Was it the IRA? (they're over, aren't they?) Was it the Mafia? (which, as we all know, doesn't exist) Maybe the Basque Separatists? Have to check with the BBC but it is not altogether impossible that the Mossad is involved. You know, wanting to get rid of some of those leftover landmines from last summer's atrocities.

Then there's that other car maybe related. Maybe not. I've always liked the basic "Two Lone Nuts" scenario.

No one has yet claimed the bomb-laden Mercedes-Benz that some group was willing to blow up outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub where Ladies Night was in full swing. So we'll just have to sit tight and not rush to judgment.

A developing story.

Ah, the peskiness of it. Takes me back to the 1970s when streets would be closed off or the Tower of London would be bombed. Etc.

Something tells me this story will last a little longer than the one from the troublesome 20th century. This article suggests it may be a way of "testing Gordon Brown." As if.

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Did somebody say something?  Sorry.  I dosed off. So what's the latest? 

The police already have a picture of a man who ran from the Mercedes.  A good one, too.  Hope the evidence is a little stronger this time IF it's the same guy they released earlier.  You know the Lockerbie Scotland bomber of many years back is asking for a new trial because of the faulty evidence and his unfair trial.  If only the investigators were more careful, maybe they'd succeed in capturing the real perps instead of all these innocent guys.

In any case, it seems the authorities have narrowed down the suspects to "Islamic Extremists."  But that's still preliminary so don't go drawing any unnecessary inferences yet.  Since this car was parked outside the Tiger Tiger, I'm not ruling out a Tamil Tiger connection. 

Susan 

Terror Plot Involves Islamic Extremists;

Police Have 'Crystal Clear' Picture of Suspect

June 29, 2007 2:56 PM

Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report:

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 lslamic extremists."

The car contained five or six propane and butane gas cylinders as well as 33 gallons of gasoline, all rigged to detonate with calls to two cell phones.  Officials say the cell phones failed to initiate the explosions, even after each phone had been called twice.

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Any connection between London's wannabe car-bombers Mercedes and the flaming car into the Glasgow Airport this morning?

I'm watching the BBC News online. The commentator has said the men arrested were described as "Asian" in appearance. Wow! Chinese? I think I recall reading that was BBC-speak. Keep it general.

From an related previous BBC article:

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Doctors. At least two doctors have been implicated in this latest plot at the Glasgow Airport. DOCTORS!!!! "Do no harm." Is that subject to interpretation. One Palestinian DOCTOR, trained in Jordan. One Iraqi DOCTOR. Asian doctors, if you will.

Here's a photo of the "Allah" shouting Asian man in critical condition with burns over 90% of his body. Ewww, that's gotta hurt. So much for his instant trip to paradise. The virgins will have to be patient.

This is a thorough article describing the "brilliant" doctor and some of his "terror team."

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Help me out here, blokes.  Que es un "weegie?"  That's my nickname for our Norwegian Forest Cat.  "Where's the weegie?"  "Who pooped outside the litter box?  The weegie?!" "Fluffy wuffy weegie boy."

Don't make me go to the BBC for the full story.

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Weegie = glaswegian

I should be banned for being overtly regionalist. However if any glaswegians on the board wanna call me a 'fasty' or a 'frankie' to even the score, knock yersel oot! 

The intended victims of the Mercedes bombings may have been  secular " sluts".

"Only at the tail end of the coverage was it admitted that a car bomb might have been parked outside a club in Piccadilly because it was "ladies night" and that this explosion might have been designed to lure people into to the street, the better to be burned and shredded by the succeeding explosion from the second car-borne cargo of gasoline and nails. Since we have known since 2004 that a near-identical attack on a club called the Ministry of Sound was proposed in just these terms, on the grounds that dead "slags" or "sluts" would be regretted by nobody, a certain amount of trouble might have been saved by assuming the obvious. The murderers did not just want body parts in general but female body parts in particular. " ...

"... among those who watched Sunday's report from Christiane Amanpour on CNN's Special Investigations Unit. On these shows, the British Muslim fanatics came right out with their program. Straight into the camera, leading figures like Anjem Choudary spoke of their love for Osama Bin Laden and their explicit rejection of any definition of Islam as a religion of peace... " 

from http://www.slate.com/id/2169592/nav/tap1/

I don't mind if they want to blow up Weegies but leave the slags alone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scNLfr1EP08

10 extra points for the bottle of Buckfast.

1000 extra points for the authentic 'Glasgow smile'.