 As police step up the hunt for the mastermind and a fifth man believed to have been linked to the gang of bombers who last Thursday perpetrated the worst terrorist outrage in England in which at least 52 people died, the government has announced that it plans to introduce an array of tough new anti-terrorist laws.
| Still no name for the Mastermind™. I'm guessing there's an 80 percent chance he's not a Pak... |
There is strong speculation that this fifth man organized the Luton end of the operation, and may have been the explosives handler or even the bombmaker. However, anti-terrorist and international intelligence agencies are also hunting for an Al-Qaeda operative, who British police believe was the mastermind behind the bombings and who has since fled the country.
| The Mastermind™ behind the Mastermind™? And behind him another Mastermind™... And behind him... |
| Helmut, who speaks for Boskone |
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, meanwhile, is to host a summit of Muslim leaders at No. 10 Downing Street next Tuesday in an effort to deal with a potential backlash against the country’s 1.6 million-strong Muslim community and how it can tackle rising radicalism among a minority of young British Muslims.
| I'd suggest shutting down organizations like al-Muhajiroun, tossing the spittle-spewing holy men from the country or jugging them until sometime around Doomsday, and working on turning them into Englishmen (or Welshmen or what have you), rather than Paks... |
Police last night carried out nine controlled explosions to get access to a car used by three of the bombers believed to be 19-year-old Hasib Hussein, 30-year-old Mohammed Sadique Khan, and Eliaz Fiaz, to drive down to Luton before embarking on that fateful murderous journey on the Thameslink to King’s Cross where they met up with the fourth bomber, 22-year-old Shezad Tanweer. The car contained explosives which were believed to be unstable; and was subsequently removed for forensic analysis. |