Attack at Glasgow Airport

[colinb]

Jeep Cherokee driven into Glasgow Airport and set on fire. Obvious chaos ensues. This happened just after 3pm.

[colinb]

Latest info http://news.sky.com/skynews/home

[Mharie]

They've just spoken to a woman on the BBC who says the "man of Asian appearance" threw a petrol bomb at a taxi warden. He was also said to have been pouring petrol around the doors.

[Mharie]

Oh dear. Peter Sissons has just told a phone eyewitness to "fire away"
Not the best choice of words.

[colinb]

Passengers stuck on planes could be there until 9pm, no take offs or landings on the first day of the Scottish school hols.

[Sunshine girl]

only good thing about it is that they don't seem to be very good at it!

Obviously there is great disruption and I feel sorry for everyone stuck but at least no one appears to have been hurt apart from themselves

[colinb]

Five flights due to go to Las Palmas this afternoon/evening from Glasgow. Will obviously have severe knock on effect for passengers leaving LPA.

[steve]

Gonna get on my British soap box and say the Luftwaffe nor the IRA couldn't grind us down...neither will the terrorist of today, be strong folks.

Steve

Cambridge.

[BigBaz]

Well said steve !!!!!!

[THORtenerife]

the LUFtWAFFE was the GERMAN air force

the IRA was the IRISH republican army



this lot are BRITISH

[MacTaliy]

That's the big problem and what makes it even scarier, it's the enemy within.

[chorlton]

the LUFtWAFFE was the GERMAN air force

the IRA was the IRISH republican army



this lot are BRITISH


Not necessarily so - the scottish police have been on Radio 2 saying there is no suggestion these are home grown terrorists. Whilst they may have been residing in Scotland prior to the attack they were not born or bred there......

[big craig]

the LUFtWAFFE was the GERMAN air force

the IRA was the IRISH republican army



this lot are BRITISH most of the ira where british so whats your point? terminal 2 has now been opened and baa hope to open terminal 1 by tomorrow.

[rab_c.]

the LUFtWAFFE was the GERMAN air force

the IRA was the IRISH republican army



this lot are BRITISH

correction no information as of yet has been disclosed as to who they are or where they are from.
Edinburgh Airport
only busses and taxis are being allowed in to edinburgh airport and only members of the public with flight tickets are being allowed through to the terminal
not sure how long this is going to happen so if any of you are travelling from edinburgh in the next few days allow plenty time as approach roads today are at a standstill.
also the new passport scanners are in operation at arrivals from today so a little patience may be required there also.
rab_c.

[Paul Henderson]

being a Glaswegian myself, i think these terrrorists have just crossed the line, the scottish are generally a friendly race who have never been attacked in the past with stuff like this, at least it's a blessing no one was killed. I suggest we get the worst 50 heed cases from barlinie and send them out to find those responsible, i'm sure they would have more information than the mi5 after along weekend chapping doors around the country:banghead: , then after they sort out our own country we send them to Iraq etc to serve out there time as community work.

[malkyem1]

just got this in email it makes a valid point on this subject how some people
view what happened on saturday and quite agree with them malky

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

[oor wullie]

Well i've just heard they are not home grown but are all from the middle east.
That wonderful MR Brown said that the safety of the UK public is the most important priority of the Government... ah yes of course it is...and so why did it let 1000's of illegals get into the country without any checks??? Why, because it puts up house prices, makes people feel rich, so they vote for the Government. Well all those that voted for these nutters i'm glad your houses are worth a lot of money , because the way things are going in this country thats the only place you'll be spending your holidays...:have-fun:

[shazandan]

2 of the terroist are claimed as Qualified Doctors. Gees i feel sorry for the people in Scotland, but can't seem to understand why they would target an airport......

[shazandan]

Ayman Zawahiri (al-qaeda no.2 & Bin Laden's deputy... a surgeon...)
Abdel Rantisi (the late Hamas leader... a paediatrician...)
Mahmoud Zahar (another top Hamas leader.... a surgeon...)
Che Guevara (physician specialising in allergies...)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1560834.stm

[oor wullie]

That's right and there are 1000's of british trained young doctors who can't find a job......

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/26/ndoctors26.xml

[colinb]

This is more like it. A true hero, with people like him, terrorists will never win.

http://johnsmeaton.com/

[big craig]

This is more like it. A true hero, with people like him, terrorists will never win.

http://johnsmeaton.com/

lol everyones talking about the bold john up here.how can osama seriously think he can win with mad glaswegians like john putting the boot into his bombers.go on john you tell them.no surrender!lol :)

[rab_c.]

This is more like it. A true hero, with people like him, terrorists will never win.

http://johnsmeaton.com/


aye a local hero hope everyone remembers that when they pick up their bust cases at the glesca airport carousel lol and treat him to a pint and not a load of abuse.
terrorists will never succeed in scotlands airports as long as john smeaton and the rest of us nutters work there.
50 litres of petrol..........£75
40 gas cannisters..........£185
1 cherokee jeep............£4500
2 blazing terrorists.........priceless
LONG LIVE FREEDOM TERRORISM WILL NEVER SUCCEED HERE

rab_c.

[big craig]

This is more like it. A true hero, with people like him, terrorists will never win.

http://johnsmeaton.com/

i see the campaign to buy the bold john a pint has reached one thousand pints!only in scotland could we turn a terrorist attack into a reason for a swally.but surely thats better than worrying about it and let these people win.so to john i say cheers enjoy your swally and thanks on behalf of a grateful nation for putting the boot into these scum.:boozy: :nodding:

[K T]

Awesome.......An ode to Smeato.......
Twas doon by the inch o' Abbots
Oor Johnny walked one day
When he saw a sicht that troubled him
Far more that he could say
A fanatic muslim bas**rd
Wiz doin what he'd planned
And intae Glesca's departure hall
A Cherokee he'd rammed.
A big Glaswegian polis
Came forward tae assist
He thocht "a wumman driver"
Or at least someone half-pissed
But to his shock nae drunken Jock
Emerged to grasp his hand
But a flamin Arab loony
Frae Al Qaeda's band
The mad Islamist nut-case
Had set hissel' on fire
And swung oot at the polis
GBH his clear desire
Now that's no richt wur Johnny cried
And sallied tae the fray
A left hook and a heid butt
Required tae save the day.
Now listen up Bin Laden
Yir sort's nae wanted here
For imported English radicals
Us Scoatsman huv nae fear
Oor hame grown Glesca Asians
Will have nae bluidy truck
So tak yer worldwide jihad
An get yersel tae F***

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[K T]

AN AIRPORT terror hero was left with a broken leg and smashed teeth after he bravely took on a Terminal One suspect.
Michael Kerr was celebrating his 40th birthday on Saturday when he tackled T-shirt wearing Bilal Abdulla.
But the Iraqi doctor retaliated with a brutal blow that knocked out the dad-of-two's teeth.
Michael also broke his leg as he fell to the ground.
He feared he would burn to death as he lay helpless next to the suspects' blazing Jeep.
But another have-a-go hero, airport worker John Smeaton, dragged him to safety.

Now Michael is hoping to meet John to thank him in person.

Michael's mother-in-law Sandra Black spoke to the Record after visiting him in hospital.

He told her: "I just went for the terrorist. It was basic instinct.

"I flew at him a few times in the face but he wouldn't go down.

"It was like he was on drugs.

"Then he punched me so hard he knocked out my teeth and sent me flying so hard I broke my leg.

"I landed right next to the burning Jeep and I thought it was going to explode.

"But the guy John Smeaton saw me lying there in agony and dragged me to safety.

"I want to thank him for saving my life. He's a hero."

Heating engineer Michael was returning from a sunshine holiday in Menorca with his wife Annette, 35, and their two-year-old twins Sophie and Rachel when Glasgow airport was attacked.

Michael went outside to load the family's luggage into their car moments before the madmen drove their blazing Jeep into the terminal building.

He told Sandra: "At first I thought it was a stolen car but then I saw the guys get out and one doused himself in petrol and went up in flames. flames. The other guy was going for a policeman so I just went for him - it was instinctive.

"There were a few of us. I managed to get a few punches in but he just wouldn't go down."

The bomber hit Michael in the mouth with such force he knocked out his front two teeth.

And Michael broke his leg in two places as he crumpled to the ground.

He went on: "I don't think I was a hero, not at all.

"It all happened very quickly and I just reacted to the situation. Anybody would do the same.

"It was John Smeaton who was the hero for dragging me away from the burning Jeep.

"Him and a woman called Mary who helped pull me away from the burning vehicle saved my life."

Michael was rushed to hospital while police tracked down Annette and the twins.

Sandra, of Glasgow, said: "Annette had no idea what was going on.

"Mind, she was in the terminal building so all she saw was smoke and presumed it was a fire.

"When her and the kids were evacuated she was really worried about Michael but was told by police that he had broken his leg and had been taken to hospital.

"She didn't think in her wildest dreams he had been fighting with terror suspects.

"Annette had to stand out in the rain with the wee ones for a couple of hours before the police got them a taxi to the Southern General."

The damage to Michael's leg was so severe surgeons had to operate that night. He had a pin inserted to help the crushed bones heal.

Sandra, 61, said: "Michael was on a lot of morphine for the pain and will be in plaster for six weeks. It's a lot to take in.

"He will need to have his teeth fixed as well. He lost two teeth - one of them was a crown - so he'll have to see a dentist."

Sandra and her husband Duncan were at a pal's wedding when they were told their son-in-law had been hurt battling the bombing suspects.

She said: "We actually thought Annette and Michael were still in Menorca. We were at a friend's wedding on Saturday and were listening to the speeches when we got an emergency phone call telling us our son-in-law had taken on the terrorists and was in hospital. It was a huge shock."

Michael had been planning to celebrate his 40th birthday on Saturday with Annette, who works for Falkirk District Council as well as running a party planning business.

And the family had planned a special slap-up meal the next day.

Sandra said: "We had to cancel all that. Michael is a quiet, unassuming man.

"He's quite a private person.

"He is embarrassed by all this and doesn't think he's a hero. But we do - we are so proud of his bravery.

"It's horrific to think how it could have ended but he's our hero."

'The other guy was going for one of the policemen so I just went for him - it was just instinctive'

[K T]

BATTLING taxi driver Alex McIlveen faced down the Glasgow Airport terror suspects ... and his courage cost him his favourite pair of trainers and a £30 parking fine.
Dad-of-two Alex punched and kicked the two men after they crashed a Jeep Cherokee loaded with gas canisters into the door of Terminal One.
The 45-year-old booted one of the suspects, whose body was covered in flames, as hard as he could between the legs.
But the man didn't appear to feel the blow, and a police doctor told Alex later that he'd damaged a tendon in his foot.
After the drama, police confiscated Alex's trainers for forensic tests.
And when he went back to the airport to pick up his cab, he was stunned to find that he'd been given a parking ticket.

Alex said: "The police took all the clothes I 'd been wearing so I lost my Nike trainers. They're a good pair too.

"I didn't get out of the police station until late on Saturday night and I found the parking ticket on my cab next day. I couldn't believe it."

Alex, of Glasgow, was one of several hero Scots who took on the men who targeted the airport on Saturday afternoon.

He punched and kicked the passenger from the Jeep, believed to be Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdulla.

Then he went after the driver of the vehicle, even though the heavily-built man was in flames after apparently turning himself into a human torch.

Alex was dropping off a fare at the airport when the attack began.

He said: "I noticed a 4x4 sitting in the middle of the road. Then, as my passenger was paying and getting out, the Jeep rammed into the airport entrance right next to us.

"I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

"The guy in the passenger seat was wearing a white T-shirt. He got out carrying what looked like a petrol bomb and seconds later the Jeep was in flames.

"Then he kicked and punched a man to the ground before punching a policeman square in the face. That's when I saw red. That sort of thing just isn't on.

"I told my passenger to run for her life, then I went for the man in the T-shirt and managed to skelp him in the face. I followed it up by booting him twice.

"By that time some other people had joined in and it seemed like the T-shirt guy was trying to get back into the Jeep.

"Then the driver got out of the car. He was already in flames. It was obvious he was the real psycho of the pair.

"Someone was hosing him down but the flames seemed to jump up again just as it looked like they had gone out.

"It was obvious the driver wanted into the boot of the Jeep for something and I was worried about what it was. I thought it must be a gun.

"He was going crazy, just lashing out at everyone and babbling p*sh in a foreign language the whole time.

"I've heard people say since that he was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of c**p to me.

"I ran for the guy and punched him twice in the face with pretty good right hooks.

"Then I kicked him with full force right in the balls but he didn't go down. He just kept on babbling his rubbish.

"I couldn't believe that he was still standing. I know I would have been floored by that kind of kick."

Alex continued to take on the man, who was lashing out with his fists. He recalled: "He was a big guy and I'm not really a fighter, but his punches were wild and I managed to dodge them and make some good strikes myself.

"Luckily, more people joined in and we managed to beat the guy down. The police apparently caught the other man.

"I don't think the policeman I saw at the scene drew his baton during the whole thing. He should have given it to me - I'd have leathered those guys with it."

Alex added: "After the two guys were restrained, my memory gets a bit blurred. I think I got hit with some of the CS spray the police were firing at them.

"The next thing I knew I was waiting in a room at the airport for an ambulance with another member of the public. He'd been badly beaten by the guy in the T-shirt and he had a broken leg.

"But the paramedics still treated the burned guy first. He was being held by police in the next room ."

Alex spent hours at a Paisley police station telling detectives everything he could remember about the fight.

He said: "It was only after getting there that I really began to think about what had happened. I started shaking like a leaf.

"A police doctor looked me over and said I had damaged a tendon in my foot as a result of the kick I gave the second guy.

"I've got a few pains in my back as well but apart from that I'm unscathed.

"I didn't get out of the police station until late on Saturday night.

"An officer eventually took me home but the police insisted on taking away all the clothes I had been wearing."

Next day, Alex returned to the airport to pick up his red Skoda Octavia.

He said: "I couldn't believe it when I discovered a £30 parking ticket on my cab. Considering I got it while trying to save hundreds of people, I would hope it will be cancelled."

Alex's wife Lynn, 40, said: "He risked his life because he thought people were in danger. He is an absolute hero.

"If he hadn't been there, who knows what would have happened."

Lynn, a catering assistant, added: "The first I knew about what had happened was when I phoned Alex to find out why he was late to pick me up.

"I'd been shopping and he was supposed to meet me, but when I called his mobile he said he was at the police station."

[rab_c.]

Information from a well known source states traffic wardens were busy putting illegal parking tickets on motors at glasgow airport on saturday whilst the owners were assisting the police to fight terrorism

wonder if they issued a ticket to the terrorists from the blazing jeep that caused all the problem in the first place:blink:

An Airport under attack by terrorists and these guys were more interested in issuing parking tickets to the likes of taxi driver Alex McIlveen who was issued a £30 fine for his trouble in assisting the police and a damaged tendon in his foot to the bargain. hope he recovers very soon to boot the warden who issued the ticket in the first place a nice boot up his crown jewels also another boot up where the sun never shines:blush:

rab_c.