January 21, 2009
7/7 London Bomber Captured in Pakistan
A senior al-Qaeda operative who was involved in planning the 7/7/2005 London bombings has been captured in Pakistan.
Pakistani security forces have detained a Saudi al Qaeda operative believed to be involved with the July 2005 London bombings along with six other operatives during a raid on a village near the northwestern city of Peshawar.I'd say send him to the UK but why bother, they'd probably try to understand why he disliked them. Then parole him with welfare.The Saudi was identified as Zabi ul Taifi and was described as a senior operative in the July 7, 2005 bombings in London that killed 52 civilians and wounded more than 770 others. Three suicide bombs struck on underground trains while another bomber detonated on a double-decker bus.
Taifi and his cohorts were captured in a "militant den," Geo News reported based on a tip from Pakistani intelligence sources. The al Qaeda operatives were holed up in the village of Bara Qadeem.
"The men were believed to have planned attacks on trucks taking supplies to Western forces in Afghanistan and they included four Arabs and three Afghans....
By Howie at January 21, 2009 08:44 PM | | l digg this
