorist attack. We did hopein the first few minutes after hearing about the events on theUnderground that it might simply be a maintenance tragedy. That was notthe case. I have been able to stay in touch through the very excellentcommunications that were established for the eventuality that I mightbe out of the city at the time of a terrorist attack and they haveworked with remarkable effectiveness. I will be in continual contactuntil I am back in London.
I want to say one thing specifically to the world today. This was not aterrorist attack against the mighty and the powerful. It was not aimedat Presidents or Prime Ministers. It was aimed at ordinary,working-class Londoners, black and white, Muslim and Christian, Hinduand Jew, young and old. It was an indiscriminate attempt to slaughter,irrespective of any considerations for age, for class, for religion, orwhatever.
That isn't an ideology, it isn't even a perverted faith - it is just anindiscriminate attempt at mass murder and we know what the objectiveis. They seek to divide Londoners. They seek to turn Londoners againsteach other. I said yesterday to the International Olympic Committee,that the city of London is the greatest in the world, because everybodylives side by side in harmony. Londoners will not be divided by thiscowardly attack. They will stand together in solidarity alongside thosewho have been injured and those who have been bereaved and that is whyI'm proud to be the mayor of that city.
Finally, I wish to speak directly to those who came to London today to take life.
I know that you personally do not fear giving up your own life in orderto take others - that is why you are so dangerous. But I know you fearthat you may fail in your long-term objective to destroy our freesociety and I can show you why you will fail.
In the days that follow look at our airports, look at our sea ports andlook at our railway stations and, even after your cowardly attack, youwill see that people from the rest of Britain, people from around theworld will arrive in London to become Londoners and to fulfil theirdreams and achieve their potential.
They choose to come to London, as so many have come before because theycome to be free, they come to live the life they choose, they come tobe able to be themselves. They flee you because you tell them how theyshould live. They don't want that and nothing you do, however many ofus you kill, will stop that flight to our city where freedom is strongand where people can live in harmony with one another. Whatever you do,however many you kill, you will fail."
Ken Livingstone coulnt have put it any better ..
"This was a cowardly attack, which has resulted in injury and loss oflife. Our thoughts are with everyone who has been injured, or lostloved ones. I want to thank the emergency services for the way theyhave responded.
Following the al-Qaeda attacks on September 11th in America weconducted a series of exercises in London in order to be prepared forjust such an attack. One of the exercises undertaken by the government,my office and the emergency and security services was based on thepossibility of multiple explosions on the transport system during theFriday rush hour. The plan that came out of that exercise is beingexecuted today, with remarkable efficiency and courage, and I praisethose staff who are involved.
I'd like to thank Londoners for the calm way in which they haveresponded to this cowardly attack and echo the advice of theMetropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair - do everything possibleto assist the police and take the advice of the police about gettinghome today.
I have no doubt whatsoever that this is a terrorist attack. We did hopein the first few minutes after hearing about the events on theUnderground that it might simply be a maintenance tragedy. That was notthe case. I have been able to stay in touch through the very excellentcommunications that were established for the eventuality that I mightbe out of the city at the time of a terrorist attack and they haveworked with remarkable effectiveness. I will be in continual contactuntil I am back in London.
I want to say one thing specifically to the world today. This was not aterrorist attack against the mighty and the powerful. It was not aimedat Presidents or Prime Ministers. It was aimed at ordinary,working-class Londoners, black and white, Muslim and Christian, Hinduand Jew, young and old. It was an indiscriminate attempt to slaughter,irrespective of any considerations for age, for class, for religion, orwhatever.
That isn't an ideology, it isn't even a perverted faith - it is just anindiscriminate attempt at mass murder and we know what the objectiveis. They seek to divide Londoners. They seek to turn Londoners againsteach other. I said yesterday to the International Olympic Committee,that the city of London is the greatest in the world, because everybodylives side by side in harmony. Londoners will not be divided by thiscowardly attack. They will stand together in solidarity alongside thosewho have been injured and those who have been bereaved and that is whyI'm proud to be the mayor of that city.
Finally, I wish to speak directly to those who came to London today to take life.
I know that you personally do not fear giving up your own life in orderto take others - that is why you are so dangerous. But I know you fearthat you may fail in your long-term objective to destroy our freesociety and I can show you why you will fail.
In the days that follow look at our airports, look at our sea ports andlook at our railway stations and, even after your cowardly attack, youwill see that people from the rest of Britain, people from around theworld will arrive in London to become Londoners and to fulfil theirdreams and achieve their potential.
They choose to come to London, as so many have come before because theycome to be free, they come to live the life they choose, they come tobe able to be themselves. They flee you because you tell them how theyshould live. They don't want that and nothing you do, however many ofus you kill, will stop that flight to our city where freedom is strongand where people can live in harmony with one another. Whatever you do,however many you kill, you will fail."
ink iris:It is an awful thing to happen, all those innocent liveslost...
