Read more London park stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3768/london-park.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 23:40:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3684/al-qaeda-behind-bomb-attempt.htmlDustin Lushing<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=9603&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034359' border='0' />Al-Qaeda or al-Qaeda-spawned extremists orchestrated the failed bombing attempt in central London today, British authorities say. The car bomb found near a London nightclub resembled improvised explosives used in Iraq, and the Guardian reports al-Qaeda has long nurtured plans to attack nightclubs in the west.A Police officer speaks to a commuter outside Piccadilly Circus underground train station, London, Friday June 29, 2007. after a suspected car bomb was defused in the early hours Friday morning. Police thwarted an apparent terror attack Friday defusing an explosive car loaded with gasoline, gas canisters, nails and a detonator after an ambulance crew spotted smoke coming from the vehicle. The explosives found in Piccadilly Circus were powerful enough to have caused "significant injury or loss of life" possibly killing hundreds, British anti-terror police chief Peter Clarke said. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson)http://www.newser.com/story/3684/al-qaeda-behind-bomb-attempt.htmlFri, 29 Jun 2007 13:54:33 CDT