Terrorist attacks always seemed pretty remote, even when they were in the UK. I guess there was always a sense of ‘it’s London’ and ‘it won’t happen up here’. Today’s terrorist attack on Glasgow airport disproves that totally. Like the London cars that were found on Friday, the car that drove into Glasgow airport had propane gas and also petrol on board. Thankfully no one seems to be badly injured apart from one of the two people in the car. They were described as Asian with an eye witness stating that one guy was shouting Allah as he was pulled from the car.
Most disturbing was that one of the terrorists who has suffered 90% burns was wearing a suicide belt. The belt was only found on the suspect when he was in hospital. It’s shocking to think what damage he could have done.
Even more shocking is that this looks like a botched attack. What would have happened if the propane had gone up or the suicide belt detonated? How many innocents would have died? Or was the plan to ever kill lots of people? Was it just to disrupt, cause panic and fear, unsettle the public? I guess no one really knows at the moment. All we can do is keep vigilant for anything suspicious. Who knows where these guys were staying, worked or who they were friends with.
I particularly enjoyed the interview with the local baggage handler who said he ‘lamped’ one of them as he tried to run past. I think the solution is not to get riled by these bams, but to just laugh at them. Think of them on the pan, having the trots – then realising there’s only one sheet of bog roll left.
Unsurprisingly the guy I talked about has now got a fansite…
http://www.johnsmeaton.com/
The more I think about this, the more it makes me laugh. In the space of 10 minutes this morning we already had about 10 better ways to do what they ridiculously botched up.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s awful but… god. What a couple of idiots!!
I just hope the people who were injured are OK. NO news reports on that front for some reason.
I’m glad they were idiots too. I hate to think what a well organised attack would have done. As for people injured, a guy who broke his leg was a cousin of a colleague. He is doing OK but a bit shocked by it all. A rumour is that one of the terrorists is dead but no official news yet.
Just been on the John Smeaton site although I won’t be buying him a pint!