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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: bnelson44

Thanks, Patio gas? hmmmm.. hope this doesn’t lead to restrictions on types of fuel one is allowed to use..


81 posted on 06/29/2007 9:57:27 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: HAL9000

But wait... I thought the entire democrat party was running around saying how the “War on Terror” is just a bumper sticker for Bush, who is just trying to scare all of us fools into giving away our civil liberties.


82 posted on 06/29/2007 10:01:53 AM PDT by FreedomNeocon (Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts -- Churchill)
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To: LZ_Bayonet

Islamic RageBoy sez
"Ett waz a Zionist conspeeracee."
83 posted on 06/29/2007 10:10:34 AM PDT by BigFinn (Islam= a caustic blend of paganism and twisted Bible stories.)
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To: bnelson44

I just heard a report on the radio that this was the same type of bomb used by insurgents in Iraq. Then they said something about the gas cans and nails in another car.

Are there TWO separate devices and cars? I am getting confused.


84 posted on 06/29/2007 10:11:49 AM PDT by Shelayne (I will continue to pray for President Bush and my country, as I am commanded to do by my Lord.)
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To: Shelayne
So far there have been 3 cars mentioned. However only one has been announced to have explosives in it. That one by the bar. It had propane, nails and gas in it.

One care nearby they think may have been a get away vehicle (I don’t know how they know this)

The third car was announced as “suspicious”

85 posted on 06/29/2007 10:17:01 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: Shelayne

Looks like the 3rd car was a false alarm:

Fleet Street was also briefly closed after the discovery of another suspect vehicle, but has now reopened.

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

So we have the car bomb and the “escape vehicle”

The device, which contained 60 litres of petrol, a large amount of nails and several gas canisters, was found in the Mercedes early this morning.

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.”

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

Hope this helps


86 posted on 06/29/2007 10:18:58 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: HAL9000

Reuters

New York takes precautions after London bomb
Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:09PM EDT

As a city that has twice been attacked by Islamic extremists — a truck bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the attacks of September 11, 2001, — New York has police representatives in hot spots around the world, including London.

Bloomberg said the city was awaiting a report from its London-based officer.

British police said the bomb in London’s busy theater district could have caused huge loss of life. The bomb was found in a green Mercedes car parked outside a night club shortly after 1 a.m. (midnight GMT) when several hundred people were still in the area, about half-a-mile from the prime minister’s Downing Street residence.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2940932220070629?feedType=RSS&rpc=22&sp=true


87 posted on 06/29/2007 10:24:10 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: bnelson44

Thank you. I’ll have to pay better attention to the next radio blurb.


88 posted on 06/29/2007 10:25:49 AM PDT by Shelayne (I will continue to pray for President Bush and my country, as I am commanded to do by my Lord.)
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To: KeyLargo

Bloomberg said the city was awaiting a report from its London-based officer....

And this guy wants to be CIC?


89 posted on 06/29/2007 10:26:40 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: bnelson44

As I jusr said in another thread - the correspondent on the ITV evening news just minutes ago reported that he believed an explosive device has been made safe in the second car.


90 posted on 06/29/2007 10:44:53 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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To: KeyLargo

ITV news correspondent has been told “similar suspicious items” have been found in the second car.


91 posted on 06/29/2007 10:47:41 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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To: bnelson44
It is believed that the quick-thinking cop recognised that the car was wired to blow up, jumped in and disconnected the trigger device, thought to be a mobile phone.

Well hats off to that brave cop. Commendations and medals await I'm sure.

92 posted on 06/29/2007 11:05:03 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
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To: UKrepublican
Any word yet if they caught any of the perps.?

Is that how they knew about the second car?

93 posted on 06/29/2007 11:07:04 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
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To: bnelson44

LBC’s reporting Oxford street closed all the way to Marble Arch, which would be a pretty sizable area, with the American Embassy located about halfway between the nightclub and Marble Arch.


94 posted on 06/29/2007 11:17:55 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg
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To: bnelson44

Don’t worry. Be happy.

When hitlery becomes CIC there will be nothing to worry about.

Terrorism will be on the back burner and silencing conservatives will be the first order of business.


95 posted on 06/29/2007 11:28:24 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Churchillspirit
I hope he is weighted down with so many medals that it's hard for him to walk. I hope every British subject realizes and recognizes what a hero this officer is.SmileyCentral.com
96 posted on 06/29/2007 11:37:06 AM PDT by CremeSaver
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To: NormsRevenge
"CNN running banner that Mercedes Benz contained 200 liters of fuel in containers."

See. Al Gore is right. Those luxury cars are dangerous to the environment!

When Hitlery becomes CIC she will order all Humvees be replaced with a more fuel efficient mode of transport.

97 posted on 06/29/2007 11:38:31 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Judges Gone Wild
Ferdinand and Isabella are condemned by historians for deporting the Moors from Granada

And they're condemned by historians for invading the lands of the Natives.

Liberals will never see the irony.

98 posted on 06/29/2007 11:39:23 AM PDT by Brakeman (America can do nothing for the Muslim world)
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To: laurie_d

It would be kind of fun to sneak up behind Edwards’ campaign vehicles and paste up a sticker that said “BUMPER STICKER BOMB.”


99 posted on 06/29/2007 11:49:02 AM PDT by unspun (life, popular sovereignty, national sovereignty, liberty, responsibility)
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To: HAL9000

Car bombs. A favorite terror tactic of Jehovah’s Witnesses.


100 posted on 06/29/2007 12:10:35 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Liberals, A terrorists best friend!)
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