The head of the Met's Anti-Terrorist Branch, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, said the technology used in the Mercedes bomb was the same as that used by insurgents in Iraq.
He said: "The police were called and Metropolitan Police explosives officers went to the scene and examined the car. In the car they found significant quantities of petrol together with a number of gas cylinders.
"It is appropriate for me to pay tribute to the courage and skill of the explosives officers who manually disabled the device."
Scotland Yard said extra police patrols were taking place across London as a result.
A spokesman said: "This is to provide a visible reassurance and is not in response to any specific threat."
Zarqawis network has gone active...
Except for the commonly-used "tech" of a cell phone as a remote detonator, I think this is just flat out untrue. IED's in Iraq are ~not~ bottles of gasoline, they're mostly leftover artillery shells and mines. There's just very little in common at all.
And designed and taught in Afghanistan previously and now in Iran...
I wonder if gas cylinders can really make a powerful bomb or if it would be more of an incendiary device.