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by Sam Clarke

A CAR bomb has struck Glasgow Airport.

A blazing Cherokee jeep containing two Asian-looking men crashed into the doors of the main terminal building.

Police are believed to be searching the airport car parks for other devices.

The attack is being treated as a "major terrorist incident".

A man with his clothes on fire got out of the vehicle and was restrained by passengers and police while others put out theflames with a fire extinguisher. Two men were later arrested.

The injured man was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley where he is in a critical condition with severe burns.

Part of the hospital was later evacuated after a suspect device was found on the man's body.

A police spokesman said the device was being examined.

He added that there had been no warnings of an imminent attack.

The airport was closed and passengers were cleared from the terminal building amid fears that it was a terrorist attack.

One eye-witness, at the airport, said she had spoken to a man who claimed to have witnessed what happened.

"What he says he saw is a Cherokee jeep drive into the glass frontage of the airport," she told BBC News 24. "A man got out of it on fire - he said there were actually two Asian-looking men but this guy was the one that was on fire.

"Some holidaymaker tried to restrain him, then the police came over and wrestled him to the ground - the fire was burning through his clothes - and finally put him out with a fire extinguisher."

Eye witness Fiona Tracey said there were injuries in the incident.

"There were people injured, because I've seen them lying on the road," she told Sky News.

The incident came as police in London continued to search for terrorists who planted two car bombs which failed to detonate in the heart of the capital.

A spokesman for the airport's operators, the British Airports Authority, said emergency services were at the scene.

He said: "A car is on fire at the entrance to the terminal and there is considerable smoke damage to the terminal. The terminal has been evacuated as a result of this and all flights have now been suspended. This is the start of the busy summer holiday period, although Saturdays are less busy than week days.





"But this will cause disruption and our advice to passengers is to check with their airline to establish if their flight will be operating."

Another eyewitness, taxi driver Ian Crosby, 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 told the BBC. "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."

One suspect is understood to be detained at the high-security Govan police station while a second is believed to be receiving treatment at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.

A number of people are stuck on aeroplanes and on the airport strip while others have been told they might not be able to leave the airport complex until at least 2100 BST.

Edinburgh Airport has been closed to vehicles which are being turned away on approach however, flights are operating as normal.

Publication date 29/06/07

Posted by: albsure, US on 10:10pm Sat 30 Jun 07
We in the States stand with Scotland (and England) today!!! We are unwaivering in our support!!
Posted by: PJMCM, Glasgow on 1:24am Sun 1 Jul 07
We will be at the mercy of maniacs like these guys until we actually invest in improved security. We all remember the recent documentary on Birmingham airport security - or lack of - and we need to learn lessons from this. Take a leaf out of the USA's book post 9/11, where they got rid of private security companies from their airports in favour of highly trained, highly motivated and HIGHLY PAID in-house security personnel. I have worked in the private security industry for over 18 years. In recent years in this country, investment in security has been slashed as big corporations try to squeeze even more profit out of already healthy accounts. It has to stop somewhere before there is a major catastrophe! There were, apparently, stories published around a week or two ago about terrorists targeting Scottish holidaymakers. If I've heard of these stories, the the UK Security Services must have heard them also. What did they do about it??
Posted by: albsure, US on 1:40am Sun 1 Jul 07
Are we not all at the mercy of these "manics" now??? Appeasement will not be the answer, for one concession by any country will require
two in it's place and so on and so on. I am not sure of Scotland but Germany and England has a MESS on their hands with the numbers of immigrants from Middle Eastern countries within their borders.......For every 6-8 that blows themselves up or for the 12-14 that are captured and put in prison, there are hundreds more to take their place.......Not sure what the answer is going to be..........
Posted by: scottydog, Ayrshire on 2:17am Sun 1 Jul 07
Sorry Albsure, but why the Middle East? Yes I agree that a lot of terrorist attacks are coming from that region, but please read the reports, two Asian looking men have been arrested. Please don't believe the bile which comes from your presidents mouth that all evil stems from Iraq and it neighbours(eg take a look at South East Asia, where there are many terrorist groups, who just hate western society, Bali bombings for 1)Scotland and I reckon Englands problem is not immigrants from the Middle East, but immigrants from Eastern European countries.
Personally all this Al Qaeda stuff does not fit. They are a well organised and funded terrorist organisation, who if you have a look at their history have made some big hits. Three missed car bombs are not the work of professional terrorists. Yes, they are terrorists, but not professionals. Osama and his crew would not have missed three times in two days.
Posted by: Johnny Punchclock, Glasgow on 3:22am Sun 1 Jul 07
Albsure, I think the US military have killed an awful lot more people than Alka Heeda have. I'm just saying.
Posted by: ianmcluk, Qatar and Glasgow on 7:42am Sun 1 Jul 07
The attack does seem a bit amateurish, but not all cells are financed direct from the Afghan mountains.

What I find disturbing, is the fact that whoever planned the attack, waited until the school holidays and the airport would be packed with families and children. No matter who’s responsible for the attack, either Al Queda or a couple of miss guided guys in a Glasgow bed-sit looking for martyrdom. Being dead is the easy way out for cowards and when you are dead you are dead, no virgins, and no parties on the other side.

I’m pleased there were survivors from the attack vehicle. They didn’t achieve their goal, suffering heavy burns into the bargain and now they have prison to look forward to.

Must have been gods will.
Posted by: mazimus, langkawi,malaysia on 10:41am Sun 1 Jul 07
i dont these muslim terror attacks will ever stop,my sympathy goes to the security services.Why dont we just round them all up and send them home,i know some of them were born here then send them to the land of there origin.They are always bleating about how badly they are treated in the UK,my answer to them is if it is so bad,go somewhere else.
Posted by: BigTed, Banff on 11:11am Sun 1 Jul 07
I don't think these 'terrorists' will be found to have arrived in the UK from the middle-east, even if that is the source of their misguided inspiration (divine or otherwise) rather I am inclined to believe think we will find that these are the children of former immigrants, 2nd or 3rd generations that have believe that their families, their community and religion are discriminated against, mocked, trivialized, marginalised, socially economically or politically excluded from mainstream British life. Albsure, you folks crack me up - the states is unwaivering in support of Scotland (and England's) what? Not that many moons ago lots of US citizens lent their unwavering support to anti-British terrorism - filling the coffers of the IRA ... very democratic! Perhaps the solution you seek is to stop supporting autocrats (like Saddam) and appeasing the 'maniacs' (like George. Jnr).
Posted by: albsure, US on 1:13pm Sun 1 Jul 07
Are we not all at the mercy of these "manics" now??? Appeasement will not be the answer, for one concession by any country will require
two in it's place and so on and so on. I am not sure of Scotland but Germany and England has a MESS on their hands with the numbers of immigrants from Middle Eastern countries within their borders.......For every 6-8 that blows themselves up or for the 12-14 that are captured and put in prison, there are hundreds more to take their place.......Not sure what the answer is going to be..........
Posted by: OWEN, LINDLEY on 2:51pm Sun 1 Jul 07
albsure wrote:
We in the States stand with Scotland (and England) today!!! We are unwaivering in our support!!
We could do without your support thankyou!
It is your country's foreign policy that has created the world in which we live!
Posted by: james dwyer on 3:54pm Sun 1 Jul 07
OWEN wrote:
albsure wrote: We in the States stand with Scotland (and England) today!!! We are unwaivering in our support!!
We could do without your support thankyou! It is your country's foreign policy that has created the world in which we live!
Any group of people who are loyal to an entity or organisation more so then to the state itself are problems for the state. Muslims believe Allah created the earth and thus all the lands upon it, it therefore makes sense that they believe the UK to be Allah's creation. As such the Muslims, the rightful stewards in their own minds to all of Allah's earth believe the UK should become a Muslim state. Of course pointing out matter of fact and freedom of expression (British values) ill reference several HOLY quotes from the Islamic holy book.

Qur'an:9:5 "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war."

Well I disbelieve in Allah I’m afraid to say, therefore according to your god (as he wrote this book right?) ALL Muslims should kill me British or not.

Qur'an:9:29 "Fight those who do not believe until they all surrender, paying the protective tax in submission."

Fairness and equality obviously are not Islamic traits as seen by this quote. Now you say we are all Islamaphobes or RACIST BIGOTS, etc. Yet your own religion, your God's words stipulate that you should kill people of other religions or subjugate them under unfair taxation. That my friends is what you desire and therefore your religion has racist elements, and your belief in them puts those elements upon you.

Qur'an:8:39 "So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief ) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world)."

Again highlighting the fact that Muslims want an Islamic world super state as it is ordained by Allah.

Qur'an:8:5 "Your Lord ordered you out of your homes to fight for the true cause, even though some Muslims disliked it, and were averse (to fighting)."

Allah's Holy a merciful demand that all Muslims should FIGHT, pacifists or not. Of course the Islamic holy book is full of contradictions. Or maybe its not, perhaps you only see the good side of Islam if you are a Muslim, otherwise your either poor and a second rate human or, well dead.

So there you have it, id like to see people say I'm a bigot when all I've done is simply quote Islams own book.

Tell me people of England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland is this a religion who you want to share a country with? Is this a people numbering in the millions who you would trust your children's futures to. The west prospers and Muslim world breaks apart from the violence that is woven into its very makeup. If Muslims want to take over this country then when the war comes, when the riots start and the fires burn, when the black flag of Islam is raised above parliament, ill be there. Ill be there to tear it back down, and to fight for the freedom or fathers and grandfathers died for. Peace.
The lines quoted above are the real reason for these attacks!!BEWARE...
Posted by: albsure, US on 5:14pm Sun 1 Jul 07
james dwyer wrote:
OWEN wrote:
albsure wrote: We in the States stand with Scotland (and England) today!!! We are unwaivering in our support!!
We could do without your support thankyou! It is your country's foreign policy that has created the world in which we live!
Any group of people who are loyal to an entity or organisation more so then to the state itself are problems for the state. Muslims believe Allah created the earth and thus all the lands upon it, it therefore makes sense that they believe the UK to be Allah's creation. As such the Muslims, the rightful stewards in their own minds to all of Allah's earth believe the UK should become a Muslim state. Of course pointing out matter of fact and freedom of expression (British values) ill reference several HOLY quotes from the Islamic holy book. Qur'an:9:5 "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war." Well I disbelieve in Allah I’m afraid to say, therefore according to your god (as he wrote this book right?) ALL Muslims should kill me British or not. Qur'an:9:29 "Fight those who do not believe until they all surrender, paying the protective tax in submission." Fairness and equality obviously are not Islamic traits as seen by this quote. Now you say we are all Islamaphobes or RACIST BIGOTS, etc. Yet your own religion, your God's words stipulate that you should kill people of other religions or subjugate them under unfair taxation. That my friends is what you desire and therefore your religion has racist elements, and your belief in them puts those elements upon you. Qur'an:8:39 "So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief ) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world)." Again highlighting the fact that Muslims want an Islamic world super state as it is ordained by Allah. Qur'an:8:5 "Your Lord ordered you out of your homes to fight for the true cause, even though some Muslims disliked it, and were averse (to fighting)." Allah's Holy a merciful demand that all Muslims should FIGHT, pacifists or not. Of course the Islamic holy book is full of contradictions. Or maybe its not, perhaps you only see the good side of Islam if you are a Muslim, otherwise your either poor and a second rate human or, well dead. So there you have it, id like to see people say I'm a bigot when all I've done is simply quote Islams own book. Tell me people of England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland is this a religion who you want to share a country with? Is this a people numbering in the millions who you would trust your children's futures to. The west prospers and Muslim world breaks apart from the violence that is woven into its very makeup. If Muslims want to take over this country then when the war comes, when the riots start and the fires burn, when the black flag of Islam is raised above parliament, ill be there. Ill be there to tear it back down, and to fight for the freedom or fathers and grandfathers died for. Peace. The lines quoted above are the real reason for these attacks!!BEWARE...
Fearful Mr. Dwyer's comments above are right on the money. While we sit around and blame everyone else the US, George Bush, supporters of the IRA, the Muslim influence continues to grow. The largest religious group, outside of atheist and agnostics in Glasgow alone are Muslims (20,000). By even the most conservative estimates, in 120 years England will be an Islamic state. The second most popular name given to a birth child in England today is "Muhammad" second only to Jack. So yes the great Satan America and George Bush and supporters of the IRA and the tooth fairy and Santa and any other scape goat our minds would like to try and absolve ourselves of our own missteps will soon be all for naught. Regretabbly and with great hopes that I am wrong, but with a forboding spirit, I feel an unleashing of Islamic furor over greater Eurpoe in the coming weeks and months that will be directly related to immigration policies or the lack thereof rather than some "easy answer" scape goat any of us can derive.
Posted by: OWEN, LINDLEY on 5:37pm Sun 1 Jul 07
Please open your eyes
Without U.S. foreign policy ,the tiny minority of religeous fundamentalists would have no support or sympathy that enables them to carry out these evil acts.There are similarities with the Irish situation where appalling government policy helped to recruit 'terrorists'
How many Innocent Muslims have lost their lives in the Middle East this weekend due to U.S./U.K. foreign policy?
The whole story must be considered,It is wrong to demonise any group of people because of the actions of a few.
Posted by: Jaffrey37909, Canada on 6:34pm Sun 1 Jul 07
Dear Mr. James Dwyer, please do not quote verses of Qu'ran out of the context. The verses you have mentioned were for the specific time and the specific events. I would like you to check out the following verses for your knowledge: Qu'ran 29:46, Qu'ran 5:69, Qu'ran 2:62. Please do not misunderstand and misinterpret Islam.
Posted by: gus, nitshill on 7:49pm Sun 1 Jul 07
Ban all cars from all the airports. Only let coaches and taxis near the entrance of all airports. Make sures that cars are made to park a sertan distance from the airport terminal.
Posted by: TARTAN JOE, Glasgow/Renfrew on 8:14pm Sun 1 Jul 07
Jaffrey37909 wrote:
Dear Mr. James Dwyer, please do not quote verses of Qu'ran out of the context. The verses you have mentioned were for the specific time and the specific events. I would like you to check out the following verses for your knowledge: Qu'ran 29:46, Qu'ran 5:69, Qu'ran 2:62. Please do not misunderstand and misinterpret Islam.
Excuse me butting in here! are you saying there are nice bits in the Koran?
If there are, why don't your lot start using them? because at this present moment in time all it seems to create is Raving!Suicidal! Maniacs!!!
Posted by: Meep, Shawlands on 10:25pm Sun 1 Jul 07
I notice the military Psy-Op monkeys are showing their presence here with their empty rhetoric. What were we expecting when we voted Blair back into No 10? Has long has there are British troops in the middle east the UK will continue to be a target. And the tragedy is that the the Establishment want this to happen to justify their illegal actions.
Posted by: TARTAN JOE, glasgow /Renfrew on 10:43pm Sun 1 Jul 07
Meep wrote:
I notice the military Psy-Op monkeys are showing their presence here with their empty rhetoric. What were we expecting when we voted Blair back into No 10? Has long has there are British troops in the middle east the UK will continue to be a target. And the tragedy is that the the Establishment want this to happen to justify their illegal actions.
You are very correct the military Psy-Op MONKEYS are showing their presence here!
but that is only because the Mad Muslims in this World are going BANNANAS!! the Genetic "Barbarians" that they are..
British troops in the middle-east have got nothing to do with these Atrocities!
It is just pure "Unadulterated" Hatred for the Infidel!!
Posted by: shaunybhoy, salford on 6:52am Mon 2 Jul 07
if any of you are thick enuff to really think terrorism is down tony blair your very wrong blaming blair and bush exonerates these evil people and gives the excuse "its all blairs fault anyway" so let them carry on thats all your doing there Scotland has never been seen to support foreign policy so why attack it ? the vast majority know the real reason behind it its not muslims its not tony effin blair its evil people hell bent on killing anyone who dont beleave in there so called religion
Posted by: kcw1980, london on 9:33am Mon 2 Jul 07
to meep and people power who had a bee in their bonnets on friday over the evening times running the attempted car bombings in london on the front page....maybe now you see why these events are relevent to ALL of us and as i said, the times was damned right to run that story on front page!!!!
Posted by: Gaff96, Glasgow on 10:23am Mon 2 Jul 07
It's easy for the ignorant to blame US or British foreign policy for the attrocities carried out by these criminals.When it boils down to the fact they are racist bigots who hate all things non Muslim and even moderate muslims.
So people get your head out the sand,if the US and UK left the middle east right now these attacks would continue,if Israel was wiped off the map the attacks would continue.All because they hate our way of life,our freedoms,our society,our religions and our race...
Just bigoted racist scum
Posted by: ianmcluk, Middle East on 12:11pm Mon 2 Jul 07
I don’t know if it is religion related or just a bunch of nutters using religion as pretext for death and destruction. But I’ve been here for a while now and I think I can see where it stems. In the west we learnt to question our religion a long time back and therefore our religion has grown with us. In Islamic teaching the Qur’an is beyond reproach and should not be questioned or criticised. The nutters involved in these acts of terror have been indoctrinated and are ignorant to the world around them. These terrorists although educated, as Doctors (I would check if the qulifications are not just purchased on the internet), in the case of Glasgow Airport are not taught to question therefore rarely or never have an independent thought. So the verses quoted by Mr Dwyer have read and regurgitated in the wrong context and perceived as a Jihad against the west.

Religion is born through ignorance, but the rest of the world has strived to rid themselves of this ignorance.

Perhaps these nutters should wage their Jihad against ignorance.

No virgins waiting at the pearly gates for the crispy guy and his mate the coward. Shame eh?
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