Police say international elements were involved in the plot. 
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A car packed with explosives was discovered today in London before it could explode near a packed nightclub of 1700 partygoers on “Ladies Night.”
The BBC reported:
A car bomb planted in central London would have caused “carnage” if it had exploded, police sources have said. A controlled explosion was carried out on the car, packed with 60 litres of petrol, gas cylinders and nails, in Haymarket, near Piccadilly Circus.
An ambulance crew saw smoke coming from the green metallic Mercedes, near the Tiger Tiger nightclub at 0130 BST.
“International elements” are believed to be involved, Whitehall sources told the BBC.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, head of Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command, said: “It is obvious that if the device had detonated there could have been serious injury or loss of life.”
The ambulance had been called to the nightclub – where up to 1,700 people were inside – when they spotted smoke, now believed to be vapour, inside the car.
HotAir has more on the terror attempt.
JunkYardBlog– “These things happen.”
Police are looking at a possible Iraq connection to the bomb plot.
Update: A second car bomb was found in another Mercedes in London.
Sugiero has more on the Al Qaeda connection.
