Posted on 06/29/2007 9:27:00 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
London faced a fresh terror alert tonight as police hunting the gang behind the nightclub bomb plot evacuated Hyde Park.
Fresh details emerged of how the gang - believed to be linked to al Qaeda - came within moments of causing carnage with a 'massive bomb' attack on a West End club.
Park Lane, on Hyde Park's eastern edge, is closed from Marble Arch to Hyde Park corner, with a 200-metre cordon around a suspicious vehicle in an underground car park. It is not known however if this vehicle also contains a bomb.
(Excerpt) Read more at thisislondon.co.uk ...
Police have announced a THIRD car is being looked at...
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Hours before London explosives technicians dismantled a large car bomb in the heart of the British capital's tourist-rich theater district, a message appeared on one of the most widely used jihadist Internet forums, saying: "Today I say: Rejoice, by Allah, London shall be bombed."
CBS News found the posting, which went on for nearly 300 words, on the "al Hesbah" chat room. It was left by a person who goes by the name abu Osama al-Hazeen, who appears regularly on the forum.
Al Hesbah is frequently used by international Sunni militant groups, including al Qaeda and the Taliban, to post propaganda videos and messages in their fight against the West.
There was no way for CBS News to independently confirm any connection between the posting made Thursday night and the car bomb found Friday.
Al-Hazeen's message begins: "In the name of God, the most compassionate, the most merciful. Is Britain Longing for al Qaeda's bombings?"
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.
"We say to Britain: The Emir of al Qaeda, Sheikh Osama, has once threatened you, and he carried out his threats. Today I say: Rejoice, by Allah, London shall be bombed," the message reads.
They didn’t mention IEDs
They are talking about car / truck bombs
Now they are admitting that the so called gang might be connected to al Qaeda.
The first politically correct bs article would lead one to believe that it might have been a gang of Amish missionaries or anyother group besides Islamofascist Wannabe Serial Killers.
I think there is a new breaking story.
A third vehicle at Fleet Street.
“Baghdad-style bomb”? Iran is the one the has been making them.
That one was cleared CNN said..
Just heard that on Sky as well....
I guess people are a bit twitchy at the moment, so there are likely to be a few false scares...
Cheers.
a person who goes by the name abu Osama al-Hazeen, who appears regularly on the forum... Al-Hazeen decries the recent knighthood of controversial author Salman Rushdie as a blow felt by all British Muslims.One way for the UN to be of any use to civilization would be passage of a GA resolution condemning all fatwas against Salman Rushdie, followed by the expulsion of any member the gov't of which doesn't repudiate the fatwas. I can dream, can't I? Thanks E.
I wonder if gas cylinders can really make a powerful bomb or if it would be more of an incendiary device.
Keep your eyes open for troublemakers.
It would have been an absolute disaster.
Baghdad would have come to London.
You remember the threats last year where an al qaeda affiliated group planned to blow up the ministry of sound night club in London.
They argued that it was a particularly good target as no one could claim that those dancing, drinking sinners were innocents...
The terrorists never make just a single bang. They like multiple events at the same time. No surprise, therefore, that multiple vehicles are involved. There could well be a fourth or fifth, also.
I bet you can’t get a cell phone signal anywhere in London right now.
Well, the terrorists aren’t doing very well. None of ‘em went off.
Yet.
Good work on the part of the cops!
“HS could be defusing 50 bombs a day and we would never hear about it because it would affect traffic at the mall.”
Not likely - they aren’t smart enough to find them all should there be that many.
I wonder what the replacement to Carnivore is doing these days?
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