From [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. by Larry C Johnson, ex-CIA analyst...

So I turn on the telly this morning and find breathless CNN anchors hyperventilating over the nuclear suicide car weapon of mass destruction discovered smoldering outside of a London nightclub. One report from the scene notes that:

London police were contacted when witnesses saw a Mercedes being driven erratically near London West End night club Tiger Tiger, and the driver jumped out of the automobile and ran away. The car was reported to have two gasoline canisters and be full of nails.

CNN adds:

Explosives officers discovered the fuel and nails attached to a "potential means of detonation," inside the vehicle. Officers "courageously" disabled the trigger by hand, he said. Security sources told CNN that the "relatively crude device" in the first car contained at least 200 liters, or about 50 gallons, of fuel in canisters.

You know what you call a vehicle with 50 gallons of gas? A Cadillac Escalade. The media meltdown over this incident is simply shameful.

For starters, gasoline is not a high explosive. If we were talking 50 pounds of Semtex or the Al Qaeda standby, TATP, I would be impressed. Those are real high explosives with a detonation rate in excess of 20,000 feet per second. Gasoline can explode (just ask former owners of a Ford Pinto) but it is first and foremost an incendiary. If the initial reports are true, the clown driving the Mercedes was a rank amateur when it comes to constructing an Improvised Explosive Device aka IED. Unlike a Hollywood flick the 50 gallons of gas would not have shredded the Mercedes into lethal chunks of flying shrapenal.

The fact that "officers courageously disabled the trigger by hand" coupled with the report of the smoke in the car leads me to believe that the mad London "bomber" tried to construct a Molotov cocktail of sorts and lit a cloth fuze. Fortunately he left the windows in the car up and there was not enough oxygen to really get the fire going. Looks like the brave British police reached in and snuffed the flame.

Judging from the overreaction to this non-incident I think we can safely conclude that Osama Bin Laden will remain holed up in Pakistan and let the fear mongers at CNN, MSNBC, and FOX do the dirty business of scaring the #### out of people.

UPDATE: Ahh, the panic continues. Yuppie terrorists are on the loose. Now we're being told there are two cars (both Mercedes I might add) with a Rube Goldberg contraption consisting of propane tanks, some petrol, a light bulb (or maybe light bulb filaments), etc. A propane tank explosion makes a hell of a noise but does not create widespread shrapnel dispersion. Busted eardrums and broken glass are more likely. Getting these tanks to explode is difficult. The ones I have witnessed occurred when a house under construction caught on fire. But there is nothing in two 25lb propane tanks inside a Mercedes that will detonate with sufficient force to shred the automobile and send hundreds to meet their Allah, God, Buddha, or whatever. Still a crock of hype and over-reaction. Let the police do their job. Investigate the culprits and get these nitwits out of circulation before they harm themselves.

(Larry C. Johnson is a former intelligence officer of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, where he served for four years, until 1989, when he became deputy director for transportation security, antiterrorism assistance training, and special operations in the State Department's Office of Counterterrorism, until October 1993. He is the CEO of BERG Associates, LLC (Business Exposure Reduction Group) and is an expert in the fields of terrorism, aviation security, and crisis and risk management. He has worked as a private consultant on issues of international terrorism and has appeared as a consultant and commentator in many major newspapers and news programs. )

Yes and when the cars bombs do start exploding the
Libs will be saying- its only C4. Its not a Nuke. Its
all our fault for provokeing the terrorists. Its all the
Brits fault they had no right to knight that guy Rusky.
Don't want to make the Extremists mad by fighting back
do we?

Scottish Airport Terrorist Attack - Glasgow Airport yea, what is to explain this? I tell ya, we had better put the fear of God in these evil ######## BEFORE they put a nuke in us! We need to show Iran/terrorists true strength and take out their nuke programs and be un-merciful about it...let the world know we will not accept this BS any longer. We are going to have to STOP being "politically correct", grab our nads, and crack down without mercy on these people...that is the only thing they understand. Until we do, this will continue...either way WWIII is, at this point, inevitable.

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Wonder if John Edwards can sell them some of his 'bumper stickers, 'Terrorism is a Joke'!!

Whats interesting about this whole thing is that Blair just left office. Bush's main supporter leaves office, and all of a sudden we have a terror attack the next week ? Something isnt adding up. Watch, the day after Bush leaves office there will be another 911 by those crazy neocons just so they can try and convince people that democrats cant keep the American people safe.

Another 911??
So you are saying the Neocon's perpetrated the first one??
You my friend need medical help at the very least.

Ever hear of PNAC? Google it then take a look see at who its members are. 911 was an inside job. The reason why the United States hasnt been attacked is because all the gas profits are going directly to the Saudi's which is basically a ransom to keep Osama off our backs. Necons are, will, and can kill Americans citizens to control the world. newamericancentury.org/

Naw he is just one more that believes Moore. There is one
born every minute. They choose to ignore that the Islamic
extreemists are furious with the Brits for knighting Rusky.
The Dems choose to think they can ignore the terrorists
and blame everything on Bush. So I guess they believe Bush
is sending people over to England to set off car bombs.

I thought we were supposed to villify Exxon Mobil because they were getting all the profits from high gas prices?

Man, you liberals need to send out memos about who we are blaming for what and how long we to blame them.

Like I posted before, google PNAC. Neoconservatives entire plan is world domination. There are so many unanswered question about 911 I don't even know where to start. And now Bush is refusing to answer subpoena 's to hand over documents related to the firing of the US Attorneys ? No, I don't think so. The entire Bush administration and the war in Iraq is going to make Watergate seem like a tea party. Nixon used executive privilege when he refused to hand over the watergate tapes. Now Bush is using the same privilege when it comes to Cheney and the attorneys. This whole thing has been lies from the begining. And as far as Moore, I have never seen any of his movies. See you republicans don't realize democrats and liberals are not the same. Just as republicans and neoconservatives are not the same. And Ronno, Condoleezza Rice was a Chevron Director from 1991 until January 15, 2001 when she was transferred by President George Bush Jr. to National Security Adviser. And Dick Cheney resigned as CEO of Halliburton on July 25, 2000 and put all of his corporate shares into a blind trust. So like a said, google PNAC and see who is a member of it. Rice even had a oil tanker named after her. Chevron quietly renamed it the "Altair Voyager" and before President George Bush appointed Rice as National Security Advisor