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July 15, 2005

Terrorism

The ‘Chemist’ Arrested

by Edward Hugh

Police in Cairo may well have arrested Magdi el Nashar the chemistry PhD who is being sought by police in connection with the London bombings.
“Security forces in Egypt have arrested a man suspected of helping to make the bombs that killed 54 people in London last week. Scotland Yard has confirmed the arrest, saying that [...]

Terrorism

Out Of Tragedy Comes Hope?

by Edward Hugh

On August 11, 1965 citizens of the United States woke up to news of an incident which, one way or another, changed fundamentally recent American history: the traffic arrest which lead to the Watts riots. The nature and context of the London Bombing may be different, but its impact on a nation may not be. [...]

Terrorism

The Explosives

by Edward Hugh

The Times has just posted the following:

“Police believe that explosives used in the London bomb attacks may have been homemade and of a type that has been a hallmark of al-Qaeda operations, as the death toll from the July 7 atrocity rose to 54.
Forensic detectives believe that a flat in Leeds was used as a [...]

Terrorism

Blowing The Mole?

by Edward Hugh

This doesn’t look like it’s going to be a good week for GWB, with the Valerie Plame affair far from resolved, some blog attention is now moving back to the issues raised at the time of the arrest of Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan (any connection with Mohammed Barbar?) in the Pakistan more or less [...]

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July 14, 2005

Terrorism

Suspects Update

by Edward Hugh

Well the Times seems to have the main scoop today. As suggested in my post on suicide bombers yesterday, it is important that they have been identified, but much of the ‘upstream work’ may not be so immediately productive. Police do seem to have a lead from the CCTV images at Luton in that [...]

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July 13, 2005

Terrorism

Suicide Bombers

by Edward Hugh

Well a consensus seems to have been reached that some at least of the bombers were ’suicides’ (the probability seems to be that they all were). So what do we know about suicide bombing? Well reading around I came across this document from the Rand Corporation which contains a chapter from terrorism specialist Bruce Hoffman [...]

Terrorism

Italy Remains On Red Alert

by Edward Hugh

The danger that Italy could be the next country to be attacked is certainly being taken very seriously there. Corriera della Sera leads with “Blitz antiterrorismo in tutta Italia” (which I imagine I don’t need to translate). For english language readers AFP are carrying this story:
Italian police were carrying out a country-wide anti-terrorism operation early [...]

July 12, 2005

Terrorism

There’s been an arrest

by David Weman

AFP
The investigation quite early led us to have concerns about the movement and activities of four men, three of whom came from the West Yorkshire area,” said the head of the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorist squad, Peter Clarke.
“We are trying to establish their movements in the run-up to last week’s attack and specifically to establish whether [...]

Terrorism

More Details Emerge

by Edward Hugh

Sky continue to maintain their original claim that there were four bombers, and that they are all dead. This has not had direct police confirmation. But sky do provide a lot more details. One of the most important of these is that images of the four were captured by CCTV cameras at [...]

Terrorism

Developments Update

by Edward Hugh

Sky is now reporting that all four bombers who attacked trains and a bus in London on Thursday died in the attacks, and that all four were British citizens. (This also implies that we now know there were 4 of them).
The Times has this in its article:
And a 21-year-old local man, speaking at the scene [...]

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