The wreck of a bombed double-decker bus
is seen in Tavistock Square, London in 2005. Three men have been charged
by police in Britain over the July 7 bomb attacks which killed 52 innocent
people and injured over 700 in 2005. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
LONDON,
April 5 (Xinhua) -- Three men have been charged by police in Britain over the
July 7 bomb attacks which killed 52 innocent people and injured over 700 in
2005.
Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil are the
first to be charged in the case involving suicide bombings in London's transport
system.
Peter Clarke, head of Scotland Yard's Counter
Terrorism Command, was quoted by Sky News on Thursday as saying that
investigations into the bombings had now reached "a new stage" following 21
months of "intense investigation".
The three men have been in custody since March 22.
Two were arrested at Manchester Airport when they
were due to catch a flight to Pakistan while a third was arrested in Leeds
shortly afterwards.
They are accused of conspiring with the July 7
bombers between the November 1, 2004 and June 29, 2005 to cause explosions on
the London transport system or at tourist attractions in the city.
The three men are due to appear
at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Saturday.
LONDON, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Britain's
Home Secretary John Reid said on Thursday at the House of Commons that a lack of
resources had prevented intelligence and security services from preventing the
July 7 bombings in London in which 52 were killed and over 700 injured.
Presenting the cross-party Intelligence and Security
Committee report on the bombing incident, Reid said there had been no
intelligence that terrorists were planning attacks on Britain, despite the fact
that two of the four bombers were being tracked by security services before the
attacks, Sky TV reported. The intelligence service had been diverted to other
anti-terror operations, he added. Full story
LONDON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The
official inquiry into the July 7 London bombings will reportedly reveal the
attacks were not linked to al-Qaida, British newspaper reported on Sunday.
The suicide attacks were planned on a shoestring
budget from information on the Internet. There was no "fifth bomber" and no
direct support from al-Qaida, although two of the bombers had visited Pakistan,
The Observer cited the first completed draft of the government's definitive
report into blasts. Full story
LONDON, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The war
in Iraq has been a "contributory factor" to the July 7 terrorist bombings in
London, said a draft report on events leading up to the attacks.
The report, based on secret assessments by security
and intelligence chiefs, said the Iraqi war is likely to continue to provoke
extremism among Muslims in Britain, the Guardian reported on Monday. Full story
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