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British terror attacks stories: 23 news summaries

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Brits Missed Chances to
Nab Leader of London Attacks

But he was never
called a threat: report

May 19, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - UK authorities crossed paths with the top planner of the 2005 London bombings six times, but never labeled him a threat, a parliamentary report out today concludes. Almost every time Mohammad Sidique Khan appeared on police and MI5 records, it was in connection with possible extremists, the Guardian reports. But... More »

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suicide bombing • British terror attacks • Britain • MI5 • London Underground • report • Mohammad Sidique Khan

 Policeman's Funeral 
 Unites Northern Ireland  

Killing by IRA splinter group provokes defiant display in favor of peace

Mar 14, 09 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Northern Ireland's Catholics and Protestants united yesterday to mourn a policeman killed by an IRA splinter group, the New York Times reports. In what some mourners described as the most improbable gathering of old enemies in modern Irish history, IRA veterans stood side by side with loyalists and security chiefs... More »

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Northern Ireland • British terror attacks • Ulster • IRA • Real IRA • Northern Ireland peace deal • Continuity IRA

 IRA Splinter Groups Likely Coordinated Attacks

Security forces fear loyalist paramilitaries may respond to killings

Mar 11, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The IRA splinter groups responsible for two separate attacks in Northern Ireland within 48 hours most likely coordinated the attacks, security officials tell the Times of London. Officials say the two attacks point to an unprecedented level of cooperation between the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA—which have no... More »

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Northern Ireland • Sinn Fein • British terror attacks • Ulster • IRA

Brits Launch Classroom 'Terror Watch'

Teachers asked
to watch out for
extremist students

Oct 8, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - British teachers will be asked to monitor student behavior and report any suspected extremists to police under new government guidelines, the Guardian reports. A "tool kit" for teachers sets out how they should conduct classroom debates to smoke out any possible Islamic extremist  or far-right racist views across all... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • British terror attacks • school • Islamic extremists • Britain • teacher • students

Brown Hangs Tough to Win Terrorism Vote

UK PM denies buying support for increase
in detention time

Jun 12, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown prevailed in a crunch vote last night to extend Britain's period of detention without trial for terror suspects to 6 weeks, the BBC reports. Brown avoided defeat by convincing a small Northern Ireland party to support him after 36 members of his Labour Party joined the... More »

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terrorism • Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • British terror attacks • Democratic Unionist Party • detention without trial

OPINION

Ex-PM Blasts UK Government on Civil Liberties

Major blasts proposal that OKs 6-week detention without trial

Jun 6, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British parliament is set for a nail-bitingly close vote on a law that will allow the police to hold terror suspects without charge for 42 days—by far the longest in the free world. As Gordon Brown pushes the law and attempts to prevent his first Commons defeat, John... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • British terror attacks • John Major • detention without trial

'Osama bin London' Convicted

Preacher organized training camps,
touted murder

Feb 26, 08 2:50 PM CST
(Newser) - An extremist preacher who called himself "Osama bin London" has been convicted of organizing terrorist training camps and promoting murder, the London Times reports. Mohammed Hamid trained five of the terrorists who undertook a thwarted attack at outdoor sights in suburban London. He mocked the death toll from the... More »

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terrorism • British terror attacks • terror cell

Saudis: We Could Have Stopped 9/11

No bombings if they'd been consulted in a 'credible manner'

Nov 2, 07 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saudi Arabia’s Prince Bandar bin Sultan claims the 9/11 attacks could have been prevented if the US had consulted the kingdom in a "credible" way. The claim mirrored remarks earlier in the week by King Abdullah that the Saudis could have helped the British stop the September 2005... More »

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Saudi Arabia • British terror attacks • Prince Bandar bin Sultan • al-Qaeda

Glasgow Bomb Suspect Dies in Hospital

Brother of alleged attacker faces
charges in botched airport attack

Aug 2, 07 8:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man who cops say crashed a Jeep full of explosives into a Glasgow airport a month ago has died of his injuries, the AP reports. Kafeel Ahmed suffered critical burns during the attack and died without emerging from a subsequent coma at a local hospital. Police say he attacked... More »

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terrorism • Scotland • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • Bilal Abdullah • Mohammed Jamil Asha • Mohamed Haneef • terrorist • Kafeel Ahmed • Sabeel Ahmed • Britain

Aussie Police Blame Scotland Yard for False Terror Arrest

Doctor back home,
talks of 'trauma'

Jul 30, 07 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Australian police yesterday blamed Scotland Yard for sending them inaccurate information that led to the arrest of an innocent Indian doctor in the failed British bomb plots. Mohammed Haneef was detained for 27 days before being freed; he was welcomed by cheering crowds in Bangalore. More »

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Australia • Glasgow Airport • Scotland Yard • British terror attacks • doctor • Mohammed Haneef • arrest

Brown Visits US Amid Talk of Cooling Ties

New PM walks political tightrope over relations with White House

Jul 29, 07 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown embarked today for his first call on President Bush, while the press at home speculated on whether the green PM's relationship with his counterpart was cooling or too warm. Brown's predecessor, Tony Blair, had a close relationship with Bush—too close for some UK observers. Iraq, a potential... More »

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Iraq • Gordon Brown • British terror attacks • British troops • Britain • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Cleared Terror Suspect to Leave Australia

Going home to India; but his work visa won't be restored

Jul 28, 07 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Indian doctor cleared of involvement in the failed UK bomb attacks is flying home to India to be with his family, but his Australian work visa won't be restored, the immigration minister announced today. Lawyers for Mohamed Haneef are demanding that his name be cleared completely and will mount... More »

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Australia • India • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • visa • Mohamed Haneef • prisoners • detainee

Aussies Drop Terror Charge Against Doc

"No prospect of conviction' for man who loaned out SIM card

Jul 27, 07 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Australian government today dropped a terrorism charge against an Indian doctor who had been linked to a series of attempted car bomb attacks in Britain. The top prosecutor said the charges against Mohammed Haneef, 27, had been withdrawn because there "was no reasonable prospect of conviction."  More »

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terrorism • Australia • British terror attacks • Mohammed Haneef • Glasgow • Britain

Two More Docs Charged in UK Bomb Plot

Australia, Britain formally launch terrorism-related cases

Jul 14, 07 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two more Indian-born doctors have been formally charged with contributing to last month's UK car-bomb plot. A doctor living in Australia appeared in a Brisbane court today, accused of providing “reckless” support to the suspected terrorists, hours before British police charged a Liverpool resident with failing to alert authorities... More »

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British terror attacks • Bilal Abdullah • terrorist doctors • London car bombs • Glasgow airport attack • Australian Federal Police • Mohammed Haneef • Britain

Foiled London Bombers Draw Life Sentences

Court gives four men toughest possible terms in 21/7 conspiracy

Jul 11, 07 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four men who planned to bomb London's transit system weeks after the deadly 7/7/05 bus and tube attacks were sentenced to life terms today in a British court. A jury failed to reach a decision on two other men charged as members of the conspiracy, which officials said might have... More »

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London • london transit attacks • British terror attacks • 21/7 bombings

Britain Convicts Four in '05 Bomb Plot

Botched strike followed London transit attacks by two weeks

Jul 9, 07 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four men accused in failed 2005 bombings of London subways and buses were found guilty today of conspiracy to murder. The attack, in which bombs affixed to makeshift shrapnel failed to detonate detonate, took place two weeks after a the 7/7 transit bombing killed 52 London commuters. More »

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War on Terror • London • london transit attacks • British terror attacks

UK Security Chief Warns of Long Haul Against Terror

Britain should expect '10 to 15 year' struggle

Jul 8, 07 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saying that fighting terrorists is "a daunting task," England's new security minister urged Britons to be "un-British" and "snitch" to the authorities if they suspect something, the BBC reports. Sir Alan West, a former Navy admiral, said "we're talking about such a big change" ... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • United Kingdom • British terror attacks • Britain

UK Bomb Plot Doctors Tried to Come to US

Two in failed attacks began petition at medical student organization

Jul 6, 07 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the suspects in last week's failed UK bomb plot attempted to come to the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The FBI says Mohammed Jamil Asha and another, unspecified member of the gang of eight doctors and medical students arrested last week began applications to US medical schools through... More »

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immigration • War on Terror • London • United Kingdom • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • Mohammed Jamil Asha

British Terror Suspect Has Long History of Angry Islamism

Friends say war in Iraq fueled doctor's anger

Jul 5, 07 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bilal Abdullah, a young Iraqi doctor who is one of the chief suspects in last week's terror attacks in Britain, was a militant Islamist as far back as medical school in Baghdad and while studying for British exams in Cambridge, friends say. Abdullah would cheer at reports of insurgent attacks... More »

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terrorism • British terror attacks • Bilal Abdullah • Iraq war

UK Tightens Screening of Foreign Docs

PM orders review of recruiting in wake of attempted bombings

Jul 4, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK is scaling up background checks on foreign doctors and other health workers in response to the revelation that eight suspects in the attempted London and Glasgow car bombings last weekend worked for the National Health Service, the Telegraph reports. PM Gordon Brown, in his first Question Time in... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • car bomb • doctor • terrorist • Glasgow • Britain • al-Qaeda

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