Blazing Jeep Crashs Into Airport

[Christina]

Blazing Cherokee jeep crashed into Scottish Glasgow airport Terminal One with two men throwing petrol containers. People injured. Two people arrested, one hospitalized with bad burns. Airport evacuated, all flights suspended. DEBKAfile reports British security sources suspect the London bomb car episode may have been a diversion from a broader terrorist campaign organized by al Qaeda across the UKJune 30, 2007, 8:18 PM (GMT+02:00) Glasgow Terminal One attacked by terrosts in blazing jeep Witnesses reported the men in the car were pouring petrol over the vehicle. One stepped out of the car in flames and was wrestled to the ground. The official UK security alert level remains at "severe" and the Glasgow incident is treated as a terrorist. People in Wales are advised to be vigilant.The Glasgow attack coincided with the Queen’s opening of the new Scottish parliament session in Edinburgh on Saturday. It occurred two days after the new Gordon Brown government took office. It took place during second Cobra emergency team meeting chaired by new home secretary Jacqui Smith. Brown will lead another Cobra session Saturday night.

 

[Christina]

Englands terror alert level just raised to its highest level to CRITICALSecurity stepped up at American airports after attack on Glasgow air terminal ScotlandJune 30, 2007, 8:16 PM (GMT+02:00)New York earlier reinforced tourist sites, crowded areas like Time Square, the Empire State Building, theater district and the transit system. New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Friday response teams were out following the potentially disastrous bomb cars defused in central London.