Posted on 10/25/2005 5:55:10 PM PDT by markedmannerf
THE alleged ringleader of the July 7 London bombers was tracked by intelligence services last year, the BBC reported today. Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, was secretly filmed and recorded speaking to a British-based terror suspect, a source told the British Broadcasting Corporation.
The investigation suggested that he was in contact with activists from Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden's global terror network for five years before the blasts which killed 52 commuters and the four bombers themselves.
He featured in a surveillance operation by intelligence services, the investigation, aired on radio and television today, said.
The terror suspect he was talking to could not be named for legal reasons, the BBC said.
The Metropolitan Police identified Khan, a British Muslim of Pakistani origin, as one of the four men who blew up three Underground trains and a double-decker bus.
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Khan hailed from Dewsbury, south of Leeds in northern England.
The police have declined to comment on the BBC report.
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