And It Comes Again...

London bombs kill at least 33Thursday, July 7, 2005Posted: 11:13 a.m. EDT (15:13 GMT)LONDON, England (CNN) -- At least 33 are dead and scores wounded after a series of four "callous" and coordinated bombings in London's transport system, Scotland Yard said. U.S. law enforcement sources say the British government has told them the death toll is at least 40.Three of the blasts took place in the city's subway system and one more hit a double-decker bus, all at the height of rush hour. London transit officials shut down the entire Underground and stopped buses in the central city district. Witnesses described the horror of seeing victims dying and with serious injuries. There were scenes of panic as power failed on crowded underground trains, and tunnels filled with smoke. "We were all trapped like sardines waiting to die," said Angelo Power. "I honestly thought I was going to die, as did everyone else."A group, the "Secret Organization group of al Qaeda Organization in Europe," claimed responsibility in a Web site posting. The organization stated that the blasts were "in retalitation for the massacres Britain is committing in Iraq and Afghanistan." The authenticity of the claim could not immediately be verified.Scotland Yard's Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick told a news conference that there had been 33 deaths in the three train incidents plus an unknown number of fatalities in the bus attack. Hospital officials have reported at least 160 wounded. The death toll was expected to rise and London hospitals reported many people in critical and serious condition.Police cordoned off areas around six stations in and around the city's center and financial area and brought in sniffer dogs to check the areas.Telephone traffic -- particularly by cell phone -- was nearly impossible. London's largest cellular provider, Vodaphone, said it had devoted much of its network to emergency services, causing the problems with subscribers.One man, with blood streaming down the left side of his face from a wound on his temple, said he didn't "want to live through it again."[+]www.audioblogger.com/media/66153/210828.mp3