Posted on 09/11/2005 10:12:22 AM PDT by FairOpinion
British intelligence officials in Iraq are questioning an Al-Qaeda operative after information relating to the July 7 London bombings was allegedly found on his computer drive. According to media reports on Sunday, the man, who has not been named, was captured by US forces last month. He is understood to have had a portable computer drive on him that showed "knowledge" of the attacks that killed 52 people.
Colonel Robert Brown, Commander of 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Mosul, told a reporter in Iraq about the arrest, but refused to discuss the specific nature of the information, The Observer on Sunday reported.
However, a spokesman for US forces in Iraq confirmed that the information on the drive "related to the London bombings and showed knowledge."
Lieutenant-Colonel Steven Boylan said both British and US intelligence are questioning the individual. Boylan said he was not yet in a position to confirm if the information on the computer amounted to plans for the intended attack drawn up prior to the bombing.
If it does emerge that the Al-Qaeda operative in Iraq had detailed plans of the tube bombings, it could provide an important breakthrough in the probe and provide more evidence of a direct link between the attacks and Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Last week, Arab satellite television channel Al-Jazeera broadcasted a video of Mohammed Sidique Khan, the ringleader of July 7 attacks, justifying the atrocities and praising Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda's second-in-command Ayaman al-Zawahiri. The video was interspliced with claims by Zawahiri that Al-Qaeda was responsible for the bombings.
But, but....but there's NEVER been any Connections found between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeida. </sarc on>
No connection here; nothing to see, just move along.
Big Ol' Bump.
BTTT
Bad news for Tony Blair if this is confirmed, he's been putting himself out to deny any link between Iraq and the London attacks.
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