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UK Terror Watch: Flaming Car Rams into Glasgow Airport Part 2;Update – Police Have Made Two More Arrests in Cheshire, England in London, Glasgow Terror Incidents
The blazing Jeep at the doors of Terminal 1 at Glasgow Airport
Flap has opened up a new thread.
The suspect:
BBC: Blazing car crashes into airport
Photo of Glasgow Car Bomber
Man Tackled Driver Video
The latest update in the Glasgow incident:
Sources: 3 suspects in Glasgow airport incident, one dead at scene
(CNN) — Authorities believe there were three people inside a Jeep Cherokee that crashed into an entrance and burst into flames at Glasgow International Airport Saturday, and one of them died at the scene, sources close to the investigation told CNN.
William Rae, chief constable for police in Strathclyde, the province that includes Glasgow, told reporters that two people were arrested at the scene. One was in custody, he said, and a second suffered severe burns and was in critical condition at a hospital.
Sources told CNN the body of the third suspect remained in the Jeep Cherokee, which was still at the airport. (Posted 5:28 p.m.)
Stay tuned……
The Sunday British Press:
Suicide bombers hit British airport
Security staff and police grapple with one of the attackers at the airport
Terror threat ‘critical’ as Glasgow attacked
Terrorists strike Glasgow airport with car ‘firebomb’
TERROR AS CAR EXPLODES IN GLASGOW AIRPORT
More terror as bombers target Glasgow airport
Update 8:05 PM
Two more arrests made in UK Terror Attacks; police are on the move
Police: 2 additional suspects arrested in London, Glasgow terror incidents
LONDON (CNN) — Two people were arrested in Cheshire, England, in connection with a terrorist incident at Glasgow International Airport on Saturday and in the discovery of two explosives-laden cars in London on Friday, Scotland Yard said Sunday.
The arrests came in addition to two people arrested at the scene of the Glasgow incident, in which a sport-utility vehicle drove through an airport terminal entrance and burst into flames. (Posted 7:58 p.m.)
Update 8:39 PM
The Observer:How did car bombers slip through the net?
Lamine Adam, 26, his brother Ibrahim, 20 and Cerie Bullivant, 24
How did car bombers slip through the net?
For months, security services had been expecting a vehicle bomb in London. As the hunt continues, questions arise about whether the attack that came so close could have been stopped long agoAs Jacqui Smith left the Cabinet Office yesterday afternoon, she must have pondered the question most Londoners have over the past 48 hours. How, almost two years after the 7 July attacks, had the capital’s defences almost been breached by terrorists again?
As the manhunt continued for the cell responsible, attention focused on terror suspects on the run from control orders, which will raise fresh questions over the value of the government’s controversial tool for trying to protect the public. Among those being urgently sought are Lamine Adam from London, who, it was alleged during the Crevice terror trial, discussed attacking a night club. His brother Ibrahim, 20, and Cerie Bullivant, 24, have also escaped their control orders and are now said to be ‘people of interest’ to the police.
Others being sought are Zeeshan Siddiqui, 26, who, it was alleged also during the Crevice trial, has links to members of a cell jailed for plotting fertiliser bomb attacks in the south-east of England and which ihad connections to Dhiren Barot. Barot, who was jailed last year, created the ‘gas limo’ project, using bombs powered by gas canisters, that was approved by senior al-Qaeda figures.
Other suspects include Bestun Salim, who vanished from his Manchester flat last summer and is alleged to have links to Ansar al-Islam, a group linked to the Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraq’s most notorious insurgent leader, who was killed in a US airstrike last year.
Are any of those arrested, these guys? Like Flap mentioned yesterday……..
Update 8:48 PM
 The Latest summary from CNN:
4 now in custody in connection with terrorist incidents in Glasgow, London
LONDON (CNN) — Two people were arrested in connection with terrorist incidents in Glasgow, and London, bringing the total number of people in custody to four, Scotland Yard said early Sunday.
The arrests were made in the northern England town of Cheshire, police said. No further details were immediately available.On Saturday, a sport-utility vehicle drove into an entrance at the Glasgow International Airport and burst into flames. On Friday, two explosives-laden cars were discovered at two locations in London. Glasgow police had said Saturday night the occurrences were linked. Authorities had earlier told CNN they believed the crash in Scotland was directly linked to the same people involved in the London incident or think it is a copycat attack.
The airport incident, at a terminal check-in area about 3:15 p.m. Saturday, sparked panic at the scene and prompted increases in airport security worldwide. The British government raised the national threat level to critical, the highest level — meaning attacks are considered imminent.
Two men in the Jeep Cherokee were arrested at the scene, said William Rae, chief constable for police in Strathclyde, the province that includes Glasgow. One suffered severe burns and was taken to a hospital, where he was in critical condition. (Posted 8:14 p.m.)
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UK Terror Watch: Flaming Car Rams into Glasgow Airport; Update: U.S. Boosting Presence of Security Officials at Airports; Update: Eyewitness Reports – One of Car Bombers Fought with Police Shouting Allah Allah;Britain Raises Security Level to Critical – Another Attack Imminent; Update: Terror Suspect Dies? Or Not?; Update: Glasgow Incident Linked to London Attack Yesterday; Update: Three Suspects Involved at Glasgow – One Dead at Scene
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A view of the damage after a blazing jeep drove into a terminal building at Glasgow Airport, Scotland. “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.
The blazing jeep, moments after the men inside had staggered out
2 men in flaming car ram Glasgow Airport
Two men rammed a flaming sport utility vehicle into the main terminal of Glasgow airport Saturday, crashing into the glass doors at the entrance and sparking a fire, witnesses said. Police said two suspects were arrested.
The green SUV barreled toward the building at full speed before crashing into security barriers. Witnesses said two men jumped out, one of them engulfed in flames. Two men were arrested, Strathclyde Police spokeswoman Lisa O’Neil said.
The airport — Scotland’s largest — was evacuated and flights suspended. Smoke and black flames rose from the car in front of the main entrance.
“The Jeep is completely on fire and it exploded not long after. It exploded at the entrance to the terminal,” witness Stephen Clarkson told the BBC. “It may have been an explosion of petrol in the tank because it was not a massive explosion.”
Two men — one of them engulfed in flames — were in the SUV, said BBC News executive Helen Boaden, who was at the airport. She said a traveler tried to restrain the man.
“Then the police came over and wrestled him to the ground — the fire was burning through his clothes — and finally put him out with a fire extinguisher,” she said.Police won’t say yet whether this was a terrorist attack or a criminal inquiry.
he scene at Glasgow Airport in this image from video Saturday, June 30, 2007. Two men tried to ram a jeep with flames pouring from it into the main terminal of Glasgow airport Saturday, crashing into the glass doors at the entrance and sparking a fire, witnesses said. Police said two people were arrested. The green SUV barreled toward the building at full speed before crashing into security barriers. Witnesses said two men fled the SUV, one of them engulfed in flames. Two men were arrested, Strathclyde Police spokeswoman Lisa O’Neil said.
But, car petrol bombs sounds familiar does it not?
Gas cylinders? “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.â€
Stay tuned……The outisde of the terminal building in flames after this afternoon’s explosion.Update 1:16 PM
United States has decided to boost airport security but no change in threat level according to Reuters.
Flaming Car Rams U.K. Airport; 2 Arrests
The car came speeding past at about 30 mph. It was approaching the building quickly,” said Scott Leeson, who was nearby at the time. “Then the driver swerved the car around so he could ram straight in to the door. He must have been trying to smash straight through.”
Two men were arrested, Strathclyde Police spokeswoman Lisa O’Neil said.Passengers fled running and screaming from the busy terminal, Margaret Hughes told the British Broadcasting Corp. “There was black smoke gushing out where the car had obviously been driven into the airport,” she said.
Flames and black smoke rose from the vehicle outside the main entrance. Police said it was unclear if anyone was injured. Other passengers were stranded, with at least one airplane grounded on the runway, the BBC said.
The incident also comes exactly one week before the second anniversary of the July 7 bombings that killed 52 people.
Leeson said bollards – security posts outside the entrance – stopped the driver from barreling into the bustling terminal at Glasgow’s airport.
“He’s trying to get through the main door frame but the bollards have stopped him from going through. If he’d got through, he’d have killed hundreds, obviously,” he said.
Leeson said only the nose of the vehicle made it inside the building. Richard Grey told the BBC that the vehicle was lodged into the center of the terminal’s main entrance.
“The jeep is completely on fire and it exploded not long after. It exploded at the entrance to the terminal,” witness Stephen Clarkson told the BBC. “It may have been an explosion of petrol in the tank because it was not a massive explosion.”
Two men – one of them engulfed in flames – were in the SUV, witnesses told BBC News executive Helen Boaden, who was at the airport at time. She described the men as South Asian.
Clarkson described him as a large South Asian man. “His whole body was on fire…. He was just talking gibberish,” he told the BBC.
“An Asian guy had been pulled out of the car by two police officers he was trying to fight off and they’d got him on the floor,” Grey told the BBC.
Eyewitness reports yet unconfirmed that the two Asian men where throwing petrol around the car.
Police are searching other cars in the airport looking for car bombs.
Passengers hurry away from Glasgow airport in Scotland, 30 June 2007, after a jeep on fire drove into a terminal building, police said.
Update 1:46 PM
New Prime Minister Gordon Brown to chair emergency security meeting this evening in Britain.
The United States will issue a paper statement shortly on increasing presence of security officials at American Airports.
Sky News: Glasgow situation now being treated as a “TERRORIST INCIDENT.”
Duh……looks like suicide car bombing…..
Update 2:10 PM
BBC: Blazing car crashes into airport
Photo of Glasgow Car Bomber
Man Tackled Driver Video
Eyewitnesses have described a Jeep Cherokee being driven at speed towards the building with flames coming out from underneath.
They have also described seeing two Asian men, one of whom was on fire, who had been in the car.
Strathclyde Police said two people had been arrested and detained in connection with the incident.
Sky News: Hospital where Glasgow car bomb suspect was taken is evacuated.
U.S. tightens security at some airports
Some U.S. airports will tighten security in response to possible terrorist incidents in Britain, the White House said Saturday.
The U.S., however, is not raising its terror alert status, President Bush’s spokesman said. “There is no indication of any specific or credible threat to the United States — no change in the overall security level,” Tony Snow told reporters in Maine.
The Transportation Security Administration has taken steps to raise alertness at some airports, Snow said. More TSA agents will be posted outside some terminals, he said.
“There will be some inconvenience of passengers in terms of longer wait times,” Snow said. Local police also may take separate measures, he added.
A little inconvenience for safety is fine.
Homeland Security will issue a paper statement shortly.
Update 3:13 PM
Sky News: News Presser within the next hour
Eyewitness – one of two men in car fighting with police was shouting “Allah Allah.”
Security level in Britain raised to “CRITICAL” – an another attack imminent.
Update 3:44 PM
British PM Gordon Brown has just spoken: “It is right to raise the security level at airports and crowded places.”
Update 4:05 PM
New conference at 4:30 PM by British officials on Glasgow incident
CNN: Sources: Terror suspect dies; explosives-filled cars traced to Glasgow
LONDON (CNN) — One of two suspects who crashed a vehicle into an entrance at the Glasgow, Scotland, airport Saturday has died of burns suffered in the incident, sources close to the investigation told CNN.The vehicle burst into flames after the crash, and the suspect was taken to a hospital.
In addition, authorities have linked the Glasgow incident to the discovery of two explosives-filled cars in London on Friday. Sources told CNN both of those cars have been traced back to Glasgow. (Posted 3:52 p.m.)Sleeper Terror Cell on the Loose in U.K.
Counter-terrorism analysts estimate that the apparently coordinated attacks in Great Britain are work of a sleeper cell that could include as many as 20 individuals.
“You would need that many to pull off three different vehicle-borne explosions,” said one former CIA official who requested his name not be used.A massive manhunt is now underway across Great Britain for at least three suspects who officials say have been positively linked to the Friday attacks by surveillance photographs and forensic evidence, including fingerprints.
“The Brits simply are not ahead of this cell and they know it,” he said.
The two failed car bomb attacks in London Friday appear to be connected to today’s attack on the Glasgow Airport terminal, although British officials have yet to declare so officially.
Adding to the intelligence failure, analysts said, is the fact that the driver of one of the failed car bombs had been arrested three years ago and released for lack of evidence.
News Conference coming up……
Update 4:32 PM
John Lennon Airport in Liverpool closed until further notice
Update 4:38 PM
Scottish Police reading a statement:
Two men arrested one taken to Royal Alexandria Hospital – critical condition; suspect device found and hospital was evacuated; device defused; other man detained in police custody; device remains at site; airport evacuated and passengers in airplanes on Tarmack; airport remains closed; unknown when airport resumes normal service; confirms Glasgow incident linked to London incident yesterday; treating it as terrorist incident; no intelligence prior to Glasgow incident; SO-15 involved; raised security level to critical; no intelligence any further incidences of terrorism but asking public to report any suspicious activity to police; asking members of the public to come forward who witnessed incident; the hospital is business as usual; another person injured(l eg), taken to hospital; no other casualties; officers So-15 are jointly investigating matter;
Questions:
Individuals: not appropriate to tell – legal restrictions
Hospital: Device removed and taken to safe place.
Vehicle contained materials that were flammable, close forensic investigation to be undertaken; awaiting clearance from other service to approach vehicle.
Update 4:57 PM
Fox News: Might these two attacks be diversionary attacks, leaving professional Al Qaeda operatives for a greater attack to come?
Police: Suspect in critical condition
(CNN) — Two suspects were arrested after a vehicle crashed into an entrance Saturday at Glasgow International Airport and burst into flames, Glasgow police said.
One was in critical condition at a hospital and had suffered severe burns, said William Rae, chief constable for Strathclyde Police. While the man was being treated at the hospital, he said, a “suspect device” was found and the hospital partially evacuated.
The second person was in custody. Investigators did not know whether another person was in the burned vehicle, which remained at the airport Saturday evening. (Posted 4:58 p.m.)
Stay tuned
Update 5:35 PM
CNN Sources: 3 suspects in Glasgow airport incident, one dead at scene
(CNN) — Authorities believe there were three people inside a Jeep Cherokee that crashed into an entrance and burst into flames at Glasgow International Airport Saturday, and one of them died at the scene, sources close to the investigation told CNN.
William Rae, chief constable for police in Strathclyde, the province that includes Glasgow, told reporters that two people were arrested at the scene. One was in custody, he said, and a second suffered severe burns and was in critical condition at a hospital.
Sources told CNN the body of the third suspect remained in the Jeep Cherokee, which was still at the airport. (Posted 5:28 p.m.)US Warned of Glasgow Threat Two Weeks Ago
U.S. law enforcement officials received intelligence reports two weeks ago warning of a possible terror attack in Glasgow against “airport infrastructure or aircraft,” a senior US law enforcement officials tells the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
The intelligence reports also warned that airports and aircraft in the Czech Republic could be the targets of al Qaeda-connected terrorists.
The warnings were kept secret for operational reasons, according to officials. In public, the White House and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff have continued to maintain they know of no specific or credible threats involving the United States, even though the intelligence reports specify US aircraft as possible targets.
A US official told ABCNews.com that the intelligence reports led to the assignment of Federal Air Marshals to flights into and out of both Glasgow and Prague.
Air marshals had been added to flights into and out of Germany late last month, based on similar warnings.
Stay tuned….
Flap is going to start a new thread on the Glasgow incident.
The blazing Jeep at the doors of Terminal 1 at Glasgow Airport
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Terror in London Watch: Police Have Crystal Clear Image of Car Bomber
‘Police have crystal clear video image of car bomber’
Massive man hunt underway as second bomb found
Police could have a ‘crystal clear’ video image of a man who tried to kill hundreds of people by blowing up two cars in central London.
After a second bomb was found yesterday, there are now fears that other bombs could be primed and parked around the capital.
An American television report said investigators already know the face of one of the men responsible, but police – who are still studing footage from hundreds of CCTV and congestion charge cameras – are refusing to confirm this.
It’s thought the image shows the man “staggering” from the first car after parking it outside a West End nightclub.
Flap wonders if police already know who the perps are and are urgently trying to find them. If they were confederates of Dhiren Barot might they not already be out of Britain?Let’s look at the sophistication of the failed terrorist attack:
The people leave the nightclub at 2 AM and are greeted by a fireball and shrapnel. Then, as they run the second coordinated car bomb explodes inflicting maximum casualties.
The Brits WILL catch these M/F’s and sentence them to life in prison (no death penalty). But, the British people had better look at their immigration laws, and their homeland security precautions before Flap will visit their country again.
Of course, isn’t economic harm one of Al Qaeda’s goals?
The first suspect car outside Tiger Tiger
The entrance to the car pound at the Park Lane Car Park
Last night as police hunted a new terrorist cell, a massive review of security was under way, with tomorrow’s Princess Diana memorial concert at Wembley Stadium, to be attended by Princes William and Harry, a particular concern.
The foiled bombing came just a week before the second anniversary of the Al Qaeda inspired July 7 suicide bombings on London’s transport system that left 52 innocent people dead.
A terrorist atrocity had been feared in the days leading up to Tony Blair standing down as Prime Minister but the terrorists chose instead to launch their attack within hours of Gordon Brown taking over at 10 Downing Street.
Huge areas of Central London was sealed off yesterday as forensic officers examined the scene.
The Government’s emergency response committee, Cobra, met within hours of the bomb’s discovery.
The current threat level for terrorism in the UK, set by MI5, is classed as “severe”, one level lower than the highest “critical2.
Last night police were checking for links to a massive car bomb found by French police near Aixen-Provence.
Stay tuned……
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Day By Day by Chris Muir June 30, 2007