Saturday, August 13, 2005

london bombing myths

The Independent writes a piece called "London bombings: the truth emerges"
"The suicide cell that killed 52 people on 7 July is not linked to those alleged to be behind the second London attacks on 21 July, according to the initial findings of the biggest anti-terrorist investigation held in Britain." [snip]

"A police source said: "All the talk about 'Mr Bigs' and al-Qa'ida masterminds looks like something from a film script at the moment. Of course, things could change if new intelligence comes through, but it looks increasingly as if these people were largely working on their own. It is not something we expected."" [snip]

"Meanwhile, an Egyptian chemist from Leeds who admits knowing two of the four-man suicide team - and left Britain a week before the attack - is still being investigated as a possible bomb-maker. The police are waiting for the results of forensic tests to discover whether his fingerprints or DNA was among the explosives and equipment found in a Leeds bomb-making factory and in a hire car used by one of the terrorists."
the leeds rental car was hired on july6 - so they must be talking about the other car. im not sure when it was hired.
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"(Khan,) The 30-year-old teaching assistant who, like Tanweer, spent three months in Pakistan before returning to Britain in February this year, may have been instructed in bomb-making techniques at a foreign camp. Alternatively it is thought that he could have been assisted in Britain or obtained information from the internet."
apparently someone learnt to make some sort of bombs, somewhere, somehow.
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"One of the remaining mysteries of the July 7 bombings is the link between Lindsay and the other three attackers. Lindsay hailed from Huddersfield, 20 miles away and, unlike Tanweer and Khan, he was not known to Hussain's family. Yet Lindsay's telephone number was stored in Hussain's mobile."
did we find an unexploded cell phone all of a sudden? thats news.
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The Independent also has a piece called "Myths about the bombings" which doesnt tell us much, and they've left out a remarkable bunch of myths.

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