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...also revealed the manpower limitations of the country's electronic surveillance system. David Capitanbchik, a terrorism expert at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, also suggests the attack in Glasgow may be in response to last week's elevation to the post of Prime Minister of Gordon Brown, who is a Scot and from Glasgow, and is a wake-up call to Scotland which has traditionally seen itself as immune to terrorism, a view based in part on strong historical ties with Northern Ireland during the height of Britain's conflict with the IRA. Saturday's attack, on the first...
...there's more evidence police were chasing terrorist suspects in Glasgow some time before the airport was struck. As early as 9 a.m. on Saturday, police checked the logbook of the Paisley Cab Company in connection with the London attacks, Peter Kelso, who runs the taxi firm, told TIME. Shortly after the botched airport bombing, police returned and scoured the logbook specifically for listed rides to the Neuk Crescent address. The logbook revealed that a passenger named "Dr. Abdul" took 18 journeys between the local Royal Alexandra Hospital and Neuk Crescent; and another one-way trip to Glasgow airport...
...England, was arrested along with a woman on the M6 motorway in northern England on Saturday. At least five of the people under custody are thought to be foreign citizens. "We are all very relieved that these terrorists were not Scots or even had any real connection with Scotland," Glasgow Muslim MP Mohammed Sarwar told TIME. "We have 60,000 Muslims living in Scotland and most of them live in Glasgow and surrounding areas. They are very moderate and liberal...
...After British authorities over the weekend raised the national terror threat to "critical," its highest level, security has been beefed up at major transport hubs. Glasgow's airport reopened Sunday, a day after the burning Jeep Cherokee plowed into the terminal building at the hub serving Scotland's largest city. One of the Jeep's two occupants erupted from the vehicle, in flames and bellowing, to be felled by punch from a tourist who later told a British newspaper, "He was a big fellow and was disorientated, otherwise I would not have been able to knock him down...
...terrorists who targeted Glasgow and London lacked the technical and planning skills to succeed, any hopes that their attacks were the work of crazed individuals have evaporated. Instead, a picture is emerging of a well-coordinated operation stretching from Scotland to southern England - with the hallmarks of a plot inspired by al-Qaeda...