Posted on 07/01/2007 1:49:16 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - British officials intensified the hunt Sunday for what they called an al-Qaida-linked network behind three attempted terrorist attacks, announcing a fifth arrest and conducting pinpoint raids across a country on its highest level of alert.
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No detail at all...
Quick, are those who have been arrested Buddist Monks, Japanese school girls, Swedish septagenarians, Flameco dancers from Spain, American grandmothers from Omaha, the Inuit from Alaska or are they perhaps Muslim males between the ages of 15 and 50?
If they told you that, they’d be racist.
UK-wide hunt for al-Qaeda cell
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As night fell, armed police began stopping vehicles entering airports throughout the UK after warnings were circulated that a nationwide terror cell is preparing more attacks. Liverpool John Lennon airport was closed at 8.30pm while police investigated a suspect vehicle. Glasgow airport too remained closed.
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The Prime Minister's new terrorism adviser, Lord Stevens, said last night: 'Make no mistake, this weekend's bomb attacks signal a major escalation by Islamic terrorists.' Meanwhile in London, a massive investigation into what could have been Britain's most deadly terror attack widened last night. Police and intelligence sources told The Observer that they were now investigating the existence of an Islamic terror cell in the capital. One major branch of the inquiry is tracking down a number of terror suspects who have slipped their control orders, a development that raises fresh questions over their effectiveness.
One man being sought is Lamine Adam, 26, who, in evidence at the recent Crevice terror trial that saw five jailed for plotting fertiliser bomb attacks in the UK, allegedly boasted of targeting nightclubs. One of the Mercedes cars involved in the attack was left outside the busy Tiger Tiger nightclub in Haymarket, in the centre of the West End. The other Mercedes was found in a nearby street.
Other men urgently wanted by police are his brother Ibrahim, 20, and Cerie Bullivant, 24, who have also evaded control orders. The government's independent reviewer of anti-terror legislation, Lord Carlile, has said that there is 'solid evidence' that the trio had wanted to join insurgents abroad and attack British troops serving in Iraq. Security sources said it remains 'possible' that the men were involved in the attempt to bring carnage to London.
see above!
Oh, I get it...that’s a trick question, right? Of course it’s the granny from Omaha. I mean we are morally wrong in profiling, and the airport screeners are always checking the grannies in wheel chairs, so of course it can’t be the 15 - 55 year old Middle eastern men. Man, are you dumb.
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Anti-terror police swooped on what is thought to be the home of a hospital doctor as part of the investigation into the failed car bombings in London and Glasgow.
A police cordon and tent were in place at the detached property in a suburban cul-de-sac in north Staffordshire.
The Metropolitan Police would neither confirm nor deny that the search was linked to arrests of a man and woman on the M6 in Cheshire yesterday.
Officers arrived at the house in Sunningdale Grove, Chesterton, last night, said residents. The house, they said, was rented by a doctor thought to be married with one young child.
Sunningdale Grove is a cul-de-sac of around 20 houses situated off the A34 on the northern outskirts of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "We are not prepared to say whether the search in Newcastle-under-Lyme has a direct connection to the arrests made on the M6, however the search and the arrests are part of an ongoing investigation into the attacks in London and Glasgow."
The search was a joint operation carried out by officers from the Metropolitan Police, Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit and Staffordshire Police
lol
CNN is reporting that the people in custody all are doctors in the UK
Adam
Lamine ADAM is subject to a Control Order issued under Section 2 Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005. He has not been seen since 21/05/2007 when he and two other associates including his brother Ibrahim ADAM and Cerie BULLIVANT failed to comply with the reporting conditions. He has absconded from his home address and has not been seen since. This subject resides in East London but may have travelled outside London or abroad.
Their names will be Mudd.
“American grandmothers from Omaha”
It must be that one.
I’m always curious when they use the term “Asians” to describe Middle Eastern types and why they do this in the UK.
We are not talking about Mr. Yang types who run Chinese retaurants in a strip mall.
Doctor’s?...OK...see post #9....
Not from the poverty stricken....?
Yeah, it appears they were all foreign doctors.
Shocking stuff.
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