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| Britain to indict most of London suspects |
| 2006-08-21 |
| British police, investigating an alleged plot to blow up US-bound airliners, are optimistic they will be able to charge most of the 23 suspects in custody, reports said on Sunday. The newspaper reports come after the British Broadcasting Corp said that detectives have recovered “martyrdom videos” as well as a suitcase containing components needed to make a bomb. Senior police and government officials told The Sunday Times that more than half of the 23 suspects held over the alleged plot to blow up the trans-Atlantic airliners are expected to be charged with terrorist offences. Most of the 23 can be held until Wednesday before police have to ask a judge to further extend their detention, police say. Under Britain’s anti-terror laws, police can hold them up to 28 days before charging or releasing them. Two people arrested by the police have already been released. The Sunday Times said that police are building a strong case after having uncovered bomb-making equipment, chemicals, a large sum of cash, at least one gun and “significant” documents. The BBC, quoting unofficial police sources, reported that detectives found at least half a dozen “martyrdom videos” on laptops apparently recorded by some of the suspects as they prepared for suicide attacks. London’s Metropolitan Police declined to comment on the report. The BBC has also reported that police had found a suitcase containing components needed to make an explosive device in High Wycombe, northwest of London. A police spokeswoman told AFP late on Saturday that investigators are still searching 12 locations. Since announcing the foiled plot, they have obtained more than 50 search warrants. Senior sources quoted by The Sunday Times claim that the first batch of suspects will be charged with terrorism offences within the next 10 days. Additional: LONDON (AP) -- Eleven people were charged Monday with conspiracy to commit murder in the alleged plot to blow up as many as 10 trans-Atlantic jetliners, prosecutors said Monday. One person, a woman, was released without charge. The investigation discovered bomb-making equipment, including chemicals and electrical components, along with the existence of martyrdom videos on the computers belonging to those in custody, said Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke. He didn't say if those in custody had made the videos. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Police statement http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-13539007,00.html There have been 69 searches. These have been in houses, flats and business premises, vehicles and open spaces. As well as the bomb making equipment, we have found more than 400 computers, 200 mobile telephones and 8,000 items of removable storage media such as memory sticks, CDs and DVDs. So far, from the computers alone, we have removed some 6,000 gigabytes of data. |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2006-08-21 14:01 |
| #5 11 Of 23 London Terror Plot Suspects Charged (AP) LONDON British investigators say that 11 of the 23 suspects being held in the foiled plot to blow up as many as 10 trans-Atlantic flights have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, a British TV network reported Monday. Police refused to comment on the Sky television report, which could not be immediately verified. A news conference was scheduled for later in the day. Earlier, lawyers for a female suspect detained in the alleged plot asked a British court for a hearing to review the order keeping her in custody. Police have held the woman, identified only as "Detainee J," since Aug. 10. Lawyers representing the woman went to High Court to ask for the hearing to force judges to reveal the reasons for her continued detention. "Detainee J" has already had her time in custody extended once. "My client seeks full reasons for the continued decision to extend the warrants in this case," her lawyer, Saghir Hussain, said in a statement outside the courthouse. London's Metropolitan Police said it could not confirm if officers would make any application to continue to detain the two suspects due to be released Monday under the current deadlines. On Wednesday, detention orders for another 21 people are due to expire, and police will either have to release or charge them, or ask a judge for an extension. Police investigating the alleged plot have gathered "substantial material" as evidence, Home Secretary John Reid said. He indicated some individuals could be charged with criminal offenses in the next few days as a result of the inquiry, but refused to disclose specific details, in keeping with the tightlipped nature of the operation. In Pakistan, law enforcement authorities are continuing to interrogate Rashid Rauf, a Briton of Pakistani descent, over his alleged key role in the plot, officials said. Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao said British police were conducting inquiries in Pakistan, but were not involved in questioning Rauf. |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-08-21 11:33 |
| #4 And the UK politicos better lose their false naivety 'cos the public at large have the muslims well worked out and aint happy at all.. |
| Posted by: Londonistani 2006-08-21 07:54 |
| #3 And so, what is the reaction of the UK Muslim community....... Do they get angry at these horrible men? No. Do they take to the streets shouting "NOT IN OUR NAME" to take back their religion that is being hijacked by these radicals? No. Do they engage in open, candid debate about the shortcomings of their culture and of their faith? No. Do they look at other "oppressed" cultures and question why their's is the only one that resorts to such disgusting tactics? No. Do they deny these men did anything wrong? Yes. And even while denying the men did anything wrong, do they also say that the West drove them to do it? Yes. Do they implicitly threaten the government by basically saying "If you don't change your foreign policy, we'll do more of this?" Yup. The reaction of the Muslim community is a testament to how bankrupt their culture is. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2006-08-21 07:09 |
| #2 OK, flyover, you're silly. They were just Yeah - that's the ticket.... /moonbat |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-08-21 03:23 |
| #1 Call me silly, but I would tend to think of a matrydom video as rather incriminating. |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-08-21 00:48 |