Cops Know Bombs' Trails Through London

U.K. Authorities Identify Path Of Explosive-Packed Car; Manhunt Still On For Suspect

(CBS/AP)  As security officials in the U.K. began to investigate the attack on Glasgow's airport, they were continuing to search for information about two improvised car bombs found in London the day before.

Glasgow police chief Willie Rae announced late Saturday that the incidents were connected, and Britain raised its security alert level to critical — the highest possible level indicating terror attacks may be imminent.

The two Mercedes found in London Friday had been loaded with gasoline, gas canisters and nails in one of the capital's busiest areas on a night when Londoners like to go out and party.

Police mounted increased patrols as detectives conducted an intense hunt for a man seen running from one of the cars in the heart of the city's entertainment district.

CBS News has learned the police have been able to reconstruct the journey of the bomb vehicles through London using closed-circuit TV images.

And, CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports, using license plate recognition technology, the police now know precisely where and when the bombers brought their cars into central London.

Those video cameras are sophisticated and sensitive at night. Sources say there are good quality images of both drivers. CBS News has learned that the police know the identity of at least one of the suspects.

The vehicles were found abandoned in the early hours of Friday in what police believe was an attempt to kill scores or even hundreds of people. Detectives said they were keeping an open mind about who the bombers were, but terrorism experts said the signs pointed to a cell linked to or inspired by al Qaeda.

One car was abandoned outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub on Haymarket, a busy street of shops, clubs, theaters and restaurants just a short walk from Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus.

The other had been towed after being parked illegally on nearby Cockspur Street and was discovered in an impound lot about a mile away in Park Lane, near Hyde Park.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorism chief, said the two devices could have caused "significant injury or loss of life."

"The discovery of what appears to be a second bomb is obviously troubling, and reinforces the need for the public to be alert," he said.

The plot rattled London a week before the second anniversary of the July 7 suicide bombings that killed 52 commuters on the city's transit system, and two days after Gordon Brown took office.

"London on the Edge" said the front page headline in The Independent newspaper on Saturday, while the Daily Mail asked, "Where's the Next Bomb?"

Mayor Ken Livingstone urged Londoners to remain vigilant.

"The discovery of two potential car bombs in central London, with those responsible still at large, means we face a very real threat of terrorist attack at this moment in time," he said.

The Times newspaper reported that police had distributed a document to nightclubs two weeks ago warning of the threat from "vehicle-borne explosive devices" — car bombs. The document, prepared by the National Counterterrorism Security Office, took the form of general counterterrorism advice for British clubs.

Terrorism experts said the improvised devices discovered Friday were similar to ones used by homegrown terror cells — much like the bombs used in the July 7 attacks — although the discovery of the second device suggested a coordinated and more sophisticated attack.

Intelligence officials were examining a post to an Islamist Web site — published hours before the cars were found, as first reported by CBS News — that suggested Britain would be attacked for awarding a knighthood to the novelist Salman Rushdie and for intervening in Muslim countries.

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. The comment was posted on the forum, according to time stamp, at 08:09 a.m. British time on June 28 – about 17 hours before the bomb was found early on June 29.

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.

Speaking at a news conference Friday after the bomb scare in central London, the Metropolitan Police force's Counter-Terrorism Commander Peter Clarke said that officials had "no indication that we were going to be attacked this way".

Prior to the Thursday night posting by al-Hazeen, there had been no specific allusions to threats against London or Britain seen on al Hesbah, or any other major jihadist forums in recent weeks.

[lil_willie61]

********* j-whitman **************
I'm still waiting for your response. Cat got your tongue? Or maybe Scooter Libby came to your house and broke the finger you type with....

[speakinup]

***janem4***, ***you*** ***have*** ***to*** ***realize*** ***that*** ***feelfree1*** ***is*** ***most*** ***likely*** ***an*** ***islamofacist***. ***He*** ***has*** ***open*** ***stated*** ***hatred*** ***towards*** ***Jews*** ***as*** ***a*** ***whole***, ***and*** ***seems*** ***to*** ***support*** ***every*** ***anti***-***terrorist*** ***comment***/***article*** ***published*** ***by*** ***SeeBS***.

***He*** ***has*** ***paranoid*** ***delusions*** ***about*** ***our*** ***government*** ***as*** ***is*** ***obvious*** ***from*** ***his*** ***post*** ***to*** ***you***. ***Probably*** ***he***/***she*** ***is*** ***the*** ***same*** ***person*** ***as*** ***j***-***whitman*** ***and*** ***seven***-***pesos***. ***It*** ***is*** ***extremely*** ***suspicious*** ***how*** ***all*** ***three*** ***seem*** ***to*** ***be*** ***logged*** ***on*** ***at*** ***the*** ***same*** ***time***. ***I*** ***suspect*** ***he***/***she***/***it*** ***is*** ***incarcerated*** ***at*** ***some*** ***federal*** ***penitentiary***, ***as*** ***it*** ***is*** ***logged*** ***on*** ***all*** ***day*** ***long***.

***It*** ***often*** ***speaks*** ***about*** '***spooks***' (***I*** ***guess*** ***it*** ***means*** ***government*** ***agents***) ***perpetrating*** ***things*** ***like*** ***the*** ***flaming*** ***vehicle*** ***that*** ***was*** ***crashed*** ***into*** ***London***'***s*** ***airport***. ***Then*** ***claims*** ***it*** ***was*** ***a*** ***fake*** ***claim***.

***Don***'***t*** ***bother*** ***to*** ***ask*** ***it*** ***questions***. ***It*** ***has*** ***it***'***s*** ***mind*** ***made*** ***up*** ***and*** ***doesn***'***t*** ***want*** ***to*** ***be*** ***confused*** ***by*** ***the*** ***facts***.

[lars008-2009]

NEVER FORGET THE RAPES OF BESLAN GIRLS!
Terror at Beslan
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1316935651894423094

RAPES IN BESLAN: IN MUHAMMAD%u2019S FOOTSTEPS
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/News/Trifkovic04/NewsST091304.html

Forget Not the Children of Beslan
http://kenlydell.typepad.com/islamic_evil/forget_not_the_children_of_beslan/index.html

Religion of Peace??? More like a cult of death.
http://www.terrorists-suck.org/why_suck/beslan.html

Radical Islamists must be stopped:
comments on the Beslan child slaughter.
http://www.sullivan-county.com/immigration/list.htm

[feelfree1]

prinzowhales,

Re: "He's lucky he was not in Oregon, I believe it was, where the constables came across a man sitting in the road naked with burns over most of his body and the flesh hanging off--they wanted him to lay on the ground, when he didn't comply they tasered him, then they shot him in cold blood because he was to 'ik-ky' to touch"

I am familiar with that event, and I have seen that video. It is disgraceful, and the killer cops got away with it, even though their story was tripe.

[prinzowhales]

FeelFree1--He's lucky he was not in Oregon, I believe it was, where the constables came across a man sitting in the road naked with burns over most of his body and the flesh hanging off--they wanted him to lay on the ground, when he didn't comply they tasered him, then they shot him in cold blood because he was to 'ik-ky' to touch Just fruit loop insane...the story was on You Tube.

[lil_willie61]

j-whitman
You speak of "Sharia type Christian laws...". Can you cite one example? One. That's all I ask. I sort of doubt it, but I await your reply.

[remmeler]

The line in the article says, "The Times newspaper reported that police had distributed a document to nightclubs two weeks ago warning of the threat from "vehicle-borne explosive devices" %u2014 car bombs.".

It is interesting how the crack London police did in this incident. One vehicle was towed to a garage without any suspicion and the other was spotted only after it was smoking indicating that it must have been triggered and in the process of starting to burn. If the bombers knew what they were doing it would have been too late. Also, some experts are saying that burning would have happened and possibly a limited explosion with more limited damage in the immediate area with little if any schrapnel and not what they say in the article:

"Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorism chief, said the two devices could have caused "significant injury or loss of life."

I don't think we are ready for real competent terrorists like what the true al Qaeda trained terrorists could provide.

[lars008-2009]

non muslims of the world unite... fight againt the tyranny of terrorslam empire of the darkside...

FASCIST NAZI ISLAM TO ENSLAVE NON MUSLIM WORLD

HAMAS MICKEY MOUSE SAYS
Islamic rule will benefit Christians and Jews
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook - May 14, 2007
The force behind Hamas TV%u2019s controversial Mickey Mouse clone said today that his children%u2019s television program will continue to promote worldwide Islamic supremacy, for everyone's benefit, including Christians and Jews.

In a long interview on Hamas TV, Hazim Al-Sha%u2019arawi, Deputy Director of Al-Aqsa TV and one of the creators of the Hamas children%u2019s TV show Tomorrow%u2019s Pioneers, said that using the program to promote Islamic rule over other religions is actually promoting %u201Cjustice, goodness and world love.%u201D

Al-Aqsa TV and the Palestinian Authority have been under fire since PMW reported last week that Tomorrow%u2019s Pioneers was using a character named Farfur, a knockoff of Disney%u2019s Mickey Mouse character, to convey messages about Islamic supremacy as well as hatred of Jews, Israel and the U.S. Despite public statements by PA Minister of Information Mustafa Barghouti that the show would be taken off the air until it could be reviewed and revised, a new episode of the program %u2013 featuring Al-Sha%u2019arawi as one of the hosts %u2013 ran Friday.

http://pmw.org.il/bulletins_may2007.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S995NCeaUg

[j-whitman]

See ya later, have fun with these idiots

[robertkjjj]

Thank you Mr Muslim, for the 2 giant car bombs. Appreciate it!!!! Now, hoping the Brits track you down and kill you like the rat scum you are.
Lars008: you are 100% right, thanks for reminding us that radical Islamists killed 300+ civilians in Russia not long ago, most of them children.

[j-whitman]

GOP's new slogan ? --- Seg Heil, Bush, Morgen die Welt

[radiob-2009]

J
I am not one to buy into conspiracy theories or campaigns that would have one believe that world is bowing to a New World Order, reality is though that a New World Order is coming. It does not care about religious preferences, it only cares about money and the control of it.The article although occuring in Korea with plans to implement in England is not the beginning of this. Google some of the posters screennames, and see what you find.

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-vWQYI6c6fr89yWlH_YQJomb6fejN?p=94

[feelfree1]

Here is a comment on the "Terror Attempt At Glasgow Airport", as the comment section is not functioning properly for that story, and I think that it is related to this one:


Re: "Two men fled the burning SUV, one of them engulfed in flames, they said."

Thank god! One less SUV on the road!

"Other witnesses described police pulling a man out of the car and wrestling him to the ground."

Which is it? Did they flee, or were they wrested to the ground? Could CBS at least try to ensure that the details of their ********* boogie-man tales agree with each other?

A 'terror' attack, and their top speed was 30 MPH? Must have been a U.S.-made SUV.

Re: "Clarkson described one of the men as a large South Asian man."

How many 'South Asian' men are 'large'? How could anyone determine that this man was 'South Asian', if he was engulfed in flames?

Re: "His whole body was on fire.... He was just talking gibberish," he told the BBC.

Understandable. I imagine that he was saying things such as: 'AHHHH!!! MY WHOLE BODY IS ON FIRE!!! AHHH!!!', and so forth.

At any rate, let's not worry ourselves about the catastrophic and self-defeating 'War on Terror', or the ongoing pointless and criminal mass-murder in Afghanistan and Iraq.

We have these new 'World's Dumbest Terrorist' videos to concentrate on.

[j-whitman]

radio,,, Big Time bro, combine that with these Christofasists theocons eliminating Civil Rights laws, for Sharia type Christian laws... Republican long wishes of dominating the world through a strong military --- What do we have next ??

[radiob-2009]

I would like to thank the extremist on the left and right and those of the "religious" extremist for making George Orwell novel become a reality. Those of us that are moderates in life have now been placed under the watchful eye of Big Brother. Think this is only a headline and that every keystroke that you type, every phone call that you make is not being observed? The decimation of freedom brought about by radicals on all sides.This article is already occuring without a law and in broader terms than stated.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/wo
rld/asia/article2005592.ece


From the London Times

Cyber-bullies who plague internet chat rooms with obscene and insulting comments will be banned under the first national scheme to strip them of their anonymity.

People going online will be forced to provide their real names and social security numbers under a new law that makes internet portals responsible for policing message boards and weblogs.

The law has been introduced in South Korea, and is certain to be closely monitored by other countries where there is concern over online abuse.

The move, which is decried by some as an overly fierce infringement of online liberties, aims to curb the most damaging excesses of so-called %u201Ckeyboard warriors%u201D %u2013 people who concoct ***-scandals, fraud allegations and other libels that chiefly target figures in the public eye


Welcome to "1984"

[feelfree1]

janem4,

Re: "I have just one question for you and it is a serious a truly islamic threat to the US??"

I do not understand this question, but in my opinion, our greatest and most dangerous enemies, by far, are the illegitimate chronic liars and criminals that have seized control of our government, and are driving our country over a cliff. All other threats, real and imagined, pale in comparison, in my opinion.

Re: "Did you believe binLaden, back in the mid 90's, that he declared jihad on the US?"

I don't care about this, because I do not find it relevant. First off, I have extreme doubts as to whether he ever had the resources or ability to materialize any significant threat to the U.S., and please don't point to the events on 9/11/01, because I have seen nothing convincing that would lead me to conclude that he was involved in this.

Secondly, I do believe that Osama was supported by the CIA and other U.S. agancies, in Afghanistan, during the 80s, and I have yet to see any evidence that he was ever removed from the payroll. Have you?

Lastly, the term 'islamofacists' is a nonsensical term and makes no sense to me.

[j-whitman]

janem4,,, Civility how quaint.. Not only has terrorism spread in Europe & morphed into groups who seem to watch too many Hollywood movies with cars blowing up --
-- It has opened the door to any nut job who wants to make a name for himself.... You know as well as I our country is full of them.

[sawf1sh]

radical islam will die an unmerciful death.
it may take some time, but eventually, you'll see.
psuedo-mohammeds like bin-laden will rot just like the perverse ideology in his head.
love beats hate.
right defeats wrong.
a fact even you anonymous twits on the internet cannot deny.
if you don't like the way things are? change it.
peacefully.
MLK was and IS the true leader of a peaceful revolution.
non-violent protest.
get it through your heads!
if you wish to change someone's mind? punching their lights out is not the way. use the world's most powerful tool.
uh... that would be language.

[feelfree1]

Notice that CBS has erased and disallowed all further comments on the ridiculous and fake "Terror Attempt At Glasgow Airport" propaganda hoax article.

I wonder why that might be?

[lars008-2009]

NOW CAN WE KILL THEM???
If they can kill us, we can kill them

Qaeda warns of attacks 'worse than 9/11'
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070530102648.wuwa6k96&show_article=1

Hizbullah Deputy Sec-Gen Sheikh Naim Qassem: We Have Jurisprudent Permission to Carry Out 'Martyrdom' Operations, Fire Missiles on Israeli Civilians From Ayatollah Khomeini
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD154907

Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp

But then in 2000, well before his arrest, something happened which would make Abas question everything he believed in: a fatwa, a religious edict, was issued by Osama bin Laden.

"It should be understood that killing Americans and Jews anywhere found are the highest act of worship and the highest form of good deeds in the eyes of Allah," Simon quotes bin Laden.

Abas and his fellow commanders were ordered to read the fatwa to their men and make sure they carried it out. The others obeyed, but Abas refused. It was his moment of truth. He firmly believed that jihad was to be fought only on the battlefield in defense of Islam; he had always been taught that the killing of civilians had nothing to do with holy war and that it was forbidden.

The fatwa justified killing non-Muslim civilians everywhere.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/04/60minutes/main2761108.shtml?source=RSSattr=60Minutes_2761108
American Al Qaeda Member Threatens Attack
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/29/terror/main2865282.shtml