people who believe that it must be goverment plot to scare people or provoke against islam... just have a look in India especially kashmir where 80,000 people where killed (ethnic cleansing). Bombings are routine part of our life and the worst thing is the politician arensoft on these terrorist as they might loose vote bank. If world has not learned their lesson from tolerant hindus who were forced and kicked out from their state than i can't say much.
I pity moderate muslim whose voice are burried by mad mullahs and madarsas (home ground) who are the route coz in inciting hatred and also non muslims views is helping the coz as its just going to widen. I see the big threaton our way (non muslim) and innocent muslim

Indian, Edinburgh, uk

To Lynton, London,

Please remind me the last time we heard followers of other religions/groups preaching death to the non-believer. It's only the left wing "useful idiots" who carry on living in their perpetual state of blissful ignorance and deny a link between islam and terrorism. When to anyone with even a semblance of intelligence, the link is manifestly obvious. If we conducted a study of all the recent terrorist attacks in the last 10 years, I have a sneaky feeling that 99% of them would have been perpetrated by muslims. I'll be happy to prove this if you insist.

Marco L, Birmingham,

"It goes without saying that we are talking about certain groups of people and their followers, NOT the whole Islamic world, or the millions of Muslim people who live in Great Britain and must be equally horrifed by these attacks. Besides, they're as likely to die in one of them as any other Londoner or visitor." ~ Sandy, Athens

Well said Sandy, If 11 terrorists caused 9/11 and 4 caused 7/11 attacks, just think of how much havoc and chaos 1.5 billion could do. All terrorists are simply criminals no-matter what their religion. Killing innocents is against Islam.

Citizen, York, UK

To Lynton in London:

What a short memory you have. More than 3,000 people died in the attack on the World Trade Centre Towers in New York in 2001.

Terrorists want to make the biggest splash they can. Perhaps there's some sick terrorist equivalent to the Guiness Book of Records where they will be named as heroes for the most kills in a single attack on the internet.

Hannah, Steeple Aston, UK

Kelly,
Remember, it is never an insult to call an American a cowboy. The Eurolefties actually thought they were insulting Bush. I do agree with you about cctv. Absolute invasion. No reason ever for the govt to watch me on TV. As a great man once said, Yippie Kai Yea.. Draw a hard line and hang 'em high. Let them dangle for thier buddies to see. Put more terrorists in Guantanamo and the likelihood of attacks decrease. Basic math. Even a leftist could figure it out (BTW, terrorism is not caused by climate change - sorry for the disspointment Comrade). Maybe you Amerihaters can figure out a way to tax terrorism. Now that would be novel. Taxing an evil thing instead of regular, good, hard working people. It will never work.

Carey the American , Amsterdam, Netherlands

Is this something to do with Mr rushdie knighthood.? Guys we have faced lot of problems from these guys..is still on..welcome to hell. the best to retaliate these people is dont hamper your daily activity, dont live in fear, affect economy
Mumbai train blast, kashmir etc.
You guys are lucky coz ur politician dont have soft corner for these people unfortunately its the people who think govt is too hard on them while in our case the politician and corrupt and ave soft corners for these terrorist because of muslim vote bank.

Indian, mumbai, India

I've seen more cynicism about government overreaching, civil-rights intrusions and wild blame-the-CIA or -MI5 conspiracy theories than acceptance of the new realities in London. I guess that's easier and safer than daring to offend a local Islamist with explosives. Two quick points: a) The most important civil right is to be safe, to borrow a line from Rudy Giuliani; and b) if and when these terrorism attempts are connected to Muslim extremists, maybe then there will be serious debate about the holes in Britain's immigration policies and the failure of Muslim immigrants to assimilate. Meanwhile, we're still waiting for our nation to enforce its existing immigration laws here in the U.S.

Jeff Carlton, Greensboro, NC, US

Why do we never hear so-called moderate muslims unite in protest of these terrorist acts in name of their religion? Their quiteness speaks volumes on where their loyalties lie. Wake up Britain, and wake up Europeans as a whole!! We cannot take our free and democratic way of live for granted any longer, because we have people amongst us who hate our way of life. Everything that is good about living in Britain and Europe is under threath from these perverted religious zealots, quietly backed up by the "moderate" muslim majority...while being covered by the politically correct politicians who are peeing their pants to upset these ever increasing numbers of backward people in our midst. Moderate muslims better make their minds up soon on where they stand, because a severe backlash and outpoor of anger from non-muslims must be getting closer by the day. A sad state of affairs, but unfortunately an ever more likely reality.

Tim, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

A couple of more successful attacks and the British people will be calling for the deportation / detention of 16% of Muslims in the UK, 160,000 people, that believe suicide and terror bombings are justified.

Robert Cuppoletti, Petaluma, USA

Bob,

I think you missed the point.

The test for Brown would have been handling the aftermath if the bombs had detonated.

Indeed, the officer is a hero as is the alert ambulance driver.

Richard, Seattle, WA

Yuck, a narrow escape from Al Qaeda. At least it was guy-fawked this time ("gunpowder, treason, and plot" discovered, in other words).

Richard Rabinowitz, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

I agree with everyone who thinks those responsible for defusing the car bombs are heroes. You have saved many lives and ought to be honoured for this act of extraordinary bravery.

You Londoners keep on going and don't let these terrorists get you down. You are an inspiration to the rest of the world and nothing these people can do could break that spirit of determination and defiance against hatred.

Ben, Sydney, Australia

God Bless your country and the brave men and women who discovered and disarmed the find.You are not alone in this fight.Evil will not prevail. To blame Tony Blair or George Bush or OBL is a waste of air. Stay vigilant, Brits!

Mark, Dallas,

I think its extremely rude the way people suggest the impact and come to the conclusion that this was carried out by muslims. Why cant it be white, english, young men?! Ofcourse, give the news and the media another week or two and you'll see that there will be Muslim suspects, but I think the way some of you make comments, should think twice incase it offends another. As if we haven't heard it all before, so in that case, keep it to yourself. We have eyes, ears and a good brain to make decisons for ourselves, without the use of peole like you.

Annie, London,

Fundamentally, this reminds us all of the need to be vigilant. If it happens to coincide with GB taking over as PM, then a feather in someone's cap that it was a plot thwarted, and a timely opportunity for the new PM to remind us of the threat.

For anybody speculating that this is a government/ security forces marketing exercise - Live here and comment! As a Londoneer, when I stop and look at the freedom of movement everybody here rightfully enjoys I thank my luck stars that the threat that could lurk on every corner doesn't materialise more often.

Adam, London,

Jason from Chicago---excellent response. I could not agree more with you. The diatribe of accusations on Israel by extremists and other misleading political religions take away from the sense and thinking we need to get through this time. I believe the real enemy in all this is not Islam, but the shallow politics and beliefs that extreme religions, whether it be Islam, Christianity, or the various political philosophies, seem to rely on the indoctrinate their followers. We need the common sense that comes from more deeply thought through approaches and beliefs. No more shallow politics (like hate Bush or Blair no matter what, or Islam by itself caused all this) which is feed by a influence hungry press. We need true discourse. Thankfully there some astute people in London's emergency services that hold the peace while we try to move the political environment in this direction.

Byron Hill, Belmont, California

Why did they announce firstly, that the bomb squad had defused it, and then hours later say a policeman took a mobile phone from the front seat and ran off with it? Surely the phone would have been wired to the detonator to be of any use.

rob Staley, Manchester, Lancashire

To B Frank (an obvious alias) I think you need to wake up annd smell the coffee. Tory Police -are you serious, after 10 years of Labour rule! Anyway, this transcends politics you idiot! The state can monitor honest people all day as far as I (and most honest, law abiding people are concerned) if this helps protect us from acts of terrorism and criminality. Get a life!

R Cooper, Telford,

This has nothing to do with Al Quaida. AQ is more competent than that.

starling, Lancaster,

Oh, a bomb in London. Sounds to me like it is time for the Brits to boycott more Israeli universities. Those bespectacled academics are so horrid!

bill, Washington DC,

Usman Ali, I wont go around thinking that every muslim is a terrorist, if the muslims dont go around thinking that every woman who goes into a nightclub, is a slapper. PS just got back from a holiday in Spain and saw lots of young muslim women out in clubs, dressed in tiny shorts and low cut tops. Looked like they were just enjoying themselves, to me and I certainly didn't think they were slappers. Tolerance has to go both ways Usman.

polly, London,

If Mr Brown believes that "the first duty of the Government is the security of the people" then why do we allow so many people to come here who clearly want to kill us? I have no problem with immigration in principle but, in the world we now live in, unless it's absolutely clear an immigrant wishes to inegrate, to be part of what this country is, and most importantly is not fundamentalist (in any form) then the answer has to be "sorry but a very firm NO". And if entry is allowed and is proven to be based on lies then its an immediate "OUT". And to balance this we need to make those who we agree to let in feel part of this country and loved.

Jim, Lancashire,

"So far as I am aware, no attacks by Israel have ever happened on British soil." ~ Alison Ford, Cardiff, UK

Dear Alison, Israel does not need to attack UK or US. We provide them with the latest American military hardware, some (cluster bombs) have even been delivered via UK, to be used against Muslims. However, the first ever modern terrorist attack were carried out by Israelis (king david hotel).
Also search google - "Israelis celebrate 1946 terrorist attack against british"

Alex, Hamburg, Brit in Germany

Christopher Ashley, Cambrigeshire, UK

I think the majority of people in this country agree with you. It will only be the liberal left that are trying to still persue this lunacy.

Andy, Chesterfield, England

Usman- save us your anti-Israel conspiracy theories. Who has killed more civilians in Britain, America or Islamic Fundamentalists? You can keep your Palestine question for other articles.

There probably is more to the USA than meets the eye, but in my opinion if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck then it probably IS a duck. (If you're having trouble with that, just read Islamic fundamentalist/terrorist for duck. If only they were just ducks.)

Seb, São Paulo, Brazil

The headline "London Terror Attack Averted" does not seem entirely accurate to me. The use of the word avert suggests that some action was taken which prevented a terrorist attack.

Martin Stringfellow, Preston, Lancashire

According to the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6252276.stm) the car was discovered by the London Ambulance Service while responding to a call to treat a sick person. In other words, without the need for any anti-terrorist legislation, deprivation of civil rights, 90-day warrants, etc.

Norman Paterson, St Andrews, Scotland

Fortunately, UK security forces caught this in time. Unfortunately, many in the British isles are convinced that the caged canary is responsible for the noxious gases poisoning the mines. Ironically, history cruelly repeats itself. Sadly, the politician most closely resembling Churchill in his statesman-like perspicacity has just left the UK stage.

Ilan Seidner, Tel Aviv , Israel

The people who claim this was an MI5-CIA-Mossad plot are basically saying that: 1) MI5 could not bungle so many attempts on its own; it needs help and 2) terrorists don't bungle (unlike the MI5).

Inna, Sacramento, CA

Something tells me that in a couple days this will be blamed on the US and Israel.

Keep that stiff upper lip

Mike, D.C./BALT., US

"If no group or organisation have claimed responsibilty why is the finger being pointed indirectly at "islamist groups"?
Are muslims and islam the new scapegoats? "

Oh come now, that's hardly an outlandish conclusion.

Katie, USA,

Usman Ali's reflexive finger pointing to America and Israel does the muslim majority no-good. The majority of muslims are innocent and do not support this type of action. But ignorance of the type Usman Ali supports puts the entire Muslim culture in a bad light. If you really care about your culture/people, please go educate yourself about the history of violence in the middle east. Many parties are too blame, but conspiracy theories have never solved much, and have usually just more to needless acts of violence.

american indian , new york, ny

Samar from Syria,
You suggest that as a response to this attack Mr. Brown should call in the troops from Iraq. I believe that this was one of the aims of the people who planned this car bomb. If Mr. Brown would have taken your advice and fulfilled this aim, who can ensure that we won't see a pattern here (Remember that there are loads of excuses to kill people on the streets of London: Cecnia, Palestine, Guantanamo, Muslim prisoners in British jails etc...). The Iraq war is open for debate but lets not give this debate a present to terrorists.

Asaf, Londinium,

God, do something about your problems. As a foreigner living in Great Britain, and leaving for good in three months, I can only tell you that some things are seriously wrong in your country. Come on, last year, terrorist attacks killed innocent people, and only yesterday, two attacks were prevented. Come on! Do something about it! It's just crazy. I can only tell you that I have the impression that it is not a big thing at all. Crazy.

Stefan, Hamburg, Germany

I don't know what is worse, thousands of unassimilated hostile people living among us or apologists who attribute every terror act or threat as a conspiracy of Western intelligence services.

Klaus , New York,

Past experience suggests Islamic extremists, but I want more facts. Hopefully more information will appear in the next few days.

Jon, Ottawa, Canada

Please please keep me safe comrade Brown, I'm willing to give up all my rights and civil liberties so long as you keep me perfectly safe and secure. So, when do I get my ID card? Uh oh, thought-crime detected!

Robin, London, UK

Pity poor Usman Ali - he can't vote for John Edwards.

Gerry Shuller, Los Angeles,

Oleksa - I couldn't agree more. Strange how a Russian knows more what the British want than our own government. Mr Ali - there is no apology for terrorism. Terrorism is the failure of the intellect. How very worrying that a large percentage of the muslim world seems to think it's a positive form of politcal expression. As a Londoner, I'm sick of my home town being attacked and threatened, sick of being unable to express what I think about muslim extremists openly living here and their attempts to force their alien beliefs down my English Christian throat. Time to create a new Iron Curtain around the Middle East - deport the islamic radicals, bring back the Western troops and keep the West and East and all their peoples separate. Then we all might have some peace. I don't approve of us being in Irak and Afghanistan any more than you do, but I won't be bombed back into the dark ages by men who can't even accord the female half of the human race basic rights.

EF, Londn,

Usam Ali makes an interesting point albeit not in the most clearly expressed way. There is an assumption that only 'they' commit terrorist acts when in fact the US and Israel are two of the biggest perpetrators of terrorism the world has ever seen. I'm not condoning in any way, shape or form the acts of religious fundamentalists and that includes the US.

On 20 Aug 1998 the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan (which provided over half of the country's human and veterniary supplies) was destroyed by the US in retaliation for bombings of US embassies in other countries. The evidence against the factory was weak and circumstantial. This terrorist attack cost tens of thousands of lives. Yet who knows about it and who cares?

Any honest and informed person will see that many of the western countries engage in terrorism but conveniently give it other labels, eg low intensity warfare resulting in collateral damage.

Where is the justice and democracy for 500,000 dead Iraqi's ?

Professor Harvey, London,

CCTV is great but the break will not come from film of the abandonment of the Mercedes because most liked the perpetrator disguised himself when he departed. However, since most terrorists are devoid of common sense, it is possible MI5 may gain intelligence from facial recognition and accomplices that picked the perpetrator up.

The break will come in CCTV that will be traced backwards when the pepetrator's would have let their guard down.

These terrorists are similar to the mafia hitmen in the US. Sicilian sicari were summoned to the US, commited a murder and returned home. The US had no ID, fingerprints, etc. on them. London does have a problem with undocumented illegal aliens!

Intelligence analyst's and good old police work should make excellent use of the intact physical evidence available; including fingerprints and DNA from the entire vehicle, petrol containers and windows.

John Lippre, Washington DC, DC USA

Apparently the IRA even in their worst days gave advance warning of their attacks to reduce civilian casualities!These people must be a real frustrated and depraved bunch of people to attack women at a night club!

Gabe, Dublin,

Usman, your comments are frankly obscene. There is no comparison between individual civilians murdering people deliberately and callously, and the accidental, unintended casualties caused by a legal war. It is disgusting that you could compare the two. The American and Israeli governments are not terrorists and even if they were, that would not justify the murder of innocent British people. How can you claim these bombs, clearly aimed at killing innocent civilians, are only intended as a warning? We have a long tradition of reserving legitimate violence for the State and only the State. That is what distinguishes lynch mobs from justice. If you reject that tradition, soon we all will, and who do you think will suffer more - the British public as a whole or British Muslims?

Benjamin Kirby, London, UK

Marc,
Al Quadia does target night clubs. Look at the Bali bombing...

Cliff, Belton, Texas, USA

"why has noone mentioned the CIA or Mossad, or even MI5?"

Because paranoid conspiracy theories have no place in sane discusion, I suspect.

Mark, Worthing, UK

If this turns out (as seems likely to me) to be Islamic terrorism perpetrated by native-born Britons, it will only serve to once again highlight the steep price that democracies pay by allowing unregulated immigration of people who have no desire to assume anything resembling a democratic identity, who cannot be assimilated into mainstream culture, and who want to impose a totally alien lifestyle on the citizens of their adopted country. END IMMIGRATION FROM MUSLIM COUNTRIES!

A.Gowes, Detroit, USA

Must be the work of those evil Methodists!!! They're at it again, scary!

Bob Sloggin, Washington DC, USA

What are the odds that Buddhists and Jainists will turn out to be responisble for this ? Nil , of course.

Mladen Andrijasevic , Be'er Sheva, Israel

BBC's answer to the attempted London bombings? A lengthy report that life goes on....specifically the gay pride parade. That's the way to stick it to the jihadists.

Klaus , New York,

Are you Brits asleep? The same misguided multiculturalism that kept the Finsbury mosque open for jihad has not insulated you from the hatred of unassimilated Muslims.

Klaus , New York,

What is the purpose, except self serving, of killing innocents? A person who would kill as rampantly as this is obviously evil. Everything is not black and white, but this planned murder is evil. The shadows of darkness has obviously taken over some in the Islamic collective soul.

Jackie, Bangor, Masine, USA

Didn't the people who planted these failed bombs accomplish their goals any way ? The lead comments in most of the British press were, " Choas in the streets of London"," London in fear", London on edge". It would seem they completed what they set out to do. They've created fear and world wide publicity . In the bargin they created an acrimonious atmosphere where everyone under the sun is at fault except those who are truly responsible . These radicals want all non muslums dead,no ifs,ands or buts about it. We have to realize we are in an unending war and we have to act accordingly if we are to survive.

Jake, Dixie, US,SC

Islamic terorism in the UK??????
Why?
After all we do all the right things!!!!
Maybe banning Israeli universities is not enough. Let's ban Israeli high schools, or even better, Israeli kinder gardens.

Ahmed, London, UK

Forgot to mention:

the two cars that were found filled with gas and explosives yesterday were found in France. Coincidence?

Marc, Paris,

A herioc action by our security services against this potentially horrendous attack.
I very much hope that there is an immediate and vocal condemnation of terrorist attacks by all members and senior figures from all areas of religion and backgrounds in this country. Indeed I hope that the members of the community from wherever this attacker came from openly show disdain for this individual, no matter what their sex, religion, ethnic background, etc, etc - all british people must unite against terrorism.

K Grant, London,

time for governments to stop staging these so called foiled terror attacks just ot gain popularity, how stupid does the government actually thingk the citizens of the UK are? They oght to stop this tactic

peter, london, england

Oleksa

I couldn't agree more. You'd expect Usman Ali, with his vile views to be living somewhere other than here. Sadly that is not the case. Maybe he would have thought differently if a member of his family had been in that club and the terrorist had been (god forbid) successful.

When will people stop apologising for these criminals?

Robert Rosenberg, London, UK

They may try to copy insurgents tactics but no need to go to Irak as the terrorist group ETA has widely used this system to kill in the past and a car loaded with explosives was found in a Spanish city few weeks ago.

Carmen, London, UK

"why is the finger being pointed indirectly at "islamist groups"? "
Here is the answer: The police found that the kind of bomb is the same the islamist uses. It is in the article, read it again.
"Are muslims and islam the new scapegoats?"
No, the thing is, I think, an Islamist is an extremist muslim, not a muslim. So we are not talking about muslims.
Hope not to be offensive with you, Aleem, 'cause I have a lot of muslims friends.
Regards

Alvaro, London,

Government conspiracies and cloak-and-dagger fantasies are concoctions of delusional minds. Muslim or not, it was terrorists. The fact that the media immediately assumes that they are responsible is not laudable, certainly, but one does tend to notice a pattern, eh?

Nate, Louisville, USA, Colorado

Will everyone quit saying that Americans/British/Israel folks are terrorists? It's the Islamic extremists who go around blowing themselves up and issuing fatwas. They are the ones who threaten to behead women journalists who refuse to succumb to "old rules". And don't even use the Iraq issue on this one- the American troops are so generously giving their lives/limbs/personal relationships away in order to leave a better country for the Iraqis. "Occupiers" don't DIE for their "victims"! They don't DIE trying to build schools and train an army. The U.S. military will not ALWAYS get it right, and they have made many mistakes; But you cannot deny the noble sacrifices they have made!!

Anyway I'm just glad the cops quickly responded to this problem. I trust that Brown and his government can protect his people from those who wish to do them harm. (And thanks to the brave British troops fighting in Basra- they are willing to fight in the name of freedom and democracy!)

Marguerite Ople, Phillies,

When the authorities actually do good work people think, "it was meant to be found", what the hell is wrong with you people?

Abhi, Lancaster,

All Islamicst do have knee-jerk responses to this. They can't help it, they will defend their Muslims brothers automatically no matter what. That's why we have hundreds of supporters for our own home grown Islamic terrorrist (I am ashamed to say) - Dr. Azhahari - who was responsible for the Bali bombing. Thus a true Muslim will never condemn their own fellow brothers - no matter how horrid the crime. Instead they will divert attention to either US or Israel and whine that other non-muslims should consider them as terrorist to.

Sangkancil99, Kuala Lumpur,

Andie,

CCTV may have helped here, but it does invade privacy of innocent people. Whether we like it or not, the US still retains the frontier or wild west syndrome and thats the way most Americans like it.

Kelly, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Another "terrorist" related event to keep us all on our toes and happy for the government to implement whatever draconian security measures it likes, plus CCTV everywhere. Can you say "false flag"? It all started with 9/11...

John Corry, London, UK

Usman Ali talks such a load of rubbish it is difficult to find a word of truth in his comments. It is just typical that he should seek to divert the blame from the extremist Islamic groups that everyone knows are responsible for over 90% of the conflicts in the world today to those who desire peace.

tc, Stanmore,

To Mladen Andrijasevic , Be'er Sheva , Israel

This is not quite an acurate statement. Firstly, why would Israel want to bomb the UK, we are not Palestine or Lebanon.

Secondly, it is not so long ago that the IRA performed this function I believe they were predominently Catholic.

That said, in response to one of the other posters, I'm not in favour of mass immigration either, particularly from cultures that are quite far removed from our own. We are just importing
problems

Ticker, Southampton,

Be careful not to link the issuance of the nightclub report with this event... It is highly likely that the two events are coincidental and that there was no specific information warning of this plot.

Jim, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

How amazingly brave that bomb disposal expert was who disabled the mobile phone in the car. What fantastic people bomb experts are, risking their lives to save the rest of us - what a contrast with the losers who target innocent people.

Jenny, London,

Aleem

Well it's hardly going to be the Quakers is it? Wake up and smell the coffee.

Mutley, London,

Usman Ali thinks it may be the CIA, why stop there ? I think its the Womens Institute seeking to demonise ordinary, decent Muslims, its this sort of ridiculous comment that infuriates everyone facing this diabolical threat. Muslims have got to start helping eradicate this cancer from our country or they will surely face a massive backlash.
I congratulate the Police and the other emergency services and I'm sure its one of the few times that bouncers have actually done something useful !

Jim Moloney, London,

The chaos that happened in the Haymarket was bad enough, what may have have with the anticipated carnage, defies belief. Obviously one 7/7 is not enough. What we do not need is our Mayor Livingstone appealing on the Today programme, and acting as an apologist on behalf of the politically disillusioned, a euphemism for the" enemy within". irrespective of their colour, ethnic or religious background.. Mayor Livingstone came back from the political graveyard via the ballot box, may one suggest he advises the political disillusioned, of which he claims are few, to do likewise, less his office and several more disappear, along with many innocent people. If anyone has the right to be disillusioned, it is the multi cultural population of which he is juslty proud, who choose to live in harmony and peace.

M. Fishman, London UK,

Palestine will become independent and it will not be good enough. Then, they will blow things up because Israel exists. If Israel goes away, they will blow thiings up until the entire world follows Islam and the Caliphate is restored. Read what the radical Imams say. They do not hide it.

I can't understand why Europe and the press are so against Guantanamo Bay. In 1940, captured German pilots were sent to prison camps in Canada and had no judicial review. No one seemed to mind. There is no difference here. This is a war. Even if you don't want it to be, the other side declared it. They think it's war and that you and I, because we are not Muslim, are targets. If more of these people were enjoying the Cuban Sunshine, less innocent people would die. The US used to process haitian refugees there. No one was upset then.

Carey Davis, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Islamist terror organisations go out and threaten to wreak chaos, bring death and destruction and then something happens who should be the prime suspect?

It goes without saying that we are talking about certain groups of people and their followers, NOT the whole Islamic world, or the millions of Muslim people who live in Great Britain and must be equally horrifed by these attacks. Besides, they're as likely to die in one of them as any other Londoner or visitor.

Sandy, Athens

Sandy, Athens,

dear aleem the answer is yes and all you have to do is listen to the speeches of fundamentalists around the islamic world to understand why .....im sorry but it is so.

uranus, vienna,

Occam's razor suggests that the simplest solution is usually the correct one. The conspiracy theories just don't make sense. Mossad or CIA planting such a device would, if it were discovered to be them, poison relationships between the countries for generations. And MI5 doing something that absurd to create panic, and the ensuing distrust of government that would result if such an act were found out? Now balance that against whatever theoretical "gain" there might be. It just doesn't make sense.

Scott, Portland,

I admire the professionalism of the British intelligence
community. Their ability to avert the recent car bombing
attempts in London is a sign of hope in a time period
of uncertainty.

John Roush, JACKSONVILLE, USA / Florida

"By roughly 2050, Muslims will dominate your society, where will you be then?" ~ Dave, Toronto, Canada

So UK's current 2.7% Muslims will over take 71.6% Christians within roughly 43 years. Thats a heck of a lot of breeding to be done. lol

Jackie, Luton, UK

As a 25 year old I want to know this:

Why did the generation of people before ours give the entire country away in order to line their own pockets?

You should never have let this happen, and your descendants will never forgive you.

M, London,

I'm surprised no site seems to be reporting that the second (towed-away) car was parked in front of the 'Texas Embassy' cantina/restaurant -- surely not a coincidence given the birthplace of President Bush.

Marc, London,

No country is protected against international terrorism which is ugly.
Britain whith an illegal war against a muslim country has adopted a very sensible way to protect itself from international terrorism. The Britons have reelected
the government which launched this war and the newly appointed PM steadily approved it. Mr Blair is obviously
the man who will bring peace in the ME, being himself an expert in very large scale international terrorism.
I forgot : he believes in a very demanding god.

François SZYLOWICZ, Tours, France

"Yeah, this is starting to look like these cars were supposed to be found before they exploded."

Patel, Hackney

One must not ridicule the thought that the Mossad could possiblybe involved- not with the intention to kill but to reinforce the "war" on terrorism. Who knows for sure?
ANNIE pH

annie Brand, Manila, Philippines

Graham, Enoch Powell railed against black West Indian, Asian Sikh and all other non-white immigrants coming to Britain from British Commonwealth countries; as far as I'm aware he didn't have anything to say about Muslims - perhaps these groups should be deported from the "green and pleasant land," according to you?

I'm extremely uncomfortable with the way that all Muslims and Islam as a whole are being demonized by so many because of the acts of extremists. I lived in London in the 1980s when the IRA's bombing campaign was going on and don't remember the same sort of hateful vilification of all Irish people because of the acts of those extremists.

Ruth, Glasgow, Scotland

In countries where Islam is the prevalent religion, muslim citizens were killed and died due to terrorist attacks led by extremists. They are victims, not the contrary. But, they keep being muslim because they know Islam is not to blame. Like you, we want to leave in peace with our children and families. Like you, we fight against terrorism of all sorts.

During the terrorist attacks in july 2005 in england, there were also muslims who died : e.g a french of tunisian descent who just wanted to go and study english. Muslim British in england also fear for their children : like you, they don't want their children to be killed due to these attacks. They have the same fight as you.

Please forgive me for my english i come from a french speaking country.

Peace for everyone.

Anissa, Algiers, Algeria

was the congestion charge paid?

jan, Qingdao, China

It is a sad that one's first reaction to the news was that Brown, MI5 and the police organised it.

John Camus, Colchester,

Food for thought. How did these terrorists, this "cell," get their hands on the money to acquire two Mercedes' or perhaps more ?
These weren’t some rubbish cars from "Ed's Used Cars." God forbid they acquire(d) larger vehicles. Intelligence should do a better job of following - and stopping - the money. Drain the swamp.

Jen, London, UK

people who believe that it must be goverment plot to scare people or provoke against islam... just have a look in India especially kashmir where 80,000 people where killed (ethnic cleansing). Bombings are routine part of our life and the worst thing is the politician is soft on these terrorist as they might loose vote bank. If world has not learned their lesson from tolerant hindus who were forced and kicked out from their state than i can't say much.

Rush, Edinburgh, uk

David Copeland, Timothy McVeigh: just two names we should remember when right wing zealots and anti immigration apologists say only Muslims kill innocent people. There are numerous groups who believe it is valid to attack those who do not conform to their ideals.

In relation to whipped up hysteria 3,000 people targetted, think rationally, when have 3,000 people ever been injured in a single incident. It is dangerous to get caught by the hype.

Islamic extremists, a possibility nothing more.

Lynton, London,

Usman's reaction is typical British Muslim reaction to terrorism in the UK. Instead of acccepting that there is a problem they play the blame game.

Here in Pakistan we have accepted that there is a big problem and have been fighting in our own ways to end extremism. Just read the newspapers and watch television to see comments of the common man and how the fight is gaining big momentum. Radical madrassahs being run by Saudi funding are being disbarred from the madrassah societys and people are taking out street protests (when the weather allows) to protest against extremists. We know its our duty and we are getting on with it!!

However when British Muslims visit Pakistan they complain about how we are losing our identity. They will never move back because they find it easier to be extremists in the UK. Here they will have to go to the Afghan border to achieve that.

I for one don't want these British Muslims to move to Pakistan as they are the most radical I have come across.

Asad, Karachi, Pakistan

Edward in Manchester, you forgot the 'Mad Methodists'! I echo the thoughts of many in thanking the Officer who put his own safety at risk to defuse the first bomb - and the alertness of the Ambulence men whose suspicions were raised - by all being vigilent we can 'look after' each other.

Mark, Warsaw, Poland

there´s no way the guy is going to get away with this - they´ll be able to track him coming into London and also where he´s gone afterwards. The only place this guy is heading is jail for a very very long time...

andy, malaga, spain

I hope the police remember to check that they had paid the congestion charge, and whether they were parked on double yellow (or is it red) lines.
Must get our priorities right.

tony, birmingham, uk

Usman Ali, from London, is projecting his morality onto the whole world. Nobody else but the Muslims are bound by the mission of jihad and believe that it is permissible to deliberately attack innocent people . Only the jihadists believe that everybody else is guilty by the very fact that they are not Muslim. Neither the Americans nor the Israelis deliberate target innocent people. What are the chances that Buddhists, Jainists, Hindus, Christians or Jews were responsible for this attempt to kill as many innocent people as possible this morning? Almost nil. What are the chances that the culprit will turn out to be a jihadist? Very high.

Mladen Andrijasevic , Be'er Sheva , Israel

Were the car to have been packed with Pinoqachole, could it have been any worse? Particularly so close to where alcohol is being server. And on a so-called 'ladies night' too. This is revealing.
I for one, am glad that no loss of life or injuries occurred.

Jim Binache, St Stanislouse, Canada

It is clear that mass immigration is and has compromised this countries security. Political correctness ties the police's and the courts, where our standards can no longer be upheld. Families are paying with higher mortgages, lower wages, and if it were not for luck a few would be paying with their lives. The clock cannot be turned back, but the doors can be shut and should be. I would be happier with a reduced GDP but safe streets.

Christopher Ashley, Cambrigeshire, UK

Wake up Britain. Worse than my fellow Canadians, you have become the most politically correct nation on this earth. You are the biggest apologists for Muslims of any country in the world, and they still attack you. I'm not being racist, just honest. I honestly think your nation is comprised of some of the most intelligent people on this earth. When and why did you lose your way? Population statistics don't lie. By roughly 2050, Muslims will dominate your society, where will you be then?

Dave, Toronto, Canada

Does this now mean that Mr Brown will have to keep our troops in Iraq instead of pulling them out?

British Muslim, London, UK

This was another false flag op, pointed at G.Brown to ensure he won't step out of line in the fake War on Terror. Welcome to the club of corporate terrorist puppets, Mr. Brown. Hope your term is as profitable for your warmongers as 9/11 was to BushCo.

Allan, palm desert, Usa

It sounds like a new terrorist group Al-Coa. Luckily they were foiled again!

Bravo Zulu bobbies

Stu Dragon, brooklyn, us of A

No, Aleem - it's just that the women's institute recognised that slow clapping Blair didn't do any good and with Brown they've got radical!

Adam, London,

Here, here, Miguel & Mladen. Being Jewish it is hard for me to express this in a non-bias way, however, it is up to everyone to open their eyes and realise.

Joel Kara, Ilford, Essex

In most areas of the US, CCTV is considered an anathema and most are against it. Here's hoping that by using this wonderful tool to catch those responsible for this near tragedy, we Americans will realize CCTV can work in our favor.

Andie, Chicago, USA

The most chilling aspect of this latest terrorist attempt is that there was no"predictive" intelligence about it. How many other mass-casualty plots are being planned or about to be launched about which the security agencies have no intelligence?

manuel escott, toronto, canada

Brown "tested as Prme Minister" (as your article claims) by this event?

I'd suggest that the explosives officer who risked his life by entering the vehicle and pulling out a trigger that would have allowed the bomber to detonate the device by mobile phone - - was rather more tested than the new PM - - who merely had to utter a few standard/obvious phrases for the press.

I hope the anonymous officer is duly and suitably rewarded for extraordinary bravery, indeed - heroism!

Bob, Carlsbad, CA, USA

detective methods such as tracking by congestion charge cameras?

what about the other sly EU & UK Police tracking methods of listening into peoples private conversations via their mobile phone which is being used as a microphone to bug you.
The use of back-door secret code numbers to access anyones mobile phone and listen in to you conversation in your living room,...via Blue tooth
This has been in use in Europe for well over 5 years
Welcome to Nazi Britain & Nazi EU,..home of the Tory Police gestapo

B Frank, London,

Usman Ali, the reason we all blame Islamic terror groups for these attacks is because there is a history of them attacking innocent British people in London. So far as I am aware, no attacks by Israel have ever happened on British soil.

Perhaps the only way of stopping these attacks is to stop your people entering, living in and ultimately betraying the hospitality of Britain.

Alison Ford, Cardiff, UK

Since 16% of Muslims in the UK, 160,000 people, believe that suicide and terror bombings are justified against the British people among whom they live, we should not be at all surprised that there are incidents like this.

Indeed it is clear that there are many more which the general public are unaware of.

Dennis Whitchurch, Sidmouth,

Excellent point of view Sue, I fully agree

Stu, London,

Several people have moaned that we shouldn't jump to conclusions and blame muslim extremists.

Well who else is going to try and kill hundreds of innocent civilians in the middle of London?

Hardline Mormons?

Radical Buddhists?

Edward, Manchester, England

It should be dead easy to catch whoever parked the car, as there are so many cctv cameras about london - you can't breathe without getting caught on camera.

Or is this just a cover over by our government to make sure we love gordon brown straight away?

ashley, folkestone,

Muslims and Islam are not the new scapegoats, they are however the groups of people that have been carrying out such attacks. Therefore it is right to assume that such groups were responsible for this particular attack, untill proved otherwise.

Tom, York,

Aleem, Leeds. No, Muslims and islam are not the new scapegoat. Muslims and Islam are simply the most likely perpetrators of such a (potential) crime. It is in their background, and those that refuse to see it are deluding themselves.
Randy Tan, Hong Kong. : well said and welcome to the UK. Don't be dictated to buy these terrorists

Bob Finbow, Haverhill, England

Why did they report firstly, that the bomb had been defused, and later report a mobile phone taken by a policeman from the front seat of the car, thought to be the trigger?

rob Staley, Manchester, Lancashire

To: Usman Ali

The conspiracy and propagandist kooks like you and the liberal media are exactly what the terrorist need.

Keep up the good work!

Rocky Boisvert, Prov, RI

Old Enoch did warn us. He new the score with Islam.
We did not listen. Now paying the penalty. It will get worse. Hope Palestine does get autonomy soon. The bloodshed will continue after this. The apologists will have to find a new excuse and there aways will be a new excuse. Maybe the British will wake up some day. Doubt it though. We are sleepwalking backwards. Sad how we lost our ancestors for our freedom in two world wars and then let the enemies of freedom walk in. Wake up Politicians have the courage to do what is required.

Graham, Glasgow,

Why do we assume the Islamicists did it? Well, it's not the IRA's style, and professional intelligence agencies have better bomb makers. The Russians prefer poison. This is an amateur job. Having said that, I am not absolutely certain it's Islamic. It' s just the likeliest case based on the M.O.

Gregory Baker, Laurel, Maryland, USA

Verry Brave to Attack a club during Ladies night - bring back the death penalty for this kind of scum. Child sex offenders too.

mark, london, england

I think that its extremely niaive to consider that everything is being done in the 'background' for our benefit when we as the people have very little power or say anymore. In this smokescreen society that we live in do you really feel as though you know where you stand or what's going on?I don't believe Ignorance to be bliss, there is so much more going on that we are unaware of. The men accused of the repeat attacks after 7/7 suggested that they were merely staging a demonstration in protest of the gulf war(with real explosives?!), if this carbomber we're caught, why wouldn't he/she say that they were doing the same thing?

Stuart Ryan, Reading,

Usman Ali, your plot seems to come from the thriller The Long Kiss Goodnight. For the record, this was a work of fiction. It may have been too decadent for your rarefied tastes, though, so you're forgiven for not knowing it .

No-one has mentioned CIA, Mossad or MI5 because you'd have to be deluded to do so. I'm guessing that you don't like Jews much. I'm guessing that you think we rule the world. (I can assure you that I certainly don't).

David Harrison, Manchester, UK

Yeah, this is starting to look like these cars were supposed to be found before they exploded.

Patel, Hackney, UK

A disgruntled employee ?? Ha Ha, Miss Khan ! I think he's more likely to brick the window than build a car bomb and leave it outside a nightclub in central london !

James Smith, London, UK

Hey Usman, are you serious? Mossad and failed attack DO NOT go together.

Marius, Vilnius,

Aleem is right, it was probably Basque separatists. Islamic extremists don't go around blowing up innocent people.

Fight 4 Civilization, NYC,

this confirms the truth... if you're hellbent on causing a terrorist attrocity in the middle of any british city, it isn't that difficult to do. we all need to be extra vigilent at all times. none of us is completely safe from these madmen.

Josh Clarkson, london,

So it would have been the "worst terrorist attack this morning" - why? Have there been others this morning?

Loki, Singapore,

Answer to Usman Ali as to why no one has mentioned the CIA, the Mossad, or MI5: because, as unbelievable as it may be to you, the U.S., Israel, or the U.K. simply do not do things that way. I know your conspiracy theories regarding 9/11, etc., but every rational person knows it was Al Qaida--they said so themselves.

Dafydd Altair, Swansea, Wales

Although too early to say - IF, as most people expect, this attempt at mass murder was carried out by "British" muslims then they should of course be jailed for life (meaning life) and their families deported to their ancestral countries. Might make other trainee terrorists think twice and their families a bit more concerned about what little Mohammed is up to.
Oh and stopping these people coming here in the first place might also be a good move.
Islam and The West - sorry you liberal hand-wringers but it just doesn't work and it never will.

NM, London,

And you Brits keep on defending arabs in the middle east and blaming jews, israel and mossad for all these human atrocities....OPEN YOU EYES once and for all! Remember July 7th! Dont let them intimidate you! Has anyone seen moderate muslims protesting against the radical groups? By that, I don't mean a simple sentence of condemnation, I mean a rally. I haven't....

Miguel, Madrid, Spain

Usman Ali, from London, is projecting his morality onto the whole world. Nobody else but the Muslims are bound by the mission of jihad and believe that it is permissible to deliberately attack innocent people . Only the jihadists believe that everybody else is guilty by the very fact that they are not Muslim. Neither the Americans nor the Israelis deliberate target innocent people. What are the chances that Buddhists, Jainists, Hindus, Christians or Jews were responsible for this attempt to kill as many innocent people as possible this morning? Almost nil. What are the chances that the culprit will turn out to be a jihadist? Very high.

Mladen Andrijasevic , Be'er Sheva, Israel

To Mr Usman Ali,

Ah, yes, must be CIA/Mossad/MI5. Get the populace whipped up so...so...so why??? So we can send our troops to fight and die in the Middle East because that's somehow good for everyone involved? Get a grip on reality.

I would remind you that the innocents who recently died in this country, and the US, and those who continue to die in the Middle East and elsewhere are not dying at the hands of COE/Baptist/Catholic/Bhuddist/Whathaveyou terrorists, they are deliberately targeted and murdered by Islamist fundamentalists. But conspiracists always conveniently overlook the truth when making such insulting and predictable claims as Mr Usman has.

Robert Rocheleau, Brighton, UK

I wonder what our "terrorist threat" level would have been, had the troops never been sent to Iraq and Afganistan.

Huge amounts are spent on maintaining those military operations, which bring nothing but trouble for this country.

What are our people dying for?

Andriy Shulga, London, UK

Comments like "this highlights that terrorists can get through the security net" just show that many people continue to be deluded about the reality of this kind of terrorism. Al-Qaeda are not a close-knit "group" working to a plan, they are a network of terrorists who happen to share an ideology. We are not facing a disciplined foreign army who can be spotted and prevented from entering the country. Looking at the number of illegal immigrants we get, it is ludicrous to suppose that ANYONE can be prevented from entering the country. There is no "security net." The comforting idea that there is was dreamed up by politicians to hide their incompetence. In any case, the London bombers of 2005 were British and probably had NO direct contact with terrorists outside the country - truly home-grown terrorists, who learned in Britain all they needed to commit their crimes.

Kyle Taylor, Durham,

Homemade explosive devices are the chosen route of the enemy for economical and ease of use reasons. A call to arms issues by AQ last month proposed attacks on London near or after the transition of Brown into power - similar attempts will continue. We must not remain complacent even though bomb fatigue has set in - remember the innocent that died in 7/7 could have been your friends, family or work colleagues, the survivors injured could have been close to you - you may not be so lucky next time. Say no to terror.

London Bombings Foundation, Kent , United Kingdom

it's sad that we can't even go into our own capital without fear of death. 10 years of tony blair, and things have just got worse and worse, so... welcome to the job gordon, maybe you should try and stop these people from attempting to blow our heads off, it was after all your predecessor, a member of your party, who welcomed them into our country with open arms!

Kelly, Surrey,

Sadly, this piece of great news will be used for lining cat littler trays by Sunday. This kind of vigilance should be shouted from the rooftops and we should be reminded constantly that the endeavour of the few remains our biggest combatant against those who would rob us of our rights and freedom.

We have had another narrow escape and those who seek to disrupt our way of life get another bloody nose.

Unfortunately the events that remain in our memories are those that deny our citizens their liberty and lives. I wonder if anyone will remember 29th June 2007 on 29th June 2008.

We should be forever grateful to those who ensure our safety.

Mrs. L, London, United Kingdom

We can more than likely link this 'plot' to Brown taking office, more than likely this is merely a response-effect device, 'they' want to know how Brown will respond to an act on British soil, we have seen a rift between Brown and the former Blair-administration, So now the only thing that is left is to see what will come next, obviously the plot was hampered and the full response was not met, the question is will another bomb be placed in London.

Alex Donnelly, London, UK

Usman you live under the hood of a typical insecure muslim who always throws the conspiracy theory around to mask islam's violent tendencies in the 21st century, prior and beyond. Facts are well proven. Try to live with other human beings and learn from them instead of giving excuses of why they should die. Oh thats right the infidel has nothing to offer in terms of godliness and righteousness. Muslims are automatically granted heaven by accepting mohammed and everyone else is excluded. Isolationism and exclusion!!!

really fedup, my world,

aleem asks: "If no group or organisation have claimed responsibilty why is the finger being pointed indirectly at "islamist groups"?
Are muslims and islam the new scapegoats? "

Answer: because in almost all terrorist attacks or attempted attacks worldwide, Muslims are found to be involved. Is that enough hint?

arjun, new delhi,

T Martin:How strange that three weeks ago etc.

You are probably right. 'in another week or two a group of muslims will be arrested for this, questioned and released without charge.'

But equally, they may well arrest, question and then charge someone as well. What you alude to (as others have) is just ridiculous.

Believe me when I say that I am an utter cynic regarding the actions of the more 'covert' side of various governments, and I am sure they do all kinds of illegal and reprehensible things.
But to suggest a conspiracy of that extent takes things so far beyond reality that it is almost beyond belief. Does it not occur to you that maybe it was actually planted by terrorists of some kind? , the rush to presume Islamic connections is a tad hasty, but understandable given the current situation.

Having said all that, if it turns out that you are right, I will apologise. Sadly, I I will also have a much more depressed and cynical view of the world if it is the case.

Paul, Leicester, UK

Mr Aleem, be realistic. Its doubtful if someone is going to claim responsibility for a failed potentially deadly car bomb attempt in London. Apart from that, unfortunately for law abiding Muslim citizens, in recent years (since the end of the fighting in N.Ireland, say) the vast majority of violent non-military terrorist attacks against civilians, or even threats of such, in the "western" world, have been the work of people claiming to have done so in the name of Islam.
If a Sunni mosque was blown up in the middle of prayers by a suicide bomber in a predominantly Shia district of Bagdad, who would you suspect first?

John, Paris,

it is sad thing but who we should to blame,what happen in this world is like that ,war bring war and this bad poltic in world give excuse to more kill and death to happen in this world.i hope the new britsh prime misinetr take back his soldiers from iraq soon and work on peace for real peace to his his home and for the world .

samar, syria,

With so many terrorist suspects within this country its no supirse to me at all, are laws are far too relaxed. How many suspects have 'disappeared' over the past few months. We have got to be tougher wive theses people either with life imprisonment or sent back to there country (no matter if their lives are in danger there!) they have no human rights.

Mark, chelmsford, essex

It's amazing how many people have made assumptions. What happened to looking at evidence? Has anyone been arrested? What about being innocent until proven guilty? For all we know, it could have been a disgruntled ex employee.

It's this sort of mindset that alienates people. You really have to look at the bigger picture and ask why this is happening.

It's nice to see Mr Martin's comments. You have to acknowledge that if a government wants to pass a law, then they do indeed need an excuse. Just review the current anti-terrorism legislation. Something needs to happen in order to make draconian legislation more acceptable.

If our government can go to war based on lies, and then what else can they do?

Miss Khan, Leeds,

"Did he pay the congestion charge?" -- David Masu

More like he had paid too much. Some nutter used to send letter bombs because he had too many parking tickets. I wouldn't be supprised if this was also another similar case.

Martin, London, UK

What is more scary are comments that this is not a terrorist bomb but a plant to keep the public scared. Proof, if needed, of just how discredited the government has become.

Sue, London, England

I'm so saddened to see Usman Ali's kneejerk response that Israel is somehow to blame. Life is far more complex. Conspiracy theories are an easy way to avoid looking at the real issues. We all have blood on our hands.

Jason , Chicago, IL

If no group or organisation have claimed responsibilty why is the finger being pointed indirectly at "islamist groups"?
Are muslims and islam the new scapegoats?

aleem, leeds, england

Why give out information on detective methods such as tracking by congestion charge cameras? No doubt some people will know of this, but why announce it? Media, you have a responsibility to inform and make aware, yes, but please watch the detail that too much information is not given away. Perhaps that Portugese law, witholding details of ongoing an ongoing investigation, has a valid purpose.

Julian CHRISTOPHER, New Malden, UK

"Yes it could have been Islamic terrorists who carried out this failed attack, but why has noone mentioned the CIA or Mossad, or even MI5?"

Because we're not all paranoid delusionals, perhaps?

Andrew, London, UK

We should think that why such things happened just at the second Brown's day. It is special or occasional. Actually, it is not impossible to make a car bomb manufacturely by leaning details from internet introduction. Accompanied with high technology and convenient world-class communication , to devastate target , such as office blocks or street, is not out of our imagination.

houseman, Melbourne, Au

Did he pay the congestion charge?

David Masu, Zürich,

My son and I are heading to London from Hong Kong on coming Monday. We are not cancelling our trip because we trust the authorities there do a good job in counter-terrorism.

Randy Tan, Hong Kong, China

Randy Tan, Hong Kong, China

How strange that three weeks ago Gordon Brown revived plans to detain people for 90 days without charge, and in his second day as Prime Minister the police find an unexploded smoking (nice touch) bomb in central London. Would it be too cyncial to suggest that in another week or two a group of muslims will be arrested for this, questioned and released without charge. The police will then plead the need for greater powers of detention, and Mr Brown will shout "I've got the papers right here. Who supports this?" "We do!" the newspapers will reply on behalf of the British people.

Thomas Martin, London,

Whoever planted the device clearly belongs to a bunch of gutless cowards. Obviously too scared to fight face to face.

Crew Sayder, Knights of Templar, Cyprus

Once again, the followers of a peace loving, gentle religion try to convince us otherwise.

Nick, wallasey, uk

Usman Ali gives us the double whammy of Muslim moral equivalence coupled with Muslim self-exculpation. Contemptible.

Stefan, Guildford,

indeed, usman ali. or it might have been aliens. or fairies.

jem, london, uk

The whole world wonders why you welcome to your country islamic fundamentalists, who so comfortably can plot terrosit attacks while receiving benefits and council flats form the british government. You wrote about anger that polish and other eastern european migrants cause in GB, "taking over the jobs from british", when they are not those who you should fear. All the other migrants work hard in GB and love the host country. You gave protection to chechen terrorists under some human rights shield, as well as to many other terrorists and fundamentalists. May be it is time to stop being so ridiculously politcorrect and start thinking of your citizens?

Oleksa, Moscow,

Yes it could have been Islamic terrorists who carried out this failed attack, but why has noone mentioned the CIA or Mossad, or even MI5? If America and Israel are prepared to go to war and kill innocent people to "protect their people" and support democracy, then why not carry out a plot which is not intended to cause casualties, but hopefully we be a sign to Gordon Brown that there is a "war on terror" going on, and he'd better support America(which is a slave of Israel) in this war.

People should realise that the American and Israeli governments and military are terrorists too.

Usman Ali, London, UK

Interesting to note that yesterday two cars with gas canisters and explosives had been discovered ....

Doesn't look like Al Quaida to target "just" a nightclub ... another group?

Marc, Paris,

Car bomb in London? What an impossible task.

Sam Danso, London, UK

This highlights that on occasions, terrorists can get through the security net. When they do, the results would almost certainly be catasrophic. However, our security services and all involved in protecting our land - do so very dilligently and do a great service in protecting us. There are, without doubt countless tasks and operations that go on behind the scenes that we never come to know about, that ensure our safety. For this, we should be truly thankful.

Kevin Galway, Winchester, UK