Chin Up: British Papers Poke Fun at Terror

Keeping with the tradition of a "stiff upper lip," newspapers in the United Kingdom are publishing cartoons, poking fun at the circumstances surrounding the foiled terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow last week...

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July 6, 2007 in U.K. Bombing Attempts | Permalink | User Comments (40)

Glasgow Muslims Fear Extremism Has Arrived in Scotland

As more details into the latest terror attacks in London and Glasgow emerge. . .

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July 5, 2007 in U.K. Bombing Attempts | Permalink | User Comments (5)

U.S. Warned of Glasgow Threat Two Weeks Ago

U.S. law enforcement officials received intelligence reports two weeks ago warning of a possible terror attack in Glasgow against "airport infrastructure or aircraft," a senior U.S. law enforcement official tells...

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June 30, 2007 in U.K. Bombing Attempts | Permalink | User Comments (111)

Sleeper Terror Cell on the Loose in U.K.

Counterterrorism analysts estimate that the apparently coordinated attacks in Great Britain are the work of a sleeper cell that could include as many as 20 individuals. "You would need that...

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June 30, 2007 in U.K. Bombing Attempts | Permalink | User Comments (30)

Officials: Car Bomb Plot Bears Al Qaeda's Trademark

Al Qaeda's mantra, "If at first you don't succeed, try again," appears, according to officials, to be behind today's foiled car bomb plot in London with the same kind of...

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June 29, 2007 in U.K. Bombing Attempts | Permalink | User Comments (23)

Terror Plot Involves Islamic Extremists; Police Have 'Crystal Clear' Picture of Suspect

British police have a "crystal clear" picture of the man who drove the bomb-rigged silver Mercedes outside a London nightclub, and officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com he bears "a close resemblance" to a man arrested by police in connection with another bomb plot but released for lack of evidence...

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June 29, 2007 in U.K. Bombing Attempts | Permalink | User Comments (198)

London Web Threat Not From al Qaeda

The statement, "London shall be bombed," posted on a jihadi Web site last night and first reported by CBS News is unlikely an official claim of responsibility by an al Qaeda group...

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June 29, 2007 in U.K. Bombing Attempts | Permalink | User Comments (3)

A Most Lethal Anti-Personnel Bomb Defused: Anatomy of a Bomb in London

London bomb technicians' first move early Friday in Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London's nightclub and theatre district was to send in a robot to inspect the bomb-rigged car....

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June 29, 2007 in U.K. Bombing Attempts | Permalink | User Comments (32)

Car Bomb Found in London 20 Days After al Qaeda Suicide Bomber 'Graduation Ceremony'

The discovery of a massive car bomb set to detonate in central London comes just three weeks after what was described as an al Qaeda graduation ceremony of suicide bomb...

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June 29, 2007 in U.K. Bombing Attempts | Permalink | User Comments (24)