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Last Updated: Friday, 29 June 2007, 14:52 GMT 15:52 UK
“Police avert car bomb ‘carnage’”
Police say the area will be closed for some time
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Later part of London’s Park Lane was closed to traffic after reports of a suspicious vehicle.
A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said that Park Lane was closed at Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner and a 200m cordon put in place.
It would also affect part of Oxford Street and people were being asked to leave the street but were not initially being evacuated from buildings in the area, said the spokeswoman.
Sources close to the investigation said that the Park Lane closure is linked to the discovery of a vehicle at an underground car park.
It is also believed to be linked to the investigation into the Haymarket car bomb.
At the moment it is not known if the vehicle at Park Lane contains a device.”
Friday, June 29, 2007
“Car Bomb Plot in London - Update: Threat Message Posted on Jihad Forum”
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/29/terror/main2997517.shtml
“Was London Bomb Plot Heralded On Web?
Internet Forum Comment From Night Before: “London Shall Be Bombed””
LONDON, June 29, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “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. “