Terror Plot Involves Islamic Extremists; Police Have 'Crystal Clear' Picture of Suspect

ABC News ^ | 06/29/2007 | Brian Ross and Richard Esposito

[Sleeping Freeper]

British police have a "crystal clear" picture of the man who drove the bomb-rigged silver Mercedes outside a London nightclub, and officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com he bears "a close resemblance" to a man arrested by police in connection with another bomb plot but released for lack of evidence. Officials say the suspect had been taken into custody in connection with the case of al Qaeda operative Dhiren Barot (pictured), who was convicted of orchestrating a vehicle bomb plot involving targets in London, New York, Newark, N.J. and Washington, D.C.

Officials say a surveillance camera caught the suspect "staggering from the Mercedes" shortly after parking it outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub.

U.S. and British law enforcement officials tell ABC News it is increasingly clear Friday's bomb plot in London involves multliple vehicles, and is described by a senior official as a "terror plot involving lslamic extremists."

[rageaholic]

Police sketch of a man sought for questioning

[sanchmo]

I wonder how Londoners feel about waterboarding & other enhanced interrogation techniques today?

This suspect was apprehended before and will be apprehended again only because of his connection with Dhiren Barot. Dhiren Barot’s plot to blow up targets in NJ and NY were uncovered only because of the interrogation on Khalid Sheik Mohammed, which many lefties claim involved waterboarding.

[Disambiguator]

Or a Pinto!

Too much risk of premature detonation.

[Allegra]

I'm watching now on Sky News. It's absolutely amazing that neither one of those car bombs detonated.

London just dodged a big bullet, thank the Lord.

[xDGx]

"Police Have 'Crystal Clear' Picture of Suspect" *UPDATE* MI-5 has located a photo of the suspect conferring with 3 unidentified persons...

[Dr.Deth]

That is freakin’ hilarious.

[Lurker]

They detonate bombs that they have strapped to themselves,

These guys ran away from their bombs.

Niggling little detail, that.

Anyway, what they fear worse than death is failure and public humiliation. A good public hanging followed by boiling in lard ought to cool their ardor for martyrdom.

L

[fso301]

British police have a "crystal clear" picture

Must be those upgraded surveillance cameras

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

I remember hearing one (CIA or MI) guy interviewed that was in on KSM’s interro say he was a real coward and wimp....only lasted a few seconds of waterboarding, LOL

[turbocat]

Here's what I think:

[Dr.Deth]

But, but, but CNN this morning said it could have been Irish guerrillas???!!!

Black Irish... really really black Irish.

[Jackknife]

But, but, but CNN this morning said it could have been Irish guerrillas???!!!

......And I heard a Fox news-babe say this a.m. that it could have been a guy that was mad because he got turned down by a girl at the Tiger-Tiger Club nearby ....... Sheeeeeeeeeeesh

[toldyou]

“I thought he would look more like my 70+ mother-in-law who was frisked at the airport because her knee replacements set of the metal detector.”

LOL! My mother was 89 when they had her remove her shoes at the gate.....between flights, after having already gone through security....to check for a shoe bomb. Then she couldn’t get her shoes back on because her feet were swollen! I asked the guy, who checked her, what his nationality was....he was from Pakistan. Geesh!

[khnyny]

Second car, a Mercedes, discovered to have bomb in it also. They are using expensive wheels these days ... guess it helps them avoid being stopped!

Oh, but don't you know these "freedom fighters" (vomit) are just poor, economically disadvantaged "youts" who are being prevented from assimilating and becoming true members of British society./s

Someone is funding these terrorists, and rather well, from the looks of it.

[Dumpster Baby]

[weegee]

Another news network (on radio) at 9amCST was saying that it could be the work of (organized) criminals OR terrorists.

[Jackknife]

Priceless ........

[weegee]

Wonder if this meets Edwards’ running mate John F. Kerry’s threshhold for “acceptable nusiance level” of terrorism.

[cmsgop]

No,No, It was just announced the “Peoples Front of Judea” has taken responsibility !!!!

[Yaelle]

And what would Al Gore say? One of the cars was a hybrid!