Posted on 07/12/2005 4:41:13 PM PDT by Syco
The four young men who carried out the London terror attacks were British-born suicide bombers, police sources have told Sky News.
At a minimum, it is "highly likely" one of the Tube attackers died in the strikes on the Underground network.
Police have stopped short of saying publicly Britain had suffered its first suicide strike, but Sky News correspondent Martin Brunt said senior anti-terror police were working on the assumption the men were British-born suicide bombers and had died in the blasts.
The four travelled by car from West Yorkshire to Luton and then by train to Kings Cross station shortly before the attacks were launched on Thursday morning, police said at a press conference.
Their images were captured by CCTV cameras - one police source said the men were chatting "as though they were going on a hiking holiday".
In other another key development, explosives have been found in an abandoned car linked to the attacks at Luton railway station.
Personal documents have been found at all four bomb scenes.
They said there was forensic evidence that meant it was "very likely" the bomber responsible for the train explosion at Aldgate died there.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, head of Scotland's Yard anti-terrorist branch, said: "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.
"We are trying to establish their movements in the run-up to last week's attack and specifically to establish whether they all died in the explosions.
"We know that all four of these arrived in London by train on the morning.
"One of them who had set out from West Yorkshire was reported missing by his family to the casualty bureau on July 7. We have been able to establish that he was joined on his journey to London by three other men.
"We have since found personal documents bearing the names of three of those four men close to the seats of three of the explosions."
One of the four men had been reported missing by his family on the day of the attacks and his property was found at the bus blast scene.
The second man's property was found at the scene of the Aldgate blast and the third man's property at both the Aldgate and Edgware Road blasts.
A relative of the one of the men has been arrested in West Yorkshire in connection with the attacks and will be questioned in London.
One of the bombers was named by locals as Shahzad Tanweer, 22, who neighbours said was a "very nice lad".
Two of the other bombers were reported to be aged 30 and 19.
Sky News terror expert Steve Park said the documents may have been deliberately planted to "send police the wrong way".
Meanwhile, police have raided the homes of three of the four men in West Yorkshire along with three other houses in Leeds.
I'm shocked, shocked that his name isn't Gustavson, Luciano, Greenberg or Smith.
Another Religion of Pieces article . . . .
And they could just hop on a plane and come here without a visa-----nice,huh?
The west needs another Spanish Inquisition. If this isn't a warning sufficient to the wise, nothing is.
A few local big-mouths start to disappear and maybe the entire infestation will pack up and head for cheesier pastures.
Were they among the "moderate" Muslims we hear so much about I wonder?
"Such a nice Lad!" Right.
This is the final war. I guess we are lucky to be living in interesting times, huh?
At any rate...here it comes...hang on! Here we go.
The names trickle out...
Shehzad Tanweer, 24, Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, Hasib Hussain, 19, Police are trying to identify the fourth terrorist
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1691994,00.html
Somebody else started a thread with the link. Sorry it has been moved, cannot properly credit.
"And they could just hop on a plane and come here without a visa-----nice,huh?"
Damn, you're right. I never thought about that angle. We better change the law RIGHT NOW. Any member of TROP needs a visa and a thorough vetting, regardless of country of origin.
At least half of whom are victims of Islamic barbarity themselves... no more than breeding machines, kept under slave rags and their wombs used to produce the next fresh batch of shaheeds - the sharks teeth.
The imam didn't want to rob the widows and orphans fund to buy them a ticket to fly to the US, it's much cheaper by rail! Watch out for copy-cats.
The old idea of "hey, we can get involved right here where we live. No reason to commute. I love community service, don't you....eh, dhimmie...don't you appreciate what we're doing for you?"
They haven't adopted the politically correct dialog.
Anyone want to bet these guys might not have known they were going to be suicide bombers?
That's an interesting angle. You think they may have been told they were to make a 'simple' delivery - just place the packages under the seats and get off the train at the next stop? And then BOOM?
No witnesses? No chance they might give evidence against the imam when they were caught? Clever Cleric!
...or Yoder...
LOL, he said he felt "betrayed".
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