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Car Bomb Scare In London
Sky Newx (UK) ^ | June 29, 2007

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 ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaida; bomb; britain; britishterrorism; carbomb; england; eurabia; globaljihad; haymarketcarbombs; islam; jihad; london; londonbomb; londonbombing; londonistan; salmanrushdie; salmanrushdiebomb; uk; wot
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To: Ramius

British police are saying that the car bomb was intended to be detonated remotely by mobile phone....and...the Park Lane vehicle is connected to the Haymarket car bomb.


61 posted on 06/29/2007 8:18:30 AM PDT by tsmith130
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To: GideonOfWar

Islamists use whatever will kill. They used explosives in nail-filled knapsacks, remotely detonated, in the Madrid attack. There were no suicide bombers in that one.


62 posted on 06/29/2007 8:25:51 AM PDT by livius
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To: tsmith130

My libertarian side is horrified at the idea of 300 pictures/day taken of people. My bloodthirsty side is glad there will be plenty pictures of these lunatics.


63 posted on 06/29/2007 8:39:58 AM PDT by publana (Build the fence!)
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To: HAL9000

How can there be a terror bomb threat.........

Remember, John Edwards claims it’s only a bumper sticker.


64 posted on 06/29/2007 8:40:13 AM PDT by laurie_d
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To: laurie_d
Remember, John Edwards claims it’s only a bumper sticker.

Well, if there had been one on that Mercedes, it would have been a incinerated bumper sticker.

65 posted on 06/29/2007 8:43:02 AM PDT by tsmith130
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To: HAL9000

You don’t actually ever sleep, do you?


66 posted on 06/29/2007 8:46:21 AM PDT by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free...their passions forge their fetters.)
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To: TKDietz

I hope n pray not...


67 posted on 06/29/2007 8:55:56 AM PDT by angelcindy (I'm a Fed up Red (republican))
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To: KC Burke

Not much, unfortunately.


68 posted on 06/29/2007 8:57:07 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: angelcindy

Why won’t you answer my question? What is the significance of 07/07/07?


69 posted on 06/29/2007 9:07:48 AM PDT by TKDietz
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To: HAL9000
They won't have any trouble finding who is responsible with their Big Brother Video cameras. BTW, the Brits have the finest bomb squad around.
10-2-1....'Rushdie Rage'

And it's Friday.... sermon day at the mosque...

70 posted on 06/29/2007 9:14:19 AM PDT by BigFinn (Islam= a caustic blend of paganism and twisted Bible stories.)
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To: HAL9000
You might enjoy FReeper bluecollarman singing "Muslims in London" on YouTube
71 posted on 06/29/2007 9:24:38 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: TKDietz
Either:

1) That is the release date of the new Harry Potter book

or

2) That is the anniversary of previous UK bombings.

72 posted on 06/29/2007 9:25:25 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: Cripplehawk

Now THAT would be a great bumper sticker!


73 posted on 06/29/2007 9:26:24 AM PDT by Gideon T. Reader (DEMOCRATS: Not quite American. PALESTINIANS: A proud history of mindless violence since 1964.)
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To: bnelson44

A possible clue in the coverage is that the bomb was not only near a night-club, and constructed of the propane and nails design we’ve all become familiar with, but was also in front of an American Express office. The new congestion control cameras provide the Brit. police with the equivalent of our convenience store hidden cameras. If the bomb was built inside the inner circle, they’ll be able to locate where it came from within a short distance. Sounds like the Park Lane vehicle was a possible getaway car. P.L.’s just a couple of blocks north of the bomb discovery.


74 posted on 06/29/2007 9:43:29 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg
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To: bnelson44; angelcindy
Thanks. I get it now. I just didn’t understand what angelcindy meant by her comments regarding that specific date.
75 posted on 06/29/2007 9:46:56 AM PDT by TKDietz
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To: HAL9000

CNN running banner that Mercedes Benz contained 200 liters of fuel in containers.

maybe he didn’t get very good mileage.


76 posted on 06/29/2007 9:48:46 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: ArmstedFragg

Park Lane has also been closed to traffic due to a suspect vehicle in an underground car park that police believe is connected to the attempted bombing in Haymarket.

Sky News crime correspondent said: “It might be the escape vehicle of the Mercedes driver, or it might be the vehicle of an accomplice, but it is turning into something very significant.”

Fleet Street has also been closed from Fetter Lane to Ludgate Circus after the discovery of another suspect vehicle.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1272910,00.html


77 posted on 06/29/2007 9:51:17 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: NormsRevenge

My understanding is it contained gas, nails and propane.

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_03/CarBombES_800x577.jpg


78 posted on 06/29/2007 9:52:39 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: HAL9000
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/29/terror/main2997517.shtml

From terrorist web site which predicted the bombing:

"Al-Hazeen decries the recent knighthood of controversial author Salman Rushdie as a blow felt by all British Muslims. "This 'honoring' came at a crucial time, a time when the whole nation is reeling from the crusaders attacks on all Muslim lands," he said, in an apparent reference to the British role in Iraq.

Note: This bombing attempt was prompted by the knighting of Salman Rushdie, and it would also serve as a morale boost for the terrorists who are "reeling" (good news, right from the enemy mouth).

79 posted on 06/29/2007 9:54:49 AM PDT by LZ_Bayonet (There's Always Something.............And there's always something worse!)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

wow...


80 posted on 06/29/2007 9:55:32 AM PDT by Libertina (Mexicao has shoreline, natural resources, climate -all it needs for a prosperous country. NO AMNESTY)
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