Flaming Car Rams U.K. Airport

[furie]

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - 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 airport - Scotland's largest - was evacuated and all flights suspended, a day after British police thwarted a plot to bomb central London, discovering two cars abandoned with loads of gasoline, gas canisters and nails.

"One has to conclude ... these are linked," Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, former head of Britain's joint intelligence committee, told Sky News. "This is a very young government, and we may yet see further attacks." (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070630/D8Q38HGO0.html)

[J.Clints]

WOW WTF is going on in the UK latley. Lots of problems

[furie]

WOW WTF is going on in the UK latley.

WWIII

[cougarjake13]

WWIII

exactly

[A.J.]

"Come on, boys, let's take 'em to school!"

http://www.junkyville.net/content/multimedia/framegrabs/5F01/large/22.jpg

[sailor]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00183/fire385_183166a.jpg

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2007/06/30/BRITAIN.jpg

[lleeder]

WOW WTF is going on in the UK latley. Lots of problems

Theres been anarchy there for a while. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bM_l443VV4)

[sailor]

everyone needs to stop playing softball and post here, dammit!

[JimBeam]

They described the guys as being Asian.

Not who I wuld've suspected.

They thinks this has some link to what almost happened in England yesterday.

[furie]

They described the guys as being Asian.

Not who I wuld've suspected.

They thinks this has some link to what almost happened in England yesterday.

in the UK, everything past Turkey is considered Asia, including the middle east
so a Pakistani or Arab would be called asians by UK media

[SinA]

i love fox news.

they said this is clearly a sign that al qaeda is in scotland, and that this is the start of a major wave of terrorism in the uk

[sailor]

i love fox news.

they said this is clearly a sign that al qaeda is in scotland, and that this is the start of a major wave of terrorism in the uk

with what happened in england yesterday that's clearly ludicrous.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

in the UK, everything past Turkey is considered Asia, including the middle east
so a Pakistani or Arab would be called asians by UK media

Most people think immediately "raghead" but Pakistani's Iranians and Turks are not even Arabs, in any case Im going to speculate that these were done by Muslims

[moochcassidy]

shit im flying in there next week

[TheMojoPin]

in the UK, everything past Turkey is considered Asia, including the middle east
so a Pakistani or Arab would be called asians by UK media

Not true. While it wouldn't shock me at all if Middle Easterners were behind this, the term "Asian" in the UK refers to South Asians, ie-Indians and Pakistanis. The Middle East is definitely not included in their use of the term "Asian." I'm not trying to explain away possible ME involvement, just clarifying the UK use of "Asian."

[J.Clints]

shit im flying in there next week

Oh Shit be careful....

[moochcassidy]

Not true. While it wouldn't shock me at all if Middle Easterners were behind this, the term "Asian" in the UK refers to South Asians, ie-Indians and Pakistanis. The Middle East is definitely not included in their use of the term "Asian." I'm not trying to explain away possible ME involvement, just clarifying the UK use of "Asian."

youre correct

[SinA]

shit im flying in there next week

could you take a boat?

[J.Clints]

could you take a boat?

Or maybe skip the trip all together?

[scottinnj]

They described the guys as being Asian.

Not who I wuld've suspected.

They thinks this has some link to what almost happened in England yesterday.

I wouldn't be surprised.

My wife and mother-in-law are from the Phillipines. Islam is having a big impact on the Asian islands, and I'm sure that means the kooks are being recruited from there too.

[scottinnj]

shit im flying in there next week


Good luck bro!

[PapaBear]

They described the guys as being Asian.

Not who I wuld've suspected.

They thinks this has some link to what almost happened in England yesterday.
The majority of Muslims aren't Arab. The most populated Muslim country in the world is Indonesia.

[Yerdaddy]

Brits aren't phased by shit.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00183/fire385_183166a.jpg

You can just see this guy saying "Wha a pisser! Oy! Wha' time's the Man-U match today?"

Originally Posted by JimBeam
They described the guys as being Asian.

Not who I wuld've suspected.


Which is why Israel told Congress we were fucking idiots for racially profiling for terrorists - you devote your resources looking for scary Arabs and they'll send Indonesians or white Chechens. There were people of all races and a dozen countries considered for the 9-11 attacks but they chose Saudis and Egyptians because they faced less scruitiny because of our "special" relationship with their governments. (And it's embarassing that we're still believing that the nationality of the terrorists proves a link to their governments.) The fact is al-Qaeda was and is thinking strategically and accomplishing their goals while we're thinking like drunken skinheads and shooting ourselves in the foot every chance we get.

Personally I'd rather see us elect Tony Blair in 2008 than anyone we can even put on the ballot. He'd at least ever-so-politely tell us why we're morons instead of telling us TO BE morons like Bush did and we thought was a super idea.

[moochcassidy]

Or maybe skip the trip all together?

are you serious?

i will be going to this festival if i have to hijack a plane meself

btw ill bet this is a few indian/pakistani scottish nationals playing at terrorist. stuff like this only make the Brits more determind.

ill add another hour to my flightime, but im fuckin going.

[epo]

One of the amazing parts of this story to me is how they discovered the vehicle.

From the story in the Washington Post: (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/29/AR2007062900584_2.html)

The events unfolded when police were called to Haymarket, south of Piccadilly Circus, after a man fell at the nightclub Tiger Tiger, injuring his head, prompting a call for an ambulance around 1:30 a.m. Friday.

When crews arrived, they noticed smoke coming from a green Mercedes parked in front of a club, Clarke said.

We really need to look at the manner in which we fight the war on global terror. It was said early on that the war on terror would be an intelligence, special ops-type war and somewhere along the way we deviated from that. It sure seems like we need to get back there.

[Doctor Z]

http://www.independentcritics.com/images/fear%20and%20loathing%20SPLASH.jpg
"I haven't missed a flight yet!"

[HBox]

Two of them were doctors. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19522388/)

[sailor]

it took 4 people to hatch that hare-brained plot? "ok, jimmy, light yourself on fire and then drive into the airport" "wait, what?"

[HBox]

Let's be thankful the people behind most of these plots since 9/11 have been morons.

Still, the "Let's us few guys get a bunch of guns and storm an army base" plot will always be king stupid.

[FUNKMAN]

Let's be thankful the people behind most of these plots since 9/11 have been morons.



like the guy behind the Iraq War


i had to get a cheap one in

[scottinnj]

Well, if the door is open you gotta walk through it right?

[PapaBear]

Still, the "Let's us few guys get a bunch of guns and storm an army base" plot will always be king stupid.
That is pretty dumb, but the guys in Florida needed help getting boots.

[Yerdaddy]

From the earlier MSNBC article:

On Sunday, NBC News obtained a "Threat Analysis" of the London car bombs, written by the New York Police Department, that says: "150 Britons have traveled to fight in Iraq; a number are believed to have returned and formed 'sleeper cells.’"



I guess now that Bush is just about finished "draining the swamp" of Iraq you all better get to your local KBR fanboat dealership because he drained it right in your backyards.

Me? I'll be dodging them over here so I don't have to dodge them back in America. Or the UK. Or Spain. Or...

[HBox]

On Sunday, NBC News obtained a "Threat Analysis" of the London car bombs, written by the New York Police Department, that says: "150 Britons have traveled to fight in Iraq; a number are believed to have returned and formed 'sleeper cells.’"

Umm, what?

[A.J.]

Let's be thankful the people behind most of these plots since 9/11 have been morons.

like the guy behind the Iraq War


i had to get a cheap one in

Cheney? Wolfowitz? Feith? Rumsfeld? --- Which one?

[crb1]

Cheney? Wolfowitz? Feith? Rumsfeld? --- Which one?

Cheney's definitely not a moron. I do sincerely believe he is the most evil politician I have ever seen though. Have you ever looked into his eyes? There's nothing there.

[A.J.]

Have you ever looked into his eyes? There's nothing there.

"He's got lifeless eyes...like a doll's eyes."

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Robert_Shaw_as_Quint_in_the_movie_'Jaws'_(1976).jp g/270px-Robert_Shaw_as_Quint_in_the_movie_'Jaws'_(1976).jp g

[ShapopoJoe]

i love fox news.

they said this is clearly a sign that al qaeda is in scotland, and that this is the start of a major wave of terrorism in the uk

Sigh...MISINFORMATION ALERT....Fox NEWS did not make this statement, terrorism experts who were interviewed, STATED THIS...and why does this seem to be such a shock??? Al Queda and radical muslims have stated they are targeting Britain over and over...

[Yerdaddy]

Yeah. Even a broken clock is right twice a day!

Fox's "experts" weighing in with statements that it was clearly al-Qaeda before the British authorities released any such information is typical of the irresponsible non-news value of Fox and it's "experts". Liars for hire.

In fact I'd bet a happy ending the guy SinA saw was Patrick Clawson, the douche bottle sniffer who claimed Israel didn't have nulcear weapons in front of a lecture hall full of hungover GWU students and got heckled like Billy Statples at the Apollo. Yeah, he's a Fox "News" regular.

[ShapopoJoe]

Cheney? Wolfowitz? Feith? Rumsfeld? --- Which one?

Umm, SADDAM...

[Crispy123]

Umm, SADDAM...

:lol:

Good one!!!!!

[Yerdaddy]

Yeah!

http://www.ronfez.net/forums/images/emoticons/lol.gif

Good one!

[epo]

Umm, SADDAM...

Oh I get it....comedy!

http://trouble.philadelphiaweekly.com/archives/14SD1.jpg

What a country!

[A.J.]

Cheney? Wolfowitz? Feith? Rumsfeld? --- Which one?

Umm, SADDAM...

:lol:

Good one!!!!!

Yeah!

http://www.ronfez.net/forums/images/emoticons/lol.gif

Good one!

Oh I get it....comedy!

http://trouble.philadelphiaweekly.com/archives/14SD1.jpg

What a country!


Well, he's technically right about Saddam if you subscribe to the theory that THIS war in Iraq is simply revenge for the First Gulf War.

[ShapopoJoe]

Well, he's technically right about Saddam if you subscribe to the theory that THIS war in Iraq is simply revenge for the First Gulf War.

Yeah or that whacky theory that Saddamn violated UN resolutions over 500 times including attempting to shoot down our jets that were enforcing the no-fly zone that was setup after the 1st gulf war...Yeah, thats a Whacky one, eh? ..and please lets turn this thread back around before I make someone look even more foolish...We can have an Iraq War thread some other time

[epo]

Yeah or that whacky theory that Saddamn violated UN resolutions over 500 times including attempting to shoot down our jets that were enforcing the no-fly zone that was setup after the 1st gulf war...Yeah, thats a Whacky one, eh? ..and please lets turn this thread back around before I make someone look even more foolish...We can have an Iraq War thread some other time

Oh that wacky muddling of Iraq War II & 9/11! Why am I always made to look silly by the infinite logic of that rhetorical trainwreck?

Maybe I should read those Fox News talking points some more. Maybe then I'll get it.

[ShapopoJoe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JE48XHKG64

I hear ya! Check out this whacked out FOX NEWS correspondent again claiming Iraq was a hotbed of terrorism wayy before 9/11! Those kooks!!!

[epo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JE48XHKG64

I hear ya! Check out this whacked out FOX NEWS correspondent again claiming Iraq was a hotbed of terrorism wayy before 9/11! Those kooks!!!

I'm guessing you aren't a reader?

Or one to understand context.....

[prothunderball]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JE48XHKG64

I hear ya! Check out this whacked out FOX NEWS correspondent again claiming Iraq was a hotbed of terrorism wayy before 9/11! Those kooks!!!

I'm guessing you aren't a reader?

Or one to understand context.....

What do you mean? It's a fifteen year old clip of a guy who is now a private citizen talking about a a war that was over 15 years ago. It's the most relevant thing I have ever seen.

[angrymissy]

http://www.survivinggrady.com/uploaded_images/fox_slow_news_day-780832.jpg