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Failed London Multi-Car Bombing Does Appear Al Qaeda-Linked

They obviously bungled it pretty soundly, but this plot seems to have been the real deal, in terms of ambition and pedigree.  The connection to Dhiren Barot alone confers instant jihadi-cred.

Barot's known associate who's thought to have been involved in today's martyrdom-interrupted isn't yet in custody, but we have London's famous superfluity of security cameras to thank for the "crystal clear" picture of the would-be bomber that enabled the bobbies to ID him.

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Failed London Multi-Car Bombing Does Appear Al Qaeda-Linked

They obviously bungled it pretty soundly, but this plot seems to have been the real deal, in terms of ambition and pedigree.  The connection to Dhiren Barot alone confers instant jihadi-cred.

Barot's known associate who's thought to have been involved in today's martyrdom-interrupted isn't yet in custody, but we have London's famous superfluity of security cameras to thank for the "crystal clear" picture of the would-be bomber that enabled the bobbies to ID him.