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Pak students arrested in UK part of 'very significant international terror plot': Report | Twelve Pakistani students, who were arrested earlier this year for planning attacks on Easter shoppers across
Britain, are believed to have links with Al-Qaeda and suspected to be a part of a "very significant international plot", a report has revealed. Although none
of the suspects were charged, a report by Lord Carlile, the independent reviewer
of terrorism legislation, said the students could have ties with Al-Qaeda. Carlile
said intelligence suggested that all the arrested Pakistani students may be a
part of some "very significant international plot", details of which are yet to
be traced. According to The Telegraph, probe into the Easter bombing plot led
the investigators to one Najibullah Zazi, the alleged mastermind of a plot to
attack the New York subway. It is believed that Zazi, who was arrested in Colorado
in September along with other members of his group had purchased huge quantities
of some key bomb making materials such as hydrogen peroxide and acetone products.
Carlile, in his report, identified Abid Naseer as the 'central figure' in the
Easter plot, and is believed to be 'connected to an Al-Qaeda source situated abroad.'
"There was intelligence to suggest that he might be involved in planning operational
activity in the UK and was in direct contact with a significant attack planning
group situated outside the UK," Carlile said. "Analysis of intelligence material
on a wide front suggested strongly to the services concerned that this might well
be part of a very significant international plot," he added. The report also criticised
the British authorities for failing to table evidence against the arrested students.
Carlile said the police had failed to understand the law properly on detaining
terror suspects. "I am surprised that the police did not anticipate that they
would be required to clarify the evidential basis for the arrests before a judge
during the period of detention," he said. "I should emphasise that it is not my
view that no arrests should have been made...in the circumstances there was no
realistic alternative to arresting at least some of the suspects," he added. |
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