http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2114743,00.html
12.15pm update
“London car bomb ‘could have killed many’”
Hugh Muir, Sandra Laville and Mark Tran
Friday June 29, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A bomb made from gas cylinders, petrol and nails was found in an abandoned car in central London today, sparking a major terrorism alert.
Peter Clarke, the Scotland Yard deputy assistant police commissioner, said the device, in one the capital’s main nightlife districts, could have killed or injured many people.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Prof Clarke said it was almost certain the bomb had been meant to go off today.
“If it’s a more sophisticated Jihadi plot, there might be other devices,” he added. “What will be worrying the security services at the moment is whether this is just the tip of a bigger plot.””
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=105&sid=1177674
(AP)
“British Police Defuse Bomb in London”
June 29, 2007 - 7:26am
By DAVID STRINGER
Associated Press Writer
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “LONDON (AP) - Police thwarted an apparent terror attack Friday, discovering a parked silver Mercedes that was packed with gas containers and a large number of nails. The attack would have caused “significant injury or loss of life,” police said.
A British security official told The Associated Press that there were similarities between the device and vehicle bombs used by insurgents in Iraq.
“Forensic staff are still examining the device, but once we know more about it, we’ll know more about what type of individuals are behind this,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the security details.
The official said Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5 also would examine possible connections between Friday’s incident and at least two similar foiled plots _ including a planned attack on a West End nightclub in 2004 and a thwarted attempt to use limousines packed with gas canisters to attack targets in London and New York.”