A very big story is about to break.
Sorry to tease but I can't give any more details at the moment as there's a news blackout.
More to come...
UPDATE: News blackout lifted. Here it is:
LONDON (AP) - British media say police launch raid in west London's Notting Hill area seeking suspects in July 21 failed bombings.
Sorry to tease but I can't give any more details at the moment as there's a news blackout.
More to come...
UPDATE: News blackout lifted. Here it is:
LONDON (AP) - British media say police launch raid in west London's Notting Hill area seeking suspects in July 21 failed bombings.
posted by Stuart at 12:27
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Here is the latest update from CNN.com:
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Three men have been arrested following police raids in west London in connection with last week's failed terror attacks in the British capital.
Unconfirmed media reports, citing police sources, said two of the men were suspected bombers behind the July 21 attempted attacks on London's transit system.
Friday's arrests came after heavily armed police carried out operations in two west London areas at around 11:00 a.m. (1000 GMT).
Two addresses were raided in Notting Hill and another in North Kensington, less than a mile away.
Police said two men were arrested at one address and the other at a separate residence. They are being taken to a central London police station for questioning.
Earlier, witnesses said police had been involved in an armed standoff with a man in an apartment at the North Kensington location, according to media reports.
Can I ask who dictates a news blackout, and is there regulation as such in the industry? What happens if you get the news source from a third party (such as several eye witnesses)? What if the media went ahead and reported? What's the difference between a blackout and embargoed?
I'm just amazed that the black-out wasn't put into place before the operation started - the black-out began partway through the raids. Sky News was carrying a live feed from the site of one of the raids, accompanied by a live running commentary from a viewer who lived on the floor above one of the raided apartments, and had phoned Sky News from her mobile. She actually did a great job of reporting on it, but I'm pretty sure the police weren't too happy hearing their every move being broadcast live over the airwaves. I just hope the chap they were trying to arrest wasn't watching Sky News at the time...
the rev said:
I'm pretty sure the police weren't too happy hearing their every move being broadcast live over the airwaves
Can we expect broadcasters to think about their actions before they transmit stuff like this live? Do they stop to wonder if they might be putting peoples' lives in danger by doing so? Obviously not.
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