London, Glasgow…And Helmand

Also on that fateful Saturday, 30 June, an attack was mounted on Glasgow airport when a jeep loaded with petrol and gas-cylinders was driven towards the terminal. The vehicle, fortunately, was jammed on its route and thus could not enter the building; it was ignited but did not explode, and there was no loss of life. This abortive attack [4] followed two failed car-bombings in the entertainment district of the west end of London on 29 June [5]. A wealth of forensic evidence was gathered in London and Glasgow, incidents which the authorities are seeing as linked, and seven [6] arrests (at the time of writing) have followed. The security services, and the new British administration under the leadership of Gordon Brown [7] (who assumed office only on 27 June), have been quick to connect the incidents in London and Glasgow. But the major changes in the government still do not extend to recognition of the connection between these events and the continuing violence in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. This is fully in line with British government statements during the Tony Blair era. http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflicts/global_security/uk_afghanistan

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