London Transport System Bombings
May 11, 2006
Authors deny London bombings report is 'a whitewash' (AFP)
AFP - The parliamentary committee behind an official report on last year's London bombings denied it was a "whitewash" for clearing the police and the intelligence services of culpable failings.
Few clues to how London bombers turned extremist: Reid (AFP)
AFP - A government report into last year's deadly London bombings revealed little information about how the four suicide attackers turned to radical Islam.
Few clues to how London bombers turned extremist: Reid (AFP)
AFP - A government report into last year's deadly London bombings revealed little information about how the four suicide attackers turned to radical Islam.
Authors deny London bombings report is 'a whitewash' (AFP)
AFP - The parliamentary committee behind an official report on last year's London bombings denied it was a "whitewash" for clearing the police and the intelligence services of culpable failings.
Suicide bomb plot cost less than 8,000 pounds: Reid (AFP)
AFP - The plot to bomb three London underground trains and a bus in July last year cost less than 8,000 pounds, Home Secretary John Reid revealed.
Suicide bomb plot cost less than 8,000 pounds: Reid (AFP)
AFP - The plot to bomb three London underground trains and a bus in July last year cost less than 8,000 pounds, Home Secretary John Reid revealed.
Pakistan phone calls may reveal London bomber's Al-Qaeda contacts (AFP)
AFP - British and Pakistani investigators are focusing on nearly 200 phone calls made from Pakistan to one of the London bombers in a bid to uncover his links to Al-Qaeda, security officials here said.
Pakistan phone calls may reveal London bomber's Al-Qaeda contacts (AFP)
AFP - British and Pakistani investigators are focusing on nearly 200 phone calls made from Pakistan to one of the London bombers in a bid to uncover his links to Al-Qaeda, security officials here said.
UK spies had encountered two London bombers (Reuters)
Reuters - British security services had come across two men who went on to carry out last year's July 7 suicide bomb attacks on London but did not believe they posed an urgent threat, a parliamentary report said on Thursday.
London bombers 'likely' had contact with Al-Qaeda (AFP)
AFP - Two of the four bombers behind last year's July 7 bombings in London "likely had some contact" with members of the Al-Qaeda terror network, an official report into the attacks has revealed.
London bombers 'likely' had contact with Al-Qaeda (AFP)
AFP - Two of the four bombers behind last year's July 7 bombings in London "likely had some contact" with members of the Al-Qaeda terror network, an official report into the attacks has revealed.
Lack of resources blamed for failure to stop London bombings (AFP)
AFP - Britain's security services were ill-equipped to prevent last year's July 7 London transport bombings which killed 56 people because of a lack of resources, an official report concluded.
Britain Missed Chances at Foiling Bombings (AP)
AP - Britain's intelligence agencies missed chances to thwart last year's transit attacks by failing to follow up leads on two of the men who became the country's first suicide bombers, major reports said Thursday.
Reports into London bombings cites Al-Qaeda link (AFP)
AFP - Two of the suicide bombers behind last year's deadly London transport attacks probably had contacts with Al-Qaeda but British security lacked resources to stop the atrocity, according to two reports.
May 10, 2006
Report: London Transit Bombers Acted Alone (AP)
AP - British government reports into the July bombings on London's transit network conclude the four attackers acted without the assistance of foreign terrorists, officials and lawmakers said Wednesday.
Jordan not legally bound by pledge against torture: British official (AFP)
AFP - A senior British diplomat admitted that an agreement with Jordan that a radical Muslim preacher would not be tortured or ill-treated were he deported there is "not legally binding".
Jordan not legally bound by pledge against torture: British official (AFP)
AFP - A senior British diplomat admitted that an agreement with Jordan that a radical Muslim preacher would not be tortured or ill-treated were he deported there is "not legally binding".
Guantanamo should be closed: UK Attorney General (Reuters)
Reuters - The British government's top legal adviser called on Wednesday for the closure of the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, which he said had become a symbol of injustice.
May 9, 2006
Official report into London bombings to be published Thursday (AFP)
AFP - An official report into what happened before, during and after the deadly suicide bomb attacks in London last year will be published later this week, new Home Secretary John Reid announced.

