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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017161.php
June 29, 2007
UK police had “no advance intelligence” of London bomb
Watch out: there could be more. From Bloomberg:
``The police did not have any advance intelligence of this which is worrying,’’ said Paul Wilkinson, chairman of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at St. Andrew’s University in Scotland. ``They will be concerned there might be other devices in the area or elsewhere in central London because if it is al-Qaeda one of their characteristics is to set off coordinated devices.’’
Posted by Robert at June 29, 2007 7:38 AM
Thank you for all your work on this thread. I can’t read it all now, but will catch up when I can. Frightening, truly.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858213/posts
Al Qaeda suspected of massive bomb attack on nightclub (UK)
Evening Standard (UK) ^ | 6/29/07 | Evening Standard (UK)
Posted on 06/29/2007 5:30:51 AM PDT by jimbo123
The threat of terror returned to London today after a car bomb was found outside a West End nightclub.
The apparent target was Tiger Tiger in Haymarket, where up to 1,700 people were inside on ‘ladies night’.
It is feared the attack is the work of Al Qaeda militants, who plotted a similar attack on the capital’s Ministry of Sound nightclub and Bluewater shopping centre. The British-born Al Qaeda gang was jailed last month.
One witness described seeing a green gas cylinder in the boot of the car, believed to be a silver Mercedes, which probably contained explosives. The boot was packed with hundreds of nails. There were also two more cylinders on the back seat.
The size of the bomb could have caused major structural damage to the club which is spread over four floors.
One senior anti-terrorist source said: “This was a viable device which could have caused massive damage and killed hundreds if it had worked.
(Excerpt) Read more at thisislondon.co.uk ...