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| London Bomber Identified. Guess Who? |
| 2007-06-29 |
| 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 |
| Posted by:PlanetDan |
| #17 I think Muslims are quite safe. A backlash only happens when a population is confronted with something unexpected. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-06-29 23:50 |
| #16 CAIR is already warning about an anti-Muslim backlash following tomorrow's scheduled attack. They probably had advanced notice. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-29 22:59 |
| #15 CAIR is already warning about an anti-Muslim backlash following tomorrow's scheduled attack. |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-06-29 22:39 |
| #14 Link: 3 sought after 2nd car bomb found in London |
| Posted by: ed 2007-06-29 21:32 |
| #13 What, no rat poison to enhance hemorrhaging in the victims? They're slipping. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-29 21:26 |
| #12 The cell phone had received at least two calls, which should have detonated several gallons of gasoline, but when the calls came in, the bomb failed to go off, the official said. That would explain the smoke pouring out of the car. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-06-29 21:14 |
| #11 Lots of details here. The first car, which had been stolen in Scotland, was found about 2:30 a.m. parked under a blue awning near the popular Tiger Tiger nightclub, which was jammed with as many as 2,000 people on Ladies Night. Authorities believe it was intended to be set off by remote control by a cell phone found inside. The cell phone had received at least two calls, which should have detonated several gallons of gasoline, but when the calls came in, the bomb failed to go off, the official said. Had it done so, that blast then would have ignited six to eight tanks of propane in a mist to make a fuel-air explosion, creating a fireball the size of a small house and propelling 18 to 20 boxes of roofing nails around a large area at bullet speed, counterterrorism officials said. ... Police did not name the three men they were seeking, but they said the men were believed to be from the Birmingham area, home to BritainÂ’s second-largest Muslim population and a strong recruiting base for the controversial Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir, or the Party of Liberation. They said one of the three men could be an associate of Dhiren Bharot, an Indian convert to Islam who was sentenced to life in prison last year for plotting to fill limousines with explosives similar to those found Friday and park them in garages beneath hotels and office complexes. ... The first car was immediately recognized as a threat and disarmed at the scene. The second car, however, sat unrecognized for most of the day after it was hitched up to a tow truck and carted down LondonÂ’s streets to a police impoundment lot, its deadly payload intact for the entire trip. The two bombs were parked between Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. Map at link. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-06-29 21:12 |
| #10 Qu'elle surprise! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-29 21:11 |
| #9 Rosie's mustache is much more robust... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-06-29 21:04 |
| #8 Rosie O'Donnell? |
| Posted by: Brett 2007-06-29 20:08 |
| #7 No, they don't care that much about whales. It's seals they depend on. But what one can do when it is forbidden to club them? The anger builds up and needs release, whether clubbing someone by a baseball bat or a bomb. |
| Posted by: zazz 2007-06-29 19:32 |
| #6 My money is that he is an eskimo. They have been waiting to strike at the west ever since we killed most of the whales. |
| Posted by: Charles 2007-06-29 19:20 |
| #5 young Jimmy Smits? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-06-29 19:03 |
| #4 Time for CAIR to step in. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-06-29 18:32 |
| #3 Muslims Fear Persecution. Film at eleven... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-06-29 18:29 |
| #2 Funny - he doesn't look Amish. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-06-29 17:49 |
| #1 When did he get out of Gitmo? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2007-06-29 17:45 |