Page 1 of Major Terror Attack In London Foiled

Full story here :/

The Jackal

yeah..not much conjecture or slightly over-the-top tabloid hysteria there then. But at least we learn that "The Haymarket is in the heart of London`s theatreland."

Always good to know :-)





My Collection

No one really `foiled` anything, did they?

SKY :
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Sources say the device was "massive" and the perpetrators are unlikely to be Irish, suggesting Islamic extremists were the likely suspects.


BBC :
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Intelligence sources said they were keeping an open mind on who was responsible for the car bomb.

"All options, including the Irish, are open at this stage," said the source.

BLOKE IN THE PUB :
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"I`d string `em all up. it`s the only language they understand"


My Collection

a lucky escape for those in the area...



`i am going to live forever or die trying`

It would have only exploded in London, no great loss really. ;)

floyd

I woke up late, 20 mins late for work. I know nothing about this. Will have to click the link when i wake up.

Dr 42%er


Care in the football community is proved not to work.


It`s not easy being different. It`s not easy being cool....but somehow I manage....

I remember when the IRA were running around blowing things up in the UK and no-one hardly took any notice. Yes it was a shame and lots of people died but we got on with our lives and, if not directly affected, it wasn`t a big issue.

Fast forward 15-20 years, now every time we hear a sniff of some `terror plot` or `car bomb` it panic stations and it`s whipped up by the media! It seriously ****** me off!

All this media attention gives the people responsable, whoever they are, the forum which they crave! If I had anything to do with it I would keep any `threats` allways secret until proven, how many time do you here of people being arrested for some terror plot and such like and never hear anything else?

An un-used `car bomb` gets more coverage then 90 killed with a Bagdad truck bomb FFS, I don`t call that fair and balanced reporting of the issues. Yet you hear on the front page any time there are US or UK armed forces casulties, and rightly so, just even up the scales.

Keep the populous scared and they give you all the power you need.

Where is my foil hat?

Dr 42%er


Care in the football community is proved not to work.


It`s not easy being different. It`s not easy being cool....but somehow I manage....

Apparenlty this was a car with an explosive device in.
Another report (email from CNN) said they had removed 200 Litres of fuel from it :o

Either way, I think the difference nowadays to the hype surrounding any kind of Terrorist activity is that these are on a scal the IRA and similar organisations never attempted.

Since 9/11 every finger would point directly at those in charge if something similar happened over here.
Guess for the authorities thay can`t win either way here....react and be told it`s sensationalising it, don`t react and get accused of doing nothing ::shrug::

Either way, I for one am glad to see whatever idiot or group tried this didn`t get away with it and it`s been defused.

And apparenlty it was a silver Merc.....damn thing woulda done nicely as a spare or replacement for my Zafira ;)

Jimbo : oÞ

"Making Teenagers depressed is like shooting fish inna barrel"