LHardy
July 1st, 2007, 12:10 AM
Glasgow Attack Seen Tied to London Bombs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6749150,00.html
Saturday June 30, 2007 11:16 PM
By IAN STEWART
Associated Press Writer
(excerpt)
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - A Jeep Cherokee trailing a cascade of flames rammed into Glasgow airport on Saturday, shattering glass doors just yards from passengers at the check-in counters. Police said they believed the attack was linked to two car bombs found in London the day before.
Scottish Police Chief Constable Willie Rae. He said a ``suspect device'' was found on the man at the hospital and it was taken to a safe location where it was being investigated.
Rae would not say whether the device was a suicide belt.
``I can confirm that we believe the incident at Glasgow airport is linked to the events in London yesterday,'' Rae said. ``There are clearly similarities and we can confirm that this is being treated as a terrorist incident.''
A British government security official said the methods used in the airport attack and Friday's thwarted plots were similar, with all three vehicles carrying large quantities of flammable liquid.
Police and MI5 had no specific intelligence warning of a plan to attack Scotland.
The green Jeep barreled toward Glasgow's main airport terminal shortly after 3 p.m. Leeson said bollards - security posts outside the entrance - stopped the driver from driving into the bustling terminal, but the nose of the vehicle smashed the glass doors.
``If he'd got through, he'd have killed hundreds, obviously,'' he said.
AP photographs from the scene showed the car hit the building at an angle and was poking into the terminal. The Jeep struck the building directly in front of check-in counters, where dozens of passengers were lined up, police said.
Lynsey McBean, a witness at the terminal, said the driver kept trying to push the car forward after it got stuck, and ``the wheels were spinning and smoke was coming from them.''
She said one of the men then took out a plastic gasoline canister and poured a liquid under the car. ``He then set light to it,'' said McBean, 26, from Erskine, Scotland.
Police subdued the driver and a passenger, both described by witnesses as South Asian - a term used to refer to people from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries in the region. The previous round of terrorist activity in Britain, in July 2005, was largely carried out by local Muslims, raising ethnic tensions in Britain.
Witnesses said one of the men was engulfed in flames and spoke ``gibberish'' as an official used a fire extinguisher to douse the fire.
On the Net:
www.glasgowairport.com
With all the talk that the US does not need, some consider unconstitutional, specific tools that are at our disposal.
These series of events now begs they question; "When do we get ours?"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6749150,00.html
Saturday June 30, 2007 11:16 PM
By IAN STEWART
Associated Press Writer
(excerpt)
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - A Jeep Cherokee trailing a cascade of flames rammed into Glasgow airport on Saturday, shattering glass doors just yards from passengers at the check-in counters. Police said they believed the attack was linked to two car bombs found in London the day before.
Scottish Police Chief Constable Willie Rae. He said a ``suspect device'' was found on the man at the hospital and it was taken to a safe location where it was being investigated.
Rae would not say whether the device was a suicide belt.
``I can confirm that we believe the incident at Glasgow airport is linked to the events in London yesterday,'' Rae said. ``There are clearly similarities and we can confirm that this is being treated as a terrorist incident.''
A British government security official said the methods used in the airport attack and Friday's thwarted plots were similar, with all three vehicles carrying large quantities of flammable liquid.
Police and MI5 had no specific intelligence warning of a plan to attack Scotland.
The green Jeep barreled toward Glasgow's main airport terminal shortly after 3 p.m. Leeson said bollards - security posts outside the entrance - stopped the driver from driving into the bustling terminal, but the nose of the vehicle smashed the glass doors.
``If he'd got through, he'd have killed hundreds, obviously,'' he said.
AP photographs from the scene showed the car hit the building at an angle and was poking into the terminal. The Jeep struck the building directly in front of check-in counters, where dozens of passengers were lined up, police said.
Lynsey McBean, a witness at the terminal, said the driver kept trying to push the car forward after it got stuck, and ``the wheels were spinning and smoke was coming from them.''
She said one of the men then took out a plastic gasoline canister and poured a liquid under the car. ``He then set light to it,'' said McBean, 26, from Erskine, Scotland.
Police subdued the driver and a passenger, both described by witnesses as South Asian - a term used to refer to people from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries in the region. The previous round of terrorist activity in Britain, in July 2005, was largely carried out by local Muslims, raising ethnic tensions in Britain.
Witnesses said one of the men was engulfed in flames and spoke ``gibberish'' as an official used a fire extinguisher to douse the fire.
On the Net:
www.glasgowairport.com
With all the talk that the US does not need, some consider unconstitutional, specific tools that are at our disposal.
These series of events now begs they question; "When do we get ours?"