DAR AL HARB - U.K.: 'MODERATE' MOSLEMS PREDICT BOMBING OF LONDON, HOURS BEFORE "CAR BOMB" FOUND OUTSIDE OF NIGHTCLUB...

Islamic website predicted London bomb hours before attack on nightclub

An Islamic fanatic predicted a terror blast in London - hours before today's thwarted bomb attack on a West End nightclub.

The chilling message, posted on a jihadist internet forum, warned: "Today, I say, Rejoice, by Allah,London shall be bombed."

Meanwhile, an international manhunt was launched tonight to find the gang - believed to be linked to al Qaeda - that came within moments of blowing up hundreds of revellers in a London nightclub.

As the capital remained on high alert, fresh details emerged of the "massive" car bomb - primed with petrol, gas canisters and nails - discovered by police in the heart of the West End. It was reported tonight that the bomb was to have been triggered by a mobile phone.

Park Lane, on Hyde Park's eastern edge, is closed tonight from Marble Arch to Hyde Park corner, with a 200-metre cordon around a suspicious vehicle in an underground car park.

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Two Bombs Were Set To Blow In London

Police have confirmed that not one, but two massive car bombs were set to explode in the heart of London's West End.

The first, in Haymarket, was packed with petrol, gas cannisters and nails and was defused after police were alerted by an ambulance crew called to an incident at a nearby nightclub.

The second was in a car that was illegally parked nearby and towed to the Park Lane car pound.

Staff there alerted police because "it smelled of gas."

That device has also been made safe and been taken away for examination.

In a news conference Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke said the second car was in Cockspur Street that runs between Haymarket and Trafalgar Square.

It was issued with a parking ticket before being towed to the Park Lane cafr pound where staff alerted police because it smelled of gas.

DAC Clarke said: "The vehicle was found to contain very similar materials to the first vehicle.

"Ther was a considerable amount of fuel, gas cannisters and a quantity of nails.

"This device, like the first was viable and was made safe by officers.

"The discovery of a second bomb is obviously troubling and reinforces the need for the public to remain vigilant."

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