Train/bus Bombers Were British !

[bambob]

latest news is that the bombers were suicide bombers of english origins !

[chonabot]

Of little surprise , I doubt that their families spanned many generations within the UK though.

[bambob]

'4 bombers died' in blasts

12 July 2005

Four bombers died in the London terror attacks, it was reported today.

• Bus bomber 'breakthrough' sparked raids

• How the raids unfolded

Police refused to confirmed the report on Sky News but sources said that the identification of at least one of the dead bombers led detectives to addresses in Leeds where raids were carried out today.

It now appears the blasts which killed at least 52 people were the work of suicide bombers.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair described today's operation in the Leeds area as "significant".

It is thought that a number of people were detained during the operation.

Armed officers and Army bomb disposal experts took part in the raids on six properties in the Leeds area, which began around 6.30am today.

Material was seized during the raids and has been taken away for further examination.

At least one controlled explosion was carried out ahead of a raid on one of the properties, where police on the ground said they were searching for explosives.

Sir Ian said the operation was intelligence-based and was "directly connected" to last week's blasts, which killed at least 52 people.

Detectives were expected to release more details about the operation later today.

In Yorkshire, houses around the properties being searched were evacuated as a precaution and at one point armed police officers took up positions outside one of the properties in the Burley district, near the Leeds Grand Mosque, where a controlled explosion was carried out before the search.

Two houses in the nearby town of Dewsbury were also searched.

Sources claimed that police had been led to the Yorkshire addresses after identifying the body of at least one bomber thought to have been responsible for the bus blast in Tavistock Square.

Scotland Yard refused to confirm the claims.

However, reports have previously quoted an eye-witness on the bus who said he saw an "agitated" olive-skinned man rummaging in a rucksack.

And at the weekend police refused to comment on suggestions that one of the suspected bombers had been rushed to hospital with horrific injuries.

The Yorkshire raids, which began at 6.30am, marked the biggest development in the investigation so far and began a flurry of police activity.

By mid morning police had cordoned off a semi-detached house in Colwyn Road in the Beeston area of Leeds, and a terrace house in Stratford Street, around two minutes walk away.

Local residents said one of the people living at 51 Colwyn Road was 22-year-old Shahzad Tanweer. Some people said Mr Tanweer had not been seen for a number of days.

But his friend, Mohammed Answar, 19, said there was no way he could have been involved in the London atrocities.

"It's impossible. It's not in his nature to do something like this," he said. "He's is the type of guy who would condemn things like that.

"My heart is with the guy wherever he is."

Mr Answar said his friend had lived in the Beeston area all his life and had recently completed a sports science degree, but he would not say where. He said they played cricket together only last week.

Mr Answar said: "A lot of people know him. We're all brothers.

"We all look after each other as brothers."

Another friend Azzy Mohammed, 21, said of Mr Tanweer: "He's the kind of person who gets along with anyone.

"His sense of humour is very good. He's a sweet lad."

Mr Mohammed said his friend was a good Muslim with no connection to any form of radical or extreme group.

Police have been examining the theory that those responsible for Thursday's attacks could have been "away day" bombers, who arrived in the capital to plant the devices and then fled.

It has also been suggested that the bombers could have met at King's Cross station as all three Tube trains which were hit had passed through there on the morning of the blasts.

The bus which was ripped apart by an explosion 57 minutes after the Tube bombs detonated had also come from that direction.

Trains from Leeds to London arrive at King's Cross station.

Police have so far refused to discuss reports that they have made a number of arrests.

However, a 21-year-old local man, speaking at the scene near Colwyn Road, claimed a group of his friends who are all young British-born Pakistani men in their early twenties had been arrested.

The man, who did not wish to give his name, said: "They're all normal lads, very, very top lads they are. Police are just doing this for no reason. They don't know what they are doing at the end of the day. This is a load of nonsense."

The operation, the first linked directly to the bombings, was announced shortly after 9am by Scotland Yard.

Sir Ian said: "There have been a series of searches carried out in Yorkshire.

"Those searches are still going on. There's very little else I can say at the moment, but this activity is directly connected to the outrages on Thursday."

Hours after the Leeds raids, police evacuated Luton railway station and car park as they recovered a vehicle they believe may be linked to the terrorist attacks in London last week.

A 100 yard cordon was placed around the station in a major operation by Bedfordshire Police in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police and British Transport Police.

The station was closed at 2.45pm on the grounds of public safety so that the car could be recovered.

A police spokesman said: "Police believe the vehicle may be connected to the terrorist attacks in London."

The final death toll from last Thursday's attacks on the No 30 bus and three Tube trains is expected to rise above 52, with police assigning family liaison officers to more than 70 families.

Scotland Yard has launched its biggest manhunt yet to catch those responsible for Thursday's bombings.

Hundreds of extra officers have been drafted in to assist the inquiry, which is being led by the Met's Anti-Terrorist branch.

More than 1,700 people have called the anti-terrorist hotline since the attack, some providing specific information which police hope will lead to a breakthrough.

The largest-ever trawl of CCTV footage is also under way, with officers poring over hundreds of hours of tape in the hope that one of the bombers has been caught on camera.

In an interview with BBC London this morning, Sir Ian said it was "likely" there would be another attack but insisted the terrorist threat could be defeated.

"Another attack is likely, there's no doubt about that. But when - who knows?" he said.

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[The_Moog]

That is exactly why we should intern all Arabs..No choice but the camps for all Arabs

I thought they were Yorkshireman - like Foggy, Compo and Clegg.

'ee bah gum.

[chonabot]

Ummm they weren't Arabs............Pakistan is a tad further South East.

Did you go to Oxford or Cambridge Uni ?

[Nam Kao]

They may have been British, but they were following the Quran's instructions

"KILL THE INFIDELS"

[bkkmadness]

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Fool.

Edited July 13, 2005 by mattnich

[Simpleton]

They may have been British, but they were following the Quran's instructions

  "KILL THE INFIDELS"

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It says that in the Koran, does it?

[baht&sold]

That is exactly why we should intern  all Arabs..No choice but the camps for all Arabs

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What tha??? If you were interned in a camp, with people whom share your view,

you'd likely pick each other off, one by one

Anyways... fanatical cowards have no country and no beliefs.

Doesn't matter where they were born.

bet this topic has a short shelf life... (hopefully)

[bkkmadness]

RDN here now, think thats an end to it.

edit - ah, maybe not, hes gone already, he must've be the scout party

Edited July 12, 2005 by bkkmadness

[baht&sold]

RDN here now, think thats an end to it.

edit - ah, maybe not, hes gone already, he must've be the scout party  

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SECONDED! rdn ?

Edited July 12, 2005 by bahtandsold

[bambob]

it opens up a can of worms for all crackpot wannabee islamic copycat bombers who want the 21 virgins !

[tso310]

those blokettes whom killed people were ARABS.............Towel Heads, Rag Heads, and Rabs

Well using that Geographic logic then all Thais must be really Vietnamese and I'm must be from France. Zoot alors.

[george]

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