Also, more on how phone records led to the Glasgow/London suspects.
"2 more men arrested in Glasgow probe," by Rob Harris for the Associated Press:
GLASGOW, Scotland - Police said Monday they had arrested two more men as suspects in the car bomb attack on Glasgow airport as details emerged that authorities had been close on the trail of the suspects, one of whom may have been a local doctor.
Rental agent Daniel Gardiner, whose company leased a Glasgow-area home searched by police, said authorities contacted his firm just ahead of Saturday's airport attack.
Strathclyde police said two men, ages 25 and 28, had been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, correcting an earlier report one suspect was 20 years old.
"This continues to be a fast-moving investigation and I am grateful to the public for their perseverance and support during these difficult times," Assistant Chief Constable John Malcolm said.
[...]
Police have arrested five other suspects while conducting raids across a country on its highest level of alert and are searching for others. None of them have been identified, but British officials have said they are hunting for what they called an al-Qaida-linked network behind the three attempted terrorist attacks.
Security in London was highly visible Monday morning, with long lines of cars forming behind police checkpoints on the London Bridge. Concrete car-blockers were in place protecting the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
[...]
Gardiner, an official at the Let-It house rental agency in Glasgow, said police contacted his company on Saturday afternoon, just minutes before the airport attacks.
"A card was put through one of my colleague's door, asking if we would contact them," he said. The colleague found the note at 3:05 p.m, 10 minutes before the airport attack, Gardiner said.
"A couple of hours later, they (police) came back to us with a name, and we were able to trace their records," he said. "The police wanted to know why we had dialed a certain phone number. They had the phone records from the situation down in London."
If they were "on to them", why did the terrorist act come to completion? Just dumb luck kept a lot of people from dying.
/of course I believe in Divine Providence
I find it very difficult to treat the 'War on Terrorism' seriously when I read news items like the one quoted below. Whose side are the US and its allies supposed to be on in this war?
"But America sees its support for Kosovo as an opportunity to prove its credentials in the Muslim world.
Tom Lantos, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, said it was a “reminder to the predominantly Muslim-led governments of this world that here is yet another example that the United States leads the way for the creation of a predominantly Muslim country in the very heart of Europe”.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2009990.ece
You can be 'onto' them without knowing how far along they are...'cause you can't be omniscient.
It IS luck, and an observant EMT, that brought this one DOWN DOWN DOWN.
Vigilant citizens are the eyes & ears of those trying to stop these bastards.
God Save the BRITISH EMPIRE & the QUEEN!
Burnside,
Our politicians would sell their souls to Islam (that is if they had souls) so long as they were guaranteed to remain in power and continue to profit.
Our government is not loyal to its citizens. Our politicians are not patriotic, they are globalist.
Our corporations (which run the government via lobbyists) are not loyal to the workers - if they don't like what they have to pay, they move the factories to other countries and tell our workers to pi** off. They do this even when they make healthy profits.
Our kids are expendable in Iraz if it means more money in their pockets via cheap oil to run their factories.
Our forefathers are turning in their graves and our citizens are indifferent (see 'Bread & Circuses'). Keep them over-fed, entertained and unlikely to demand any real political change.
Uh oh. Here we go.
US accuses Iran of attacks in Iraq
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/02/wiran302.xml
Anyone else know this was coming?
I'm sick to the back teeth of this. Deport them all and we won't have to put up with this crap anymore. But no, instead millions of pounds will be spent on a trial and keeping them in jail. Just shoot them and be done with it.
Here is the really story which explains the final end of all Islamo-justice - If you view this, you will never be the same again: http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1177931030/Girl_Gets_Stoned_to_Death_for_Dating_a_Man_of_Another_Religion
http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1177931030/Girl_Gets_Stoned_to_Death_for_Dating_a_Man_of_Another_Religion
The Gobbs is right on. I have said before, governments love this situation. More control of citizens, more police, more bureaucracy, more power for politicians.
We life in a time of new feudalism, but instead of kings we have big corporations. The corporations own the politicians.
Here is a guy who gets it: Leo McKinstry from the Daily Express doesn't beat around the bush:
http://sheikyermami.com/2007/07/02/terror-ringleader-is-brilliant-nhs-doctor/
interestinconundrum says,
'If they were "on to them", why did the terrorist act come to completion?'
Below is from an earlier post.
'The people of London have been fortunate this time. Fortunate not because of the alertness shown by an ambulance driver called to an incident nearby. Nor was it down to the personal courage of a policeman going about his daily duties. No, fortunate because we have an active terrorist cell that has been penetrated.
These crude textbook devices which potentially could have maimed and killed hundreds of people were made safe by experts substituting the booster charge and/or detonator with an inert dummy. By allowing the terrorists to go through with their planned operations, this would not compromise any ongoing activities within the security services.
'Do you not think it odd that these devices were 'manually disabled'? They did not utilise the remote bomb disposal robot that is routinely deployed as a precautionary measure.
If you are one of those jihadi's reading this right now, take a look at how the intelligence services turned the top ranks of IRA Sinn Féin into informers. Ask yourself, which one of your bro's is not totally dedicated to the cause or could be working for the enemy? Remember next time you're going about doing Allah's will, there may be some boys from the Special Air Service Regiment laying in wait ready to ask others some serious questions after they've finished the job in hand.'
Posted by: western infidel at June 29, 2007 10:18 PM
OT:
http://www.universalnewsandsport.com/
heres a new picture of one of the Failed Glawgow bombers. hope it hurts.
Edit:^^ Glasgow
ooh, western infidel, i missed that post...thanks!
jihadis, when will your cell begin to behave like a mafia crime family & turn on their own?
This whole discussion on T.V. is missing the point. This situation is unlike anything the west has ever dealth with. This will not end untill either we are all dead or there isn't a trace of Islam in western countries. It is all at once that simple and complicated at the same time.
"A card was put through one of my colleague's door, asking if we would contact them," he said. The colleague found the note at 3:05 p.m, 10 minutes before the airport attack, Gardiner said.
A card was put through the door? Ho hum, no sense of urgency here, just a normal inquiry. Lets have a spot of tea while we wait for a reply.
Burnside - I thought when Lantos said we were leading the way "for the creation of a predominantly muslim country in the very heart of Europe" he was talking about France. My bad.
MoBlows - thanks for the photo of that Glasgow "crispy critter". Looks like that's gonna' leave a mark.
This is all much ado about nothing. Real terrorism is deliberately targeting Palestinian and Iraqi children with U.S. made bombs.
Peace out.
My apologies if someone else has already posted this elsewhere on JW, but at the link below, you can "pledge a pint" for John Smeaton, the brave civilian who helped police catch one of the jihadists at Glasgow Airport. A website has been set up to take donations (via PayPal) to buy 1,000 pints of beer as a gesture of support for his actions. Even if you're not a drinker, I think it's a fun but also serious way to show support...I just pledged!
http://johnsmeaton.com/
Thanks, Kaffirchick - A liquid reward will brown the jihadists off. If the fund is wildly successful, donating a liver may be necessary. Cheers!