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on Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:55:15 PM
Breaking News, ladies and gentlemen, from CNN. It seems that London authorities have arrested three men in conection with the London bombings on 7/7. The news comes courtesy of Captain Ed:
Three men have been arrested in connection with the July 7, 2005, bomb attacks on the London transport network, British police said in a statement.
Two men, aged 23 and 30, were held at Manchester airport in northern England shortly before 1 p.m. GMT on Thursday as they were due to catch a flight to Pakistan, New Scotland Yard said.
A third man, aged 26, was arrested hours later at a house in the nearby city of Leeds. Police were searching five addresses in the Leeds area as well as a flat and business premises in east London, the statement said.
"The three men were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000," it read.
The three were being taken to custody at a central London police station where counter-terrorism officers were waiting to interview them.
Fifty-two people -- as well as the four bombers -- died and more than 700 were injured in the 2005 bombings aboard three London Underground trains and a bus during morning rush hour.
Three of the bombers -- Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, and Hasib Hussain, 18 -- came from the Tipton area of Leeds. The fourth, Jamaican-born Jermaine Lindsay, 19, was raised in southern England.
"We are determined to follow the evidence wherever it takes us to identify any other person who may have been involved, in any way, in the terrorist attacks," the police said.
Chief Superintendent Mark Millsom of West Yorkshire Police said described operations surrounding the arrests and searches as "low key."
"We haven't involved any armed officers, we haven't had to close off any streets," he said in a television interview.
Only one other person has been detained previously in investigations into the London bombings, but he was released.
This is good news coming out of London. With a little hope, and some worthwhile praying, they will locate the others in connection with this heinous attack. Of course, Captain Ed asks why they were heading back to Pakistan, and he gives a prety good answer. Maybe they were heading back in preparation for another attack. If so, then this is a coup for Scotland Yard, and England's anti-terror efforts. Fifty-two people died in the 7/7 atacks, hardly the sort of body count that our enemy likes to see. 9/11 was more their cup of tea, no pun intended.
And is it any wonder that their destination was Pakistan given the earlier mistake and current deal struck by Musharraf with the Taliban. Pakistan is slowly becoming a new safe haven for the jihadis. We would honestly not be surprised to learn that these three men were connected to al-Qaeda or the Taliban, and the arrests likely came just as these guys were about to slip through the fingers of the London authorities.
Again, this was a great move by England. They nabed the guys that helped carry out the bombings and very well may have prevented another attack in making the arrests.
Marcie