U.K.TERRORISM- CAR BOMB DEFUSED! (AP)

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Green Mercedes driving erratically bumps into garbage cans on Haymarket and German st. Suspect flees, manhunt on. Large can of propane, nails, nuts and bolts discovered in vehicle. Scotland Yard suspects possible co-ordinated attacks likely.... developing...

Vehicle in London packed with explosives

By DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press Writer
4 minutes ago



LONDON - A vehicle in central London that was packed with explosives, gas canisters and nuts and bolts would have caused "significant damage," a British security official told The Associated Press Friday.


Authorities said they had defused an explosive device found in the parked car, and the new government called an emergency meeting of senior security chiefs to investigate.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_re_eu/britain_bomb_defused

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An international manhunt was launched tonight to find the gang - believed to be linked to al Qaeda - that came within moments of blowing up hundreds of revellers in a London nightclub.

As the capital remained on high alert, fresh details emerged of the 'massive' car bomb - primed with petrol, gas canisters and nails - discovered by police in the heart of the West End.

Only a stroke of good luck and the heroism of bomb disposal men, who disabled the device by hand as it gave off fumes, prevented an atrocity.

Sky News reports that the police believe the bomb was set to be detonated by mobile phone trigger and that officers risked their lives by removing the trigger.

A Mercedes left near the Tiger Tiger nightclub in Haymarket was packed with 60 litres of petrol in containers, propane gas canisters and hundreds of nails. It also had a full tank of petrol.

More than 1,000 people were inside for a 'Sugar 'n' Spice night' which the club calls the 'finest ladies' night in London'. There were thousands more in the surrounding streets and neighbouring clubs.

The head of the Met's Anti-Terrorist Branch, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, said the technology used in the Mercedes bomb was the same as that used by insurgents in Iraq.

He said: "The police were called and Metropolitan Police explosives officers went to the scene and examined the car. In the car they found significant quantities of petrol together with a number of gas cylinders.

"It is appropriate for me to pay tribute to the courage and skill of the explosives officers who manually disabled the device."

Scotland Yard said extra police patrols were taking place across London as a result.

A spokesman said: "This is to provide a visible reassurance and is not in response to any specific threat."

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23402331-details/Al+Qaeda+suspected+of+'massive'+bomb+attack+on+Lon don+nightclub/article.do

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sky news?al-q like techniques?does that really mean al-q was involved..or someone who could afford a mercedes?