ABC reports link between London bombs and Bush admin leaking of name

[Taxloss]

as detailed here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4104485

An Islamist was prematurely outed by the Bush admin; we were angry; somehow this led to the London bombs. Don't ask me for details, I'm trying to find them myself.

Discuss.

[goclark]

1. Keep us posted

[Taxloss]

2. ABC link:

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/LondonBlasts/story?id=940198&page=1

[gristy]

3. self-delete

[Taxloss]

4. No, you're right.

I'm getting way ahead of myself.

Did you have a look at the GD thread?

[beam me up scottie]

5. IHT link !!!

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/raids.php

[Taxloss]

6. Much more detail, but little on leaking ... damn ...

The OP promised so much ...

[ceusi]

7. Americablog has it

John has an piece on this. I'm too computer illiterate to do a link.

Can someone do it for me?

[beam me up scottie]

8. Here ya go:

http://www.americablog.org/

Good work!

Welcome to DU !

[Taxloss]

10. Direct link:

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/07/bush-admin-may-be-responsible-for.html

Just in case it sinks

[bennywhale]

14. So they drag us into this whole sorry fuck up, then once we are involved

they completely fuck up our side of the intelligence battle which leads (allegedly) to last Thursday.

Thanks guys. I hope this gets out into the mainstream, so the UK public know what incompetent fools we are allied with.

[Taxloss]

11. Some more links at this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4105440

[eleny]

9. Atrios talking about it on Majority Report right now

[beam me up scottie]

12. Bombers linked to Khan :

ABC NEWS

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Connection to Al Qaeda Plot in Pakistan

Officials tell ABC News the London bombers have been connected to an al Qaeda plot planned two years ago in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

The laptop computer of Naeem Noor Khan, a captured al Qaeda leader, contained plans for a coordinated series of attacks on the London subway system, as well as on financial buildings in both New York and Washington.

"There's absolutely no doubt he was part of an al Qaeda operation aimed at not only the United States but Great Britain," explained Alexis Debat, a former official in the French Defense Ministry who is now a senior terrorism consultant for ABC News.
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Security officials tell ABC News they have discovered links between the eldest of the London bombers, Mohammed Sadique Khan, 30, and the original group in Luton. Officials also believe it was not a coincidence the subway bombers all met at the Luton train station last week.
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More at:

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/LondonBlasts/story?id=940198&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[beam me up scottie]

13. From The Guardian :

U.K. Bomb Probe Focuses on Chemist, Briton
Friday July 15, 2005 12:46 AM
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British authorities were seeking a Pakistani Briton with possible ties to al-Qaida followers in the United States, news reports said. They said he may have organized the attacks and chosen the targets, leaving Britain the day before the July 7 bombings.

``Al-Qaida is not an organization. Al-Qaida is a way of working ... but this has the hallmarks of that approach,'' Blair said of the attacks, which killed 54 people, including four bombers. ``Al-Qaida clearly has the ability to provide training ... to provide expertise ... and I think that is what has occurred here.''

ABC News, citing unidentified officials, reported that the attacks were connected to an al-Qaida plot planned two years ago in Lahore, Pakistan. Names on a computer that authorities seized last year from Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, an alleged Pakistani computer expert for al-Qaida, matched a suspected cell of young Britons of Pakistani origin, most of whom lived near Luton, where the alleged suicide bombers met up on their way to London shortly before last week's blasts, according to the report.

Authorities have now discovered ties between Mohammed Sidique Khan - one of the July 7 bombers - and members of that cell who were arrested last year, ABC said.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5142045,00.html

[beam me up scottie]

15. I'm sorry for this, Brits.

What my government did was despicable and inexcusable.

I am deeply ashamed of my country and the people who turn a blind eye to the evil actions of these criminals, enabling them to stay in power.

My heartfelt apologies, for what it's worth.