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2007-01-23 Britain

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Posted by Howard UK 2007-01-23 03:25|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 apparently, 3 more were detained afterwards.

hmmm....the article doesn't say who they were. Were their names Nigel or Roger?

Posted by PlanetDan 2007-01-23 06:36|| 2007-01-23 06:36|| Front Page Top

#2 They could be IRA, but if they were, I expect their names would have been given.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-01-23 07:06|| 2007-01-23 07:06|| Front Page Top

#3 hmmm....the article doesn't say who they were. Were their names Nigel or Roger?

Let the mysterious name game begin once more!

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2007-01-23 07:56|| 2007-01-23 07:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Were they of 'Asian' descent?

Posted by Raj 2007-01-23 08:07|| 2007-01-23 08:07|| Front Page Top

#5 LONDON (Reuters) - Police arrested five men in northern England under the country's security laws in two separate operations on Tuesday.

Two men, aged 25 and 29, were arrested at separate locations in the city of Halifax by detectives from London's Counter- Terrorism Command and local officers, a police statement said. "This is not about bomb-making or planting bombs," a police source said, adding the men were suspected of being involved in logistical work.

The source said the operation was not linked to any other investigation nor the attack on July 7, 2005, when four British Islamists blew themselves up on three London underground trains and a bus, killing 52 people.

Three other men held on Tuesday were arrested as part of a separate operation by detectives in Manchester on suspicion of "terrorist support and facilitation". "At this stage, there is no intelligence of any planned terrorist activity in the UK and the arrests are part of an ongoing investigation," Manchester Police said in a statement.

A police source said the operation was believed to be linked to the disappearance of a terrorism suspect who had absconded after being placed under a control order. The man, a British citizen who had been living in Manchester, vanished earlier in the month just days after he was put under the order which sets strict conditions on a suspect's movements.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2007-01-23 08:30|| 2007-01-23 08:30|| Front Page Top

#6 "This is not about bomb-making or planting bombs," a police source said, adding the men were suspected of being involved in logistical work.

I fear to contemplate what other logistics might be involved, beyond bombs.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-23 12:10|| 2007-01-23 12:10|| Front Page Top

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