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| Burning car crashes into Glasgow airport terminal - 3 arrested | |
| 2007-06-30 | |
| A blazing car crashed into the terminal building at Glasgow Airport in Scotland on Saturday, police said. The incident came just a day after police foiled car bomb attacks in London. "The police have been called at about 3:15 (pm) (1415 GMT) at Glasgow Airport. A car had crashed inside the terminal. It was on fire," a police spokeswoman told AFP. She added that she did not know if it was a terrorist attack or if there were any victims.
From Sky News: Three people have been arrested after a jeep was driven into the terminal building at Glasgow airport and caught fire, police have confirmed. Witnesses reported hearing a series of loud "bangs" and saw at least two men - one of whom was on fire - emerge from the vehicle. There are reports of several injuries. The Cherokee 4x4 smashed into a glass door at Terminal One of the airport, the busiest in Scotland, which has now been closed. Witnesses said some of the hundreds of people in the area removed gas cylinders from the jeep before it caught fire. But there are reports the men were trying to fling petrol onto the flames. Scott Gleeson said he saw the jeep speed up and swerve towards the terminal at an angle to hit the door. "They were obviously trying to get through to cause as much damage as possible," he said. Police say it is too early to say whether the incident - which comes after failed car bomb attacks in London - was related to terrorism. Holidaymaker Stephen Clarkson said he knocked one of the men to the floor before police intervened. He said: "There was an Asian male. He was lying on the floor and he was on fire, the Jeep was on fire as well. There was chaos at the scene. "The fellow got up and started fighting with police. I managed to knock the Asian fellow to the ground and four police officers got on top of him." He added: "His whole body was on fire. He was quite a big fellow and was disorientated otherwise I wouldn't have been able to knock him down." James Edgar told Sky News: "People were running past like they has missed their flight. They told us all to get out of the airport. "Everyone was in a panic and police and security were scuffling with an Asian gentleman." He added: "There was a lot of anger - if the crowds had got hold of this gentleman it would have been the end of him." | |
| Posted by:anonymous2u |
| #63 Thank goodness I have such a dim opinion of people who pierce their nipples. Need proof? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-30 23:06 |
| #62 That's your opinion, others seem to appreciate what I write and say so quite often. People also cheer a guy lifting cinder blocks via hooks though his nipples as well... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-06-30 23:00 |
| #61 Z, Ima think maybe you drop by the OC and make apolgys all around. Shuckey darn, Ship. I'd love to do exactly that but I'm still deaf from everyone—including you—pissing in my ear and telling me that it's raining. If it weren't for Fred's and Badanov's kindness, I don't know what I'd do. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-30 22:51 |
| #60 Shipman's in superior form as of late. |
| Posted by: 8872 2007-06-30 22:21 |
| #59 I always like Jan Ulrich, hell, to be honest with ya, I kinda look like an elderly Ulrich... HA!, I have my inner Jan, I will be run over you, yes, these are my thighs, I am making the pumping yes! The jan is ready! ] |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 22:14 |
| #58 Z, Ima think maybe you drop by the OC and make apolgys all around. Save us all bandwidth, we can make Mary! Er... Merry! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 22:09 |
| #57 Ship, I'm killing everybody, but if Merkx are gawdlike to ya, I'll grant him a deity exemption. Ima still need me a BeerSkull though. Perhaps that German guy. Uhlrich? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-06-30 22:08 |
| #56 He's still the runny nosed kid with the uranium cookware at the back of the bus with the bottle flies. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 22:07 |
| #55 Dang Frank yes, to the idiots honor he made a dang houmors post about uranium cookware... Too late thoo... No quarter. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 22:04 |
| #54 Hush Mike, Eddie Merkx, is gawd. I want to be the cannibal. Meanwhile we got a persistent damn troll.... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 22:00 |
| #53 The .com scared the shit out of you didn't it? LOL! what a twisted little piece of shit. Figured out what side of the country you're on yet? Hell sink trap me. I know troll. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 21:58 |
| #52 Uranium Cookery??? LOL |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-06-30 21:57 |
| #51 Ship, bring me back the head of Eddie Merkx. I need something to drink beer out of. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-06-30 21:55 |
| #50 Feel free to take it to email. LOL! A firstie for you? You'll always be the weird little kid with uranium cookery. Not too damn good with funny either. Still, I'd ban you for sheer damn waste of bandwidth, but I expect you pay your way. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 21:54 |
| #49 I have friends in damn high places, I call upon General Lucky, commander of far flung brigades to help me smite this tick on the butt on RantBurg! And hey Lucky! Ima can go about 25 klicks now, no problem. Teh portrait of Eddie Mercx is hanging in a spot of honor. We got a self-lover named Zenster now, smart fella, cant shut the hell up tho. Let's get ready for the Prologue Man! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 21:49 |
| #48 If you start spamming with recipes I'm gone. Only because you |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-30 21:42 |
| #47 No I take back 45, I'll hound his snifflig ass to ground before I leave, and don't give a damn about your cookware. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 21:38 |
| #46 Hell, PD had you nailed the first week, you're a name dropper and an ass kisser. FOAD HAND |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 21:28 |
| #45 3rd party, appeal to something, crapulence. You've already done this Zen. Hell you done this 300 times. Take a break, get rested for the elections. We need a superior troll. If you start spamming with recipes I'm gone. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 21:19 |
| #44 Like I said, same shit, different date, highlights moved. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 21:16 |
| #43 Frank G you left out the bold. He's not obliged to, Ship. I do it as a matter of courtesy so that others can more easily detect when they have been addressed personally. YMMV. I criticize others, especially the "dip em in pig blood and bury em in a pig carcass" rants I could not agree with you more and have railed against the same crapulence myself. - you are more prolific and unnecessarily wordy with the same message. That's your opinion, others seem to appreciate what I write and say so quite often. Skipping ahead, I'll say this: Your criticism is sufficiently honorable whereby I'll look into toning it down a bit. I have no desire to harp upon shit over and over again. As a patriotic American, I am deeply concerned when so few people seem to comprehend the level of threat we face. I heard you the first time. My strategy? I think Islamic terror needs to be smacked harshly and fully agree with the Jack Bauer methodology. Please elaborate. I haven't watched television in almost six years. I know he's a character in "24" but am unfamiliar with his methods. Is he a part of the hunter—killer teams we both support? I don't agree with "kill em all" Neither do I, no matter how many times you make such unbased accusations against me. although I acknowledge a lot of people will be unnecessarily killed in any strategy because the bad guys are so well infiltrated. I don't just acknowledge such a thing, I predict it which—evidently—wads up panties left and right. Go ahead, flame me Nope, ain't gonna. Believe it or not, I admire you too much for that sort of crapulence. Your sense of humor is par excellent. While you may aspire to be "tu3031's snark", you're already there and just don't know it. but I have dwelt on you lately because I think you're smarter and a better person than the stuff you've been macro'ing in It ain't macro'ed, Frank. Those are my honest feelings. Shared too often, perhaps, but what I truly feel. Rest assured I do appreciate your estimation of my abilities. and upon self-reflection, perhaps you might see things differently. I'd dearly love to except that the constant onslaught of Islamic crapulence has pushed me over the edge of any further tolerance for their bloodlust. Others, I don't have any hopes of that. Take that for what it's worth - 2 cents. No, it's worth more than that. You are willing to I also know that "my strategy" and a couple bucks will get me a cup of coffee and not a lot else. I think you're wrong. You obviously have some brains. All of us need to be using them 24/7 to consider and reconsider the options available until some sort of useful strategy emerges. It's what I'm trying to do, albeit probably too hard, but I'd hate to think that I didn't give this vital issue my |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-30 21:06 |
| #42 "I think you're smarter and a better person than the stuff you've been macro'ing in" It took years, Frank, but at last we disagree. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-06-30 21:02 |
| #41 Just heard the best line of the day from Fox reporter Toby ???, quoting one of the witnesses who had heard a policeman say, "Let the expletive burn." As long as he didn't imply a connection between the terms "Muslim" and "terrorist" his job should be safe. Interestingly, about half an hour ago on FoxNews I heard their pet military authority, retired Lt.Gen, ret'd (Air Force) or something like that, say out loud that the War on Terror is not against Al Qaeda but against radical Islam (!!!) and the car bombers are not Al Qaeda but another group. The only thing he didn't mention was Sudden Jihad Syndrome. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-06-30 20:31 |
| #40 Frank G you left out the bold. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 19:25 |
| #39 Bomb 'em with pig blood! Droped from an M-1 Aircraft carrier! Wraped in a MOAB sealed in an enigma. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 19:08 |
| #38 I criticize others, especially the "dip em in pig blood and bury em in a pig carcass" rants - you are more prolific and unnecessarily wordy with the same message. I heard you the first time. My strategy? I think Islamic terror needs to be smacked harshly and fully agree with the Jack Bauer methodology. I don't agree with "kill em all", although I acknowledge a lot of people will be unnecessarily killed in any strategy because the bad guys are so well infiltrated. Go ahead, flame me, but I have dwelt on you lately because I think you're smarter and a better person than the stuff you've been macro'ing in, and upon self-reflection, perhaps you might see things differently. Others, I don't have any hopes of that. Take that for what it's worth - 2 cents. I also know that "my strategy" and a couple bucks will get me a cup of coffee and not a lot else. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-06-30 19:02 |
| #37 It's not Sudden Jihad Syndrome. It takes time and planning to scout targets, steal cars, make circuit boards for cell phone detonators, make explosive initiators, etc. This was planned well before Rushdie's knighthood and there are many more just like these in the UK when 25% of muslims think terrorism is justified and 30% want to turn the UK into a fundamentalist Islamic state where sharia rules. That's ALL UK muslims, much higher for the Paki invaders. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-06-30 18:31 |
| #36 And no, to the first question in your mind, not near as many as you think. Older und wiser is come to mind. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 16:32 |
| #35 Car-B-Q students from France with Pak passports? |
| Posted by: Phinater Thraviger 2007-06-30 16:31 |
| #34 Funny how you never post a similar reply when other people here script the exact same sort of sentiments, Frank. Just with me. Such selectivity speaks volumes about you. It's hard to recall you ever posting with your own strategies or ideas on how to solve this problem. Neither do you manage to recognize how my own position has undergone a steady evolution thanks to the vital information here at Rantburg. Feel free to take it to email instead of here. Chief, it't time to relax and feel the warm glow. You've threatened us with recipe S-pam, time to sit quietly and enjoy the moon. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 16:29 |
| #33 I imagine that's where the bombers lived, Nimble Spemble. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-06-30 16:24 |
| #32 Wonder why they went for an out of the way airport like Glasgow instead of one of the London airports. Could it be a welcome bombing for Gordo's friends and relatives? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-06-30 16:01 |
| #31 "Asian gentlemen"? Clearly Brit slang for Cambodians, of the Methodist faith.... |
| Posted by: John Frum 2007-06-30 15:53 |
| #30 Of course it's SJS. But the suddenness is at the front end of deciding to do so, not at the back end of execution. There were gas tanks (presumably propane) in the vehicle as well as gasoline already aflame plus the molotov cocktails. The idiots intended the explosion to wipe out the entire terminal, but it fizzled. Just as the bomb vest idea fizzled at the hospital... and most of the other attempts have fizzled thus far. No virgins, no dramatic explosion, and lots of very painful burns likely not being treated gently in hospital. As Brett commented about the non-intersection of jihadism and competence... Clearly Allah is showing whose side he's really on. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-06-30 15:52 |
| #29 Unlike the two car bombs which had to have been planned far in advance, judging from its amateurishness this could have been an act of Sudden Jihad Syndrome. Perhaps the knighting of Salman Rushdie triggered homicidal impulses in members of the Religion of the Perpetually Aggrieved. Or it could have been the foul weather - just about anything sets off these ticking timebombs of flesh. |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-06-30 15:30 |
| #28 ...and on Sky News the witnesses are stating the 'gentlemen' were yelling 'allan ackbar' or something like that, as they fought the police. Must be a soccer chant...? |
| Posted by: Phinater Thraviger 2007-06-30 15:22 |
| #27 Zen, Frank, take my advice and have a drink before you say something like I did yesterday. Just don't sit at the same booth. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-06-30 15:14 |
| #26 Just heard the best line of the day from Fox reporter Toby ???, quoting one of the witnesses who had heard a policeman say, "Let the expletive burn." As long as he didn't imply a connection between the terms "Muslim" and "terrorist" his job should be safe. |
| Posted by: Whinetch Mussolini7320 2007-06-30 14:48 |
| #25 Funny how you never post a similar reply when other people here script the exact same sort of sentiments, Frank. Just with me. Such selectivity speaks volumes about you. It's hard to recall you ever posting with your own strategies or ideas on how to solve this problem. Neither do you manage to recognize how my own position has undergone a steady evolution thanks to the vital information here at Rantburg. Feel free to take it to email instead of here. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-30 14:38 |
| #24 we heard you the first 4,597 times you said that |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-06-30 14:30 |
| #23 No, Frank, it's a human being who is totally fed up with Islam's violence and predations upon the West. Maybe you aren't there yet. Possibly it will take some sort of Muslim atrocity in your own neighborhood before you change your mind. I've lost all hope that Islam will behave itself. We are going to have to do some serious rethinking about the value of having Muslims in Western society. Their belief structures are wholly incompatible with the constitutional freedoms we enjoy and cherish. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-30 14:27 |
| #22 Just heard the best line of the day from Fox reporter Toby ???, quoting one of the witnesses who had heard a policeman say, "Let the expletive burn." |
| Posted by: Sherry 2007-06-30 14:26 |
| #21 whats that, the F4 macro? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-06-30 14:17 |
| #20 Wonder where this is going. It's going to be one endless string of terrorist attacks. Some successful, others less so, but they will not stop until Muslims are removed from Western society. It should be clear by now that Islam has zero intention of policing itself. Reform is likewise out of the question. Muslims have in no way demonstrated a willingness to begin cleaning out the jihadists from their midst. So, where does that leave us? Recongregate this world's Muslim population back in their countries of origin. Citizens can have the choice of internment or return to their ancestral lands. Contain the entire MME (Muslim Middle East) and kill anyone trying to exit it. Bomb out the occasional nuclear weapons startup and keep a tight lid on the whole mess. Either that or be prepared to spend TRILLIONS of dollars on futile police efforts like Iraq and the security needed to combat domestic terrorism in the West. Even all that money will not prevent some truly horrific terrorist atrocities. So long as there are Muslims among us, the attacks will continue, guaranteed. Islam must be banned in all Western countries. As a singular violation of human rights, Shari'a law in any form must be prohibited as well. Declare all Muslims persona non grata and remove them from our societies. The only other alternatives are far more violent. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-30 14:13 |
| #19 Brett, methinks reevaluation goes on at the personal level, ya'know, like individual blokes and blokesses. The gummints and offishuls still need to get off the multiculti kool-aid and catch up. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-30 14:12 |
| #18 Witnesses said some of the hundreds of people in the area removed gas cylinders from the jeep before it caught fire. . . . Holidaymaker Stephen Clarkson said he knocked one of the men to the floor before police intervened. Another successful engagement for the 93rd Volunteer Infantry. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-06-30 14:02 |
| #17 more details here |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-06-30 13:51 |
| #16 Holidaymaker Stephen Clarkson said he knocked one of the men to the floor before police intervened. Don't piss off a Scotsman on holiday. This wanna-be terrorist is lucky the policmen got to him quick. Otherwise the "holidymaker" would have probably finished the job. |
| Posted by: Intrinsicpilot 2007-06-30 13:50 |
| #15 Hat tip to the bystander that forearmed one of the attackers. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-06-30 13:48 |
| #14 Blazing Muslimes Attack Main Terminal Building at Glasgow Airport /better headline |
| Posted by: RD 2007-06-30 13:34 |
| #13 Jihadis certainly have the requisite will. If they become actually, you know, competent there will be hell to pay. Of course, jihad and competency rarely intersect without years of planning. Methinks the EUnichs are re-pondering their multiculti, uberliberal ethos and might soon conclude these clods actually mean what they say and can NOT be bought off. It is submit or fight. |
| Posted by: Brett 2007-06-30 13:34 |
| #12 It's just Muslims practicing their religion. Nothing more to say about it. |
| Posted by: jpal 2007-06-30 13:25 |
| #11 Witnesses said some of the hundreds of people in the area removed gas cylinders from the jeep before it caught fire. Holidaymaker Stephen Clarkson said he knocked one of the men to the floor before police intervened. Not bad for a bunch of passive EUnuchs/Eurabians/... |
| Posted by: 8872 2007-06-30 13:24 |
| #10 Asian, you say? Tatsuru, Daichi and Akira? |
| Posted by: Whinetch Mussolini7320 2007-06-30 13:07 |
| #9 Just another in a series of totally unrelated incidents. Nothing to see here, move along. |
| Posted by: The Left 2007-06-30 13:07 |
| #8 In the sense of trying to kill people, it was a fizzle. But they did manage to set the terminal on fire. From the video its clear that the car was full of gasoline. I'm not a firefighter, but I was wondering why they didn't hook on a grapple and drag it away from the building, which kept getting reignited by the flames. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2007-06-30 12:56 |
| #7 jack most of these guys spend their lives living in their bedrooms dreaming of being a jihadi.they get their knowledge from the internet. if only they could have a beer have sex there wouldnt be so much pent up anger esentment!!!! |
| Posted by: Paul 2007-06-30 12:43 |
| #6 Hard to believe we now have 3 almost identical VBIEDs in two separate regions of UK that fizzled. IIRC, the copycat attacks after July 7 in London also fizzled. Looks like a lot of amatuerish type activitiy - not AQ trained and graduated or even Iraqi experience. Wonder where this is going. UK is lucky these guys were so incompetent. You could wonder if it was planned this way to really have people let their guard down thinking these guys are a bunch of Monty Python productions. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-06-30 12:38 |
| #5 Japs! They're crazy, all of 'em! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-30 12:34 |
| #4 Eyewitness on Sky TV: Car was full of gas cans. Driver and passenger were throwing gasoline all around the scen [sic] after they crashed the SUV into the terminal door. After ramming an airport gate, the guy charged the terminal with flames beginning to burst from the vehicle, angling it in order to best ram through the glass terminal door and kill passengers inside. One man from the vehicle burst into flames. Amidst the fire and chaos, the terrorists were wrestled to the ground by taxi drivers and passengers. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-30 12:29 |
| #3 its about time the muslim community come out against this otherwise i see the muslims being targeted especially in glasgow where they take no shit from outsiders!!!! |
| Posted by: Paul 2007-06-30 12:28 |
| #2 An asian gentleman. Good grief... |
| Posted by: Phinater Thraviger 2007-06-30 12:26 |
| #1 "There was a lot of anger - if the crowds had got hold of this Fix'd. I see in my crystal ball that crowds will be more successful in the future as no one else will seem to do the necessary and it will start to be the end of them. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-30 12:25 |