London Bomb Scare

A police forensics officer examines a car carrying a bomb in Haymarket on Friday, June 29, 2007, in London's bustling nightclub and theater district. Police were notified shortly after midnight that a car was parked suspiciously and said the vehicle contained a "potentially viable explosive device." Police defused a bomb that could have killed hundreds, authorities said.

A police forensics officer removes evidence from a car carrying a bomb in Haymarket on Friday, June 29, 2007, in London. Police were notified shortly after midnight of a suspiciously parked vehicle and said the vehicle contained a "potentially viable explosive device." An ambulance had crew spotted smoke coming from a Mercedes later found to be filled with a lethal mix of gasoline, propane and nails.

British police forensics officers examine the scene where a car in with a "potentially viable explosive device" was discovered in Haymarket, in central London, Friday, June 29, 2007. Scotland Yard said they were called to The Haymarket, near the Piccadilly Circus landmark and the British capital's main theater district, just before 2:00 a.m. after reports that a car was parked suspiciously.

A police forensics officer examines a car containing a "potentially viable explosive device" in Haymarket in central London, Friday, June 29, 2007.

British police officers examine the scene in Haymarket in central London, Friday, June 29, 2007, where a car, back right, containing what police said was a "potentially viable explosive device" was discovered in the early hours of Friday. Scotland Yard said they were called to The Haymarket, near the Piccadilly Circus landmark just before 2:00 a.m. after reports that a car was parked suspiciously.

Police forensics officers load a car which police said contained a "potentially viable explosive device" onto a flatbed truck for towing in Haymarket in central London, Friday, June 29, 2007.

A car is loaded onto a removal truck on Haymarket Street, near Piccadilly, which contained a car bomb Friday, June 29, 2007. British police defused the bomb found in the parked car in central London on Friday, and the new government called an emergency meeting of senior security chiefs to investigate what many feared could have been a planned terror attack in the capital.

British police officers gather in Haymarket in central London, Friday, June 29, 2007, near where a car containing a "potentially viable explosive device" was discovered Friday. Scotland Yard said they were called to The Haymarket, near the Piccadilly Circus landmark and the main theater district, after reports that a car was parked suspiciously.

British police officers stand guard at Piccadilly Circus Underground Station in London, Friday, June 29, 2007, after police discovered a car containing a "potentially viable explosive device" in nearby Haymarket.

British police gather in Haymarket in central London, Friday, June 29, 2007, near where a car containing a "potentially viable explosive device" was discovered Friday.

A British policeman cordons off Piccadilly Circus near Haymarket in central London, Friday, June 29, 2007, after a car bomb containing gas cylinders, gasoline and nails was defused in London's entertainment district. New Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned the alert was a fresh warning of the threat faced by Britain, which soon marks the second anniversary of suicide attacks which killed 52 people.

A police officer uses a sniffer dog to check for explosives on a car on Temple Avenue after a suspect vehicle was discovered on nearby Bouverie Street on Friday, June 29, 2007, in London.

Police cordon off Park Lane following a bomb alert, the second one of the day, on Friday, June 29, 2007, in London. The surrounding area was cleared following the discovery of a "suspect vehicle."

British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Admiral Sir Alan West address the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, June 29, 2007, after attending a Cabinet meeting. British police on Friday defused a car bomb of gas cylinders, gas and nails in London's entertainment district, sparking a security services probe into possible international links, including in Iraq.

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