quote:Witnesses at Glasgow Airport to Sky News: Men in car were throwing petrol containers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2007873.ecequote:Nightclubs across Britain were warned they could be terrorist targets just days before yesterday’s attempted double car-bomb attack in London, The Times has learnt.
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The drama came as it emerged that a 53-page document alerting businesses to the threat posed by VBIEDs — vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices — had been issued to police two weeks ago. It had been passed on to the Tiger Tiger club only a few days before yesterday’s events.
The incident also appeared to be foreshadowed by a posting on an internet forum used by terrorists, saying: “Today I say: Rejoice, by Allah. London will be bombed.”
succesquote:Op zaterdag 30 juni 2007 18:28 schreef Devrim_ het volgende:
Doe is allemaal ff rustig..Ik ga morgen op vakantie
bronquote:'Hundreds Of People Could Have Died'
Updated: 17:29, Saturday June 30, 2007
Scott Leeson was waiting to pick up a colleague when he witnessed the Jeep smash in to the airport building.
He told Sky News: "The car came speeding past at about 30mph. It was approaching the building quickly.
"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.
"Luckily he did not get the car too far in. He just managed to get the nose of the Jeep inside.
"I spoke to an airport official who seemed to think it was not an accident. He was very angry. He said the men in the car got out and started throwing petrol about - that must be how it caught fire.
"Luckily my colleague and his family were delayed or they could have been coming out of that door at exactly that time."
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.
"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 said: "People were running past like they had 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."
Mr Edgar said an ordinary car fire burns itself out quickly, "but this went on and on".
"There were a few pops, obviously the fuel tanks would have gone, but it was as if there was maybe more accelerant in the vehicle."
He thought some of the building had caught fire as well, so that may have added to the effect.
Referring to a picture of the blazing jeep, he said: "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."
Another eyewitness, Margaret Hughes, said that people were screaming and running towards the exit shortly after the explosion.
"As soon as I left the building there was black smoke gushing out where the car had obviously been driven into the airport," she said.
She said the man who had been on fire appeared very calm as he was led away by police.
"He seemed fairly composed, you could say almost in a state of shock," she said.
"He was quite a large man ... and very heavy set. Very dark hair and dark colouring."
Taxi driver Ian Crosby, who also witnessed the incident, said he was in no doubt that it was a terrorist attack.
"It looks to me like these people were intent on doing some serious damage," he said.
He saw a small explosion which looked like it was coming from the back of the vehicle.
"There was smoke coming from inside of the back seats," he said.
"Immediately I realised this was a terrorist attack."
"Somebody had planned this. This was no accident."
He praised the bravery of those who tried to restrain the man, "putting their lives at risk".
Uitkijken op de fietstrajecten, ik heb gehoord dat terroristen overal kopspijkertjes hebben gestrooid.quote:Op zaterdag 30 juni 2007 18:28 schreef Devrim_ het volgende:
Doe is allemaal ff rustig..Ik ga morgen op vakantie
Gelukkig ga ik met een vliegtuig naar Turkijequote:Op zaterdag 30 juni 2007 18:34 schreef Hathor het volgende:
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Uitkijken op de fietstrajecten, ik heb gehoord dat terroristen overal kopspijkertjes hebben gestrooid.![]()
och, zolang het maar kopspijkers zijn, en niet de kop van Jack Spijkermanquote:Op zaterdag 30 juni 2007 18:34 schreef Hathor het volgende:
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Uitkijken op de fietstrajecten, ik heb gehoord dat terroristen overal kopspijkertjes hebben gestrooid.![]()
Dus als ik het goed begrijp gooiden 2 mannen die in de fik stonden met jarrycans (Benzinequote:Op zaterdag 30 juni 2007 18:36 schreef Monidique het volgende:
Inderdaad, wat een ophef om niets zeg. Ik bedoel, het gaat hier gewoon om een brandende auto met Aziatische -Pakistaanse?- mannen erin die een vliegveld wilden binnen rijden en begonnen met het gooien van jerrycans met benzine -ja, vaag, ja-, daags nadat er twee autobommen zijn gevonden in de hoofdstad. En dan meteen die ophef,.
Klaarblijkelijk.quote:Op zaterdag 30 juni 2007 18:37 schreef Devrim_ het volgende:
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Dus als ik het goed begrijp gooiden 2 mannen die in de fik stonden met jarrycans (Benzine).
Wat een amateurs
Misschien omdat, als Groot Brittanie ergens vecht, Schotse troepen altijd voor op gaan?quote:Op zaterdag 30 juni 2007 18:36 schreef Hathor het volgende:
Waarom trouwens in hemelsnaam Glasgow? Zijn er terroristen die beledigt zijn door de muziek van Rod Stewart of zo?
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