This attempted suicide car bombing is very reminiscent of those that happen nearly daily in Iraq and kill dozens. An angry brainwashed kid just has to go here and watch these acts. This is another indicament of the Iraq war, that as well as making Britain the primary western jihadi target, Iraq has been opened up to all forms of terrorists that have a new playground. Thank you Tony Blair.

Deepan, London, U.K

I agree with John's Comment above of getting back to normal all our routine activities by being vigilant at the same time. We need to show terrorist that we are not going to be afraid of you and we also need to show them that they will not succeed in affecting our lives. I think we need to respond in the same way as people from Mumbai responded to their terrorist attack last year by getting their Rail services up and running over night with 95% of people returning back to the same rail service next morning( Ofter called lifeline of Mumbai ).

Lawrence, Cardiff, Wales

I completely agree with Williamson. We have to stop with all this polictical correctness and leave things clearer to the population.

Tatiana, london,

Unfortunately for the terrorists they had to contend with a few on-duty AND off-duty Glasgow Polis!
IF, the terrorists dare return, tell them they had better bring a couple of Mahdi armies with them because they'll need strength in numbers!
The Glasgow Polis are made from girders and regularly eat Celtic and Rangers fans for breakfast!
Terrorists everywhere should take note: they are without a doubt dealing with one of the finest Polis Forces in the world:
The Strathclyde Police!

Mr Lachie Todd, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.

It is time for Muslims everywhere to denounce terrorism. These mindless acts of violence have nothing to do with religion. The people who think otherwise are evil, deluded and dangerous and it is time that all communities unite to rid our society of the scum who think it is okay to kill and maim innocent men, women and children.

Steve, Dubai, UAE

i think that people should now think how much money and how much time they waste on desroying buildings and other by letting boms off.

Shamsa Khan, birmingham, england

As these situations grow in numbers ,we as a nation have /or seem to have forgotten that we are at arms with two countries . And yet we allow the factions that support these people that fight against us to stay in our country .I am not saying that all the nationalities that are staying in our country are involved in these actions , but those that are found to be actively involved should be deported.

And if they leave this country to fight against ,when they return they should be charged with treason and those that support them.I do not feel that i am speaking to harshly about this matter but we have to regain some British resolve to snub these horrendous acts.

Danny Snedden, Bo'ness, Scotland

B Williamson's claim that there is "not one mention of the fact that these were 'asian' men" is incorrect. Read paragraph two:

"Witnesses said two Asian-looking men crashed a four-wheel drive vehicle into the doors of the airport’s main terminal building."

Careless reading kills the best argument.

K Baxter, Berlin, Germany

For heaven's sake, how long do we, in the name of political correctness, have to refrain from printing some accused criminal's identity, be it national origin or whatever? Asian is not a demeaning term. Can't help but wonder if all these incidents are not a "Welcome to Number 10" for the new P.M.

In any event, this and millions of other Americans are with you and support the efforts to find and convict all those involved in these plots. They'll get more in Britain than they ever would in their homelands with due process, protection of rights etc. It's a lot more than they ever gave their victims.

Joseph W. Mathews, Manchester, Vermont USA

The Mail has an online poll asking which policy should Brooon prioritise, and overwhelmingly the answer is immigration. Couple that with another poll a few days earlier which asks which of the "allowed" parties have the best policy on immigration (LibLab=Con), again the overwhelming answer is "none of the above". So what does this show us?, that a large percentage of the pollsters want immigration tackled but believe that none of the establishment parties have the right idea, so just who do this large swathe of Mail readers think can do he job?. Most alarmingly it makes me wonder if the recent elections really did give a fair representation of votes cast to the only party that cares enough to do something for its own people, and without upsetting the state controlled media, we all appear to know who that is dont we?. Are we being lied to and manipulated on just how succesfull that part really are?

Daniel Levinson, Glasgow,

To reply to the question about "Why close Liverpool Airport", the police were not being "worry warts or copycats", but closed the airport because a suspect vehicle was left at the airport.
After close examination, the area was reopened.

Pat van der Veer, Liverpool, England

I fully agree with John of London. The Glasgow airport should be re-opened to demonstrate our resolve that we will not be cowed down by these people who are hell bent on destroying our way of life. We will not be beaten into submission.

Gopal Sharma, Loughborough, ENGLAND

"War on terrorsim" and supporting pakistan by funds, this double standard at its best.

Indian, mumbai, India

Isn't it time we, as a nation - lead - of course - by our political leaders, woke up and faced reality. We are under threat from various sources. We are under threat from addicts who are desperate to feed their addictions. We are under threat from people who are maliciously guided in their beliefs. We MUST wake up to the malicious beliefs. As long as we play "Political Correctness" to protect the fanatacists, Brown's Churchillian rousings become irrelevant. There are real problems out there and the only way to deal with them is to face them. Hearty spin simply is simply not the solution to the very real problem.

Chris Sorensen, Stockport,

This being Britain, bystanders had to help the police
restrain the savage because the police have no guns.
This being a civilized country, and all.
Well, the barbarians have bombs and happily douse
themselves with petrol and set themselves and,
they hope, everyone else on fire. The muslims have
bombs, car bombs, hand bombs, bomb bombs.
But, the police have no guns.
Why would they? Its only war.

P. Samuels, Birmingham, UK

Oops! Why did the Police not do a simple body search, before despatching the injured terror suspect to hospital?

The suicide device might have been found, before it then endangered hospital staff & patients.
We must stop being politically correct & polite & wake up to the fact that 21st century criminals are not "Dixon of Dock Green types"
I am sure that you will remember the officer who invited the American born BMW driver, (who had an outstanding warrant), into the back of his Police Car, out of the rain.
This resulted in one officer getting shot and killed and another injured. All because he did not follow basic, (other country) police safety procedures..... Pat down and search for weapons first.

BRAVO to members of the Scottish public who leapt in to help the Police. Can we import some of them down here?
Could we export some of that spirit do

Pat van der Veer, Liverpool, England

Based on the headline, they are terrorists then, not freedom fighters or militants. Maybe we can have similar treatment and understanding when terrorists strike in Israel, most often with deadly results (thankfully there was no loss of life in Glasgow). Labeling the threat correctly helps resolve the issue better. There is no giving in to terrorism, anywhere. That's what helped Israel stop the Palestinian suicide bombing campaign. Hamas eventually learned it wasn't getting anywhere, so they stopped blowing up buses. To beat terrorism, you need a rock solid society, vigilance, good intelligence, and resolve. Also, you need to topple radical regimes in the world like in Iran, which backs terrorist ideology and spew shatred of the West that vulnerable young Muslim minds thrive on. It's easy to say terrorism worldwide will end when Israel gives in to Palestinian demands, but radical muslims have plenty of other grievances against the West; remember how appeasement encourages aggression?

Avi , Tel Aviv, Israel

Just thank god that since 7/7, the perpetrators of these attempted attacks have apparently been somewhat weak on the technical side. So many deaths and injuries have been averted simply because their devices failed to work. This seems to suggest that learning via the internet, without a convenient desert or mountain range in which to test early efforts, isn't as surefire a route to effective bombing as we have previously feared. That's not to say that a 'successful' attack won't happen again, of course ...

Seb, South West UK,

Hear hear , if they were Asian , tell it as it is, we all know who they are & their motive, shouting Allah was a pretty big clue !!
The very fact a ' member of the public' had to punch the idiot says it all. I assume it was the politically correct rules which prevented the police puching him. ? It will not do, it's idiotic to put us all in danger for the rights of madmen hell bent on causing death & mayhem to innocent people.

Maggie Millington, Brittany, France

Today’s attack was shocking. From the witnesses description regarding one of the men’s actions he not only seemed to believe in his motive before the attack but also during the aftermath of it - as if actually considering himself an "insurgent" living in a war zone. The similarity in the choice of target (i.e. women / children), and the scale of devastation does not seem to differ to that in Iraq. Someone who attempts such actions must also posses the same emotional and psychological state as someone experiencing carnage on a daily basis. They must have been carefully brainwashed over a sustained period of time to make themselves feel if not believe themselves to be physically under attack. To me this does not appear to be some barmy plot gone wrong, cooked up by a lone group Muslims but an intelligence led operation backed up by international resource, infrastructure and political intelligence.

Tony, London, England

I don't know if B Williamson is reading a different article but it refers to the men as 'Asian-looking' in the second paragraph!

Long live Britain and all our values!!!

Adam Hunt, Bermondsey, London

Man seen setting himself on fire and people hurried to extinguish the flames?...Should have helped by adding more fuel!

Bill Love, Austin, Texas

Rivers of Blood

L.M. Jones, Salt Lake City, Utah

As the news of this incident spreads throughout Glasgow& the UK, I feel that people are blowing the story out of proportion a little. It seems that there are very few facts available at the moment on what happened,&so eye witnesses accounts should not be taken as blunt facts. I do understand that experiencing such an incident first hand must be very frightening, but I do think that when questioned afterwards, the shock of the event causes witnesses to exaggerate slightly. By saying this, I am not trying to belittle the witnesses in any way, I am simply saying that the shock of experiencing the event means a description given by them seems horrifying to the public who doesn't yet have a clear picture of what has happened. I think in cases like these, the media should more carefully select their eyewitness quotes so as to not create a nationwide panic. The immediate reaction of the public is to assume it is terrorist related, but until this is or is not confirmed we should all calm down!

Thenna Nicholas, Glasgow, UK

Looks like Enoch Powell was right - again.

Patrick Henry, Bristol, UK

glasgow airport is an obviously perfect target for such an attack there have beeen questions of security raised here before also less than 3 miles away there are giant containers with varying explosive/combustable materials at clydebank a real catastrophy inwating as these container are oracticaly under the flight-path for the airport and are very near the whitecrook housing estate a very alarming thought members of the public in this area have raised concrns about this for a number of years but are continually assured of the safety of these containers yet todays incident will only raise more doubts as to the siting of these materials

edward gray, clydebank, west-dunbartonshire

Its absaloutely terrible what this country is coming to!! terroist attacks!! i wish i lived back a 100 years ago thigns like this were not happeneing and im only 16

Hana standing, grimsby, england

I fear incidents of this nature will remain wiith us for a very long time, certainly while we continue be in positions of relying on the Middle East for energy, and the US both for perceived security issues and some sense credibilty on the international stage. And if by a miracle the UK suddenly rediscovers some independence of will with a reversal of foreign policy it may be too late to treat the symptoms of this addiction to violence, martyrdom and resentent . I also find the comments of Stan Ridge unhelpful at best, which contribute to the irresistable stereotyping of American fundamentally right wing Christian thinking. It is this inflexibilty of attitude that was used to justify Friday's incidents as a response to western decadence.

Garry, Solihull,

Well done to the British police and public who so far have thwarted the efforts of these pieces of faeces on legs. Lock them up for so long that as wisened old men in a prison cell, they don't really remember why they are there.

Brett Page, Melbourne, Australia

I am so so angry!

Annabelle, huddersfield,

What a disgrace. The UK is under active terrorist attack and BBC in America is showing Holyoaks!

crofty, greensboro, North Carolina, USA

It says "Asian-looking" at the beginning of para 2. What more do you want?

They're not very proficient terrorists, are they? Wasn't there meant to be a bigger bang than that?

Liz, Bristol, UK

It is incorrect and inappropriate to describe the people who restrained the occupants of the vehicle as "passengers".
Passengers in what? How do you know?
Some may have been meeting family members off their flight. Others may have disembarked from earlier flights, in which case they were now ordinary citizens, and not "passengers". Equally, others may have been travelling to the airport to board their flight, in which case they had yet not become "passengers".
This is a level of journalstic laziness I do not expect from the Times.

Andrew Watson, Ramsgate, Kent

Are these the world's most useless terrorists? First two car bombs fail to go off, one of which was towed away by the Council, then having failed with a third they set themselves on fire.

Also, it seems that they were so dim they chose a vehicle that was too big to get through the airport terminal doors and reach it's intended target.

Their desire to remove themselves from the gene pool seems almost noble.

Steve, Lincoln,

I sincerely hope that this incident was of the "lone lunatic" variety and not part of a concerted campaign of killing my disaffected muslims in the United Kingdom.

All praise to the emergency services who put their lives at risk (once again) to save others. We will always be in your debt.

Having said all that, should it turn out that this was an attempt at a terror attack by muslims, I pray for a more robust response from the Scottish people than the milqetoast, "let's never offend anyone but our own citizens" pablum that we get daily from the weak-kneed of Westminster.

John A Blackley, Austin, TX, USA

Sorry Brits, but this is brought on yourselves. You have nurtured this viper in your nest. Christianity is dying and look at what is replacing it. Welcome to Britistan.

Stan Ridge, Boise, Idaho

Once again our famously tolerant nation is victim to a famously intolerant group of people and their misguided religious convictions.

It's time for ordinary, decent members of our society to stand up for themselves and loudly declare that 'enough is enough'. These wretched people bring nothing but chaos to our society and we should band together to drive them out before they take hold like the vicious disease they really are.

Vikram Singh, High Wycombe, UK

Gordon Brown first duty is the`protection and security of our people`he says.So why has he not closed,or at least tightend,our borders.Once again more NU Labour lies and spin.

Patrick, Nottingham, England

Erm, B Williamson:

"Witnesses said two Asian-looking men crashed a four-wheel drive vehicle into the doors of the airport’s main terminal building."

Munin, Edinburgh,

Re B Williamson from Stockport, in the second paragraph it just said "Witnesses said two Asian-looking men crashed a four-wheel drive [...] "??

Lucy, Essex UK,

Sir,

"Not one mention of the fact that these were 'asian' men as freely reported elsewhere. Has the Times now abdicated it's Thunderer nomenclature in favour of meaningless political correctness? This is not racism, it is a matter of truth...
B Williamson, Stockport, UK"

It is surprising how many people do not even bother to read the articles before parading their prejudices. As you so rightly mention, "it is a matter of TRUTH," and it is commendable that this broadsheet has not yet succumbed to the politics of populist hysteria. It has kept a balanced approach betwixt the extremes of Political Barbarism and Political Correctness.

SC, London, United Kingdom

As the news reports come through, it becomes likely that Asians source of the problem. I have had the pleasure of working very closely with an "Anglicized" Muslim lawyer some years ago. He is a true friend to me but when discussions arise over Muslim activist activities, he finds it hard to to criticize fellow Muslims for enacting their beliefs - even when those actions are directly opposed to what he himself agrees to be right and proper. Much as I love this chap (and he truly is an extraordinarily lovely personality) I feel we have to consider openly disregarding all such religions that engender extremist fanaticicsm and accepting that the UK is a Nation based on Christian beliefs-with all others accepted-but NOT enforced. I think the Great Prophet Mohamed actually took a similar approach!

Chris Sorensen, stockport,

Stiff upper lip, determined resolve and a sense of humour. Got us through the thread from the Nazis, so more than a match for the cowardice of a bunch of religious fanatics.

Doug, Reading, UK

Hear hear , if they were Asian , tell it as it is, we all know who they are & their motive, shouting Allah was a pretty big clue !!
The very fact a ' member of the public' had to punch the idiot says it all. I assume it was the politically correct rules which prevented the police punching him. ? It will not do, it's idiotic to put us all in danger for the rights of madmen hell bent on causing death & mayhem to innocent people.

Maggie Millington, Brittany, France

I'm travelling this week within Europe with an 'Asian man' an extremely good friend of mine of Indian ancestry. I expect he will receive extra attention as a consequence of these events and I imagine he will be extremely good natured and tolerant about it because he will recognise that this is in the interests of our safety. Security staff cannot know just from looking that he has a Hindi background and that he is as English as I am but for the colour of his skin.

Let's not get this out of proportion. The people who carry out these crass and ridiculous crimes are credulous, naive and stupid, nothing more and nothing less. Just listen to the recordings of them plotting. Let's stop glamourising them. They are as stupid and unthinking as hooligans who go out on a Saturday looking for a fight. They are laughable and pathetic little boys with chips on their shoulders.

We are in danger of according them more respect than they deserve. Let's give them the label they deserve.

Paul Owen, Birmingham, UK

What I have difficulty in understanding is exactly how, after all the money that is piled into anti-terroism these people still manage to recruit new faces from Britain to actually carry out these vile acts. I believe the problem lies in the fact that there are a large number of radical Imam's teaching young children complete rubbish in mainstream mosque's, there should be, like there is in the church, a governing body that actually trains up islamic religious leaders to teach correct islamic teaching not something that they've made up or twisted to their advantage. I myself am muslim and I would personally not let my children attend mosque to be taught anything because I just do not trust the people in charge there, and indeed my younger brother and myself have never attended any mosque classes, instead my parents insisted on paying the Imam to come to our house and teach us where they could hear and see what was being taught. It's a sad fact but one that has been completely ingorned.

Ariba Khan, Cardiff, South Glamorgan

All arranged by the uk government to instill fear and allow the next big brother manipulation laws to pass through.

fact.

mk, valencia ex pat,

In just about all of the coverageI have read or seen on this horrific incident, very little has been mentioned about any injuries to any people in the area. I find this quite amazing, as that is usually one of the first things to be covered by reports.

Iain Livingstone, Powell River, BC, Canada

Why was the hospital evacuated?? The one they took the burned suspect to? Has there been any mention of biological agents?

Sharon, Huntsville, Alabama, USA

"It was only when a member of the public punched him in the face that the police managed to restrain him."

This courageous person should thank their lucky stars that they won't be going up before Truro Magistrates. Who knows how much he would be fined?

C. Morland, Bath,

No, this time I doubt it was Southern Baptists - more likely the Plaid Liberation Army of Scotland.

Gerry Shuller, Los Angeles,

If this is another terrorist attempt in any way, shape or form, I cannot imagine what these people will think of next. Are there no extreme lengths they will go to in which to disrupt, frighten and kill us?

Margaret, Sheffield, England

B williamson
I am Asian - Indian. Have you faced more terrorism than us. Why dont you be more specific with country which is the fertile land for terrorism and stop supporting and funding them in the name of war on terror?

Indian, mumbai, India

i am living in UK for tow years now and i have been treated as i am British. i am very thankful to people of U.K. and i will pray always asking God to protect this counter and its friendly people.

hadeel, Manchester

hadeel, manchester, U.K.

"Religion of peace" at work i guess

James Robinson, Basingstoke,

all set up by goverment

bob , bobland, uk

Crashing a car into the airport is hardly the stuff of MI5 now, when i first heard the news i thought it was probably drunks lost control.

Its important and could endanger life but not exactly "International Terrorism" or the stuff to start talking lets have a police state now.

Brian, Surrey, UK

Take a deep breath, B. Williamson. The second paragraph clearly said, "Witnesses said two Asian-looking men crashed a four-wheel drive..."

J. V. Dvorak, Madison, WI/USA

Terror at the time for those it involves, but British people unite and become stronger because of it. Terrorists are so busy being brain washed that they miss out on what life really has to offer. I actually feel pity for them to have such an empty life that they have to fill it with death and destruction. There is no glory at the end which they seem to think they are going to receive.

E Tanner, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

Not an original thought. But with every day that passes, it seems clearer and clearer to me that the government is not doing everything in its power to reduce the threat of terrorist attacks in Britain. We must admit that our support of Bush's invasion of Iraq was a mistake, apologise and withdraw our troops. Not through weakness, but through strength. Surely, someone in the new cabinet of all talents can be brave enough to state the obvious.

Peter Stone, Frome , UK

Here in the USA, a CNN anchor said to a British newsman "The report from Scotland says the men were Asian - so did they come from Indonesia or China?" The Brit then had to explain to her why the term Asian is used in the UK.

That is how ridiculously misleading it is to refer to these men as "Asians". It is high time the UK media drop the politically correct obsfucating doublespeak and start reporting the facts.

M. Lawlor, Florida, USA

Hi, am coming from sweden and im gona come to UK for the first time on 3 july to Gatwick airport and i wonder is that safe? i gona stay in london in one week.

M, Stockholm, Sweden

Why close Liverpool airport "as a precaution"? This is exactly what those people want - spread fear and chaos!

Anne, Manchester, UK

B Williamson, the second paragraph begins: "Witnesses said two Asian-looking men crashed a four-wheel drive vehicle into the doors of the airport’s main terminal building."
Given that this was presumably written when it wasn't 100% certain that the two men were Asian, why is it "political correctness" for the journalist to have reported what he knew at the time, rather than make assumptions? Or would you prefer that he should have just made assumptions?

Ruth, Glasgow, Scotland

Get the fire out, get the car moved, reopen the airport and get the flights running again. Dont let these people succeed in affecting our lives. If we cancel hundreds of flights and inconvenience thousands of people, then these crazy people will see it as a victory. We arent afraid of them, open the airport and show them theyre wasting their time trying to terrorise us.

John, London, England

Must be those Southern Baptists again......

Rich, Essex, UK

Not one mention of the fact that these were 'asian' men as freely reported elsewhere. Has the Times now abdicated it's Thunderer nomenclature in favour of meaningless political correctness? This is not racism, it is a matter of truth and of huge importance in view of this incident piled on top of yesterday's in London. Dodging of the issue will only encourage yet more as the perception of an impossibly 'soft target' is reinforced.

B Williamson, Stockport, UK