London Terror Plot: WWAD

Thankfully, the terrorists lost another battle and the good guys won again.

Was the plot the work of Muslim extremists?

I think so.

Why?

It's what they do.

Is it fair to assume that Islamic radicals were behind the plot?

I think so.

Why?

The Free World is at war with them.

LONDON -- Police thwarted a devastating terrorist plot on Friday, discovering two Mercedes loaded with nails packed around canisters of propane and gasoline set to detonate and kill possibly hundreds in London's crowded theater and nightclub district.

The plot, coming only two days after Gordon Brown took over as prime minister, raised the specter of the attacks in July 2005 when the London Underground and an iconic double-decker bus were targeted by a group of homegrown terrorists who killed 52 people.

...Nobody claimed responsibility for the plot, and government security officials said late Friday that no suspects have been identified.

But the discovery of the second bomb, about 20 hours after the first, suggested a coordinated and more sophisticated plot than was initially thought — similar to the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings where four bombs exploded within an hour of one another on London's busy transit system.

Some analysts said the bombers could be trying to send a message to Britain's new leader.

"It's a way of testing Gordon Brown," said Bob Ayers, a security expert at the Chatham House think tank. "It's not too far-fetched to assume it was designed to expedite the decision on withdrawal (from Iraq)."

Professor Paul Wilkinson, chairman of the Center for the Study of Terrorism and political violence at St. Andrews University, said a number of factors could have come together to prompt the thwarted attacks.

"With the change in prime minister this could be the work of al-Qaida," he said. "They have a track record of trying to influence political change through violent means such as in the Madrid train attacks.

Testing Gordon Brown?

I don't know about that.

I think the cowardly terrorists want to kill innocents. They would do that whether it was Brown or Blair.

They could come up with a million reasons to justify their actions.

Would withdrawal from Iraq make them stop plotting?

I don't see why. We weren't in Iraq when we were attacked on September 11, 2001, or all the other times during the 1990s.

They want to terrorize and control the West. It's that simple.

Iraq is the excuse du jour.

If the Brits were out of Iraq, the terrorists would come up with some new excuse.

The terrorists are immersed in an ideology of hate that runs much deeper than war in Iraq.

Killing is their reason for living. It's the purpose that drives them.

Maybe the Friday plots had nothing to do with putting Gordon Brown to the test.

Maybe terrorists wanted to blow up innocent people because they're ticked off about Salman Rushdie being knighted.

(CBS) -- Hours before London explosives technicians dismantled a large car bomb in the heart of the British capital's tourist-rich theater district, a message appeared on one of the most widely used jihadist Internet forums, saying: "Today I say: Rejoice, by Allah, London shall be bombed."

CBS News found the posting, which went on for nearly 300 words, on the "al Hesbah" chat room. It was left by a person who goes by the name abu Osama al-Hazeen, who appears regularly on the forum. The comment was posted on the forum, according to time stamp, at 08:09 a.m. British time on June 28 -- about 17 hours before the bomb was found early on June 29.

Al Hesbah is frequently used by international Sunni militant groups, including al Qaeda and the Taliban, to post propaganda videos and messages in their fight against the West.

There was no way for CBS News to independently confirm any connection between the posting made Thursday night and the car bomb found Friday.

Al-Hazeen's message begins: "In the name of God, the most compassionate, the most merciful. Is Britain Longing for al Qaeda's bombings?"

Al-Hazeen decries the recent knighthood of controversial author Salman Rushdie as a blow felt by all British Muslims. "This 'honoring' came at a crucial time, a time when the whole nation is reeling from the crusaders attacks on all Muslim lands," he said, in an apparent reference to the British role in Iraq.

"We say to Britain: The Emir of al Qaeda, Sheikh Osama, has once threatened you, and he carried out his threats. Today I say: Rejoice, by Allah, London shall be bombed," the message reads.

Yes, well, I guess these sickos believe Allah would want London bombed.

WWAD

WHAT WOULD ALLAH DO?

Terror attacks on London is doing God's work.

And Salman Rushdie deserves to be killed, and so do people in Britain.

God is Great!