SUV rams into Glasgow terminal

8220;One has to conclude8230;these are linked,8221; said Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, former head of Britain8217;s joint intelligence committee.

Britain8217;s Prime Minister Gordon Brown who took office only Wednesday, was being briefed on developments, Downing Street said.

In Glasgow, the green SUV barrelled toward the building in the afternoon, hitting security barriers before crashing into the glass doors and exploding, wi tnesses said.

8220;The car went speeding past at about 30 mph,8221; said witness Scott Leeson. 8220;Then the driver swerved the car so he could ram straight into the door. He must have been trying to smash straight through.8221;

Leeson said the bollards8212;security posts outside the entrance8212;stopped the driver from barrelling into the bustling terminal. 8220;If he8217;d got through, he8217;d have killed hundreds,8221; he said.

Witnesses said two men jumped out of the burning vehicle, one of them engulfed in flames. A BBC executive who was present there, described the men as South Asian.

Another witness, Stephen Clarkson, said about the man engulfed in fire: 8220;His whole body was on fire8230;He was just talking gibberish,8221; he said. Clarkson added that he was a large South Asian man.