The Failed Bomb in London



Police: car bomb may have been inspired by al-Qaida

Senior police and Whitehall sources today said the failed attempt to inflict mass murder in central London was the work of al-Qaida or those inspired by its ideology.

"You only have to read past cases of those convicted for terrorism to realise they have been plotting to blow up nightclubs and putting gas cylinder bombs in cars," one senior source said.

Counter-terrorism sources said the car bomb found in Haymarket - one of London's main nightlife districts - was similar to car bombs used in Iraq.

There is a silver lining to this, at least it shows whoever planned this does not have access to real powerful explosives, because this was a pretty crude bomb.

Just don't take what the government says at face value till all the facts are in.

Goodbye Piccadilly, farewell Leicester Square...

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