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| Britain |
| London bombers staged 'dummy run' |
| 2005-09-20 |
| EFL: The suicide bombers who attacked London on 7 July staged a practice run nine days before the bombings, police say. Detectives studied tens of thousands of hours of CCTV footage as part of their investigation into the attacks which killed 52 people and the bombers. Scotland Yard said the practice shows "terrorist methodology". CCTV images show three of the bombers entering Luton station, before travelling to King's Cross station where they are also pictured. Police traced the movements after recovering tickets and receipts from houses connected to the bombers which pointed to their trip. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, head of Scotland Yard's Anti-Terrorist Branch, said: "The implication is that they were possibly conducting reconnaissance on that day. We know that is part of a terrorist's methodology: to check timings, layout and security precautions." He said "the investigation is incredibly intense and will carry on for many months to come", pointing out that over 3,000 witness statements had been gathered, while around 80,000 CCTV tapes had been analysed. "We are trying to reconstruct their movements as far as we can on that day," Mr Clarke said, adding that anyone with information should call the anti-terrorist hotline. Police have revealed that two bombs were found in a car left by the attackers at Luton train station on 7 July. It has also emerged that a landfill site in Skelton Grange, west Yorkshire, is currently being searched in a bid to uncover more clues. The area being search is understood to be equivalent to the size of 18 Olympic swimming pools. Detectives believe the site could be connected to the apparent "bomb factory" at a flat in Alexander Grove in Leeds. Evidence of a reconnaissance mission supports the theory that all four had planned to detonate their rucksack bombs on the Underground system. It is believed that the bus bomber, Hasib Hussain, was prevented from getting onto the Northern Line on the day of the attacks because the service had been disrupted. The other bombers - Shehzad Tanweer, Germaine Lindsay and Mohammad Sidique Khan - detonated their devices almost simultaneously. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 Are we supposed to be surprised? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-09-20 18:33 |
| #2 No After-Action-Review, I suspect |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-09-20 18:30 |
| #1 Keyword: DUMMY |
| Posted by: Glinelet Glart8916 2005-09-20 14:34 |