Posted on 06/28/2007 11:55:13 PM PDT by HAL9000
An explosive device found in a car in central London has been defused.Police were called to reports of a suspicious vehicle parked in The Haymarket area shortly before 02:00 this morning.
The area was cordoned off by police who examined the car.
They discovered what appeared to be a potentially explosive device, which was then made safe.
An investigation has been launched by the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command.
More follows...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
Second car was illegally parked - and taken away. Folks smel gas - heard of the mornings events and caled the police who took over.
Sky News has now confirmed that the second car did contain a second device.
Press conference due to start in 5 minutes - I expect we’ll get a picture/s
Scotland Yard press conference on tv now: “Two incidents are clearly linked.”
A very short press conference with little new news.
Surprising the images have not been released.
They will want to get them out within the next couple of hours so to make the morning papers.
I’m sure that you are, but be VERY careful. And let us know what you are hearing, please.
Our FoxNews was attributing to Al-Queda, but now they are saying could be a splinter group of the IRA. What are you folks hearing?
And Madrid was Basque separatists.
We’re hearing its almost certainly islamists.
The IRA generally don’t fail in their bomb attempts - and I think its extremely unlikely the real IRA would attempt to pull this sort of thing off.
LOL...I know.
CNN won't even mention that it could be Islamic terrorists! Pahtetic! "London has a long history of bomb attacks and alerts during decades of violence mounted by Northern Irish guerrilla groups. Lone attackers have also previously targeted the city's gay and immigrant communities."
LOL!!!! Good work!
Police have confirmed that not one, but two massive car bombs were set to explode in the heart of London’s West End.
The first car, in Haymarket, was a metallic green Mercedes packed with petrol, gas cannisters and nails, and was defused after police were alerted by an ambulance crew called to an incident at a nearby nightclub.
The second was in a car that was illegally parked nearby and towed to the Park Lane car pound.
Staff there alerted police because “it smelled of gas.”
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1272910,00.html
OK, so I did hear correctly—two separate bombs in cars. I pray there are not more of these incidents.
I just saw a report that one of the perps has already been recognized from the surveillance cameras, and he was once detained before and released. If true, surprise, surprise.
Religion of Peace (and body parts) Ping
~snip~
“British police have a “crystal clear” picture of the man who drove the bomb-rigged silver Mercedes outside a London nightclub, and officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com he bears “a close resemblance” to a man arrested by police in connection with another bomb plot but released for lack of evidence. Officials say the suspect had been taken into custody in connection with the case of al Qaeda operative Dhiren Barot (pictured), who was convicted of orchestrating a vehicle bomb plot involving targets in London, New York, Newark, N.J. and Washington, D.C.
~snip~
U.S. and British law enforcement officials tell ABC News it is increasingly clear Friday’s bomb plot in London involves multliple vehicles, and is described by a senior official as a “terror plot involving lslamic extremists.”
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/terror-plot-inv.html
Yep, there he is. Thank you. I don’t know how to post graphics or photos. **she says sheepishly**
While London reels from this attempted mass murder our congressional democrats are harrassing the White House with subpoenaes over “terrorism-era warrantless wiretapping. The Democrats don’t want the US government spying on suspected al-Qaida cells. We are living in unreal times.
I doubt they see the irony in this.
Our major media must see the irony. It seems that they are trying to bury this story today. It was the last API story on the Goggle News site.
Shelayne,
Thank you for your tagline. I needed to hear this today. I am disgruntled like so many Americans over this Amnesty Bill. I feel we NEED to speak up to the President when we feel he is wrong, but in the end, we need to pray daily for him. I feel convicted of that today.
Polly... heading back to the daily “ Pray for Bush “ thread!
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