NOTE: Another arrested individual identified as Arshad Patel. Immediately after the bombings, it was suggested that Patel may have been one of the bombers. He was also named as the possible "5th bomber" who abandoned the plot just before it was executed.
Spreading the net Crime correspondent Sandra Laville explains the background to today's arrests in connection with the July 7 attacks Wednesday May 9, 2007 Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0,,2075785,00.html The head of the anti-terrorist squad warned last month that there would be further arrests in the investigation into the July 7 suicide bombings in London. Peter Clarke revealed that there were many within the community of Beeston, West Yorkshire, and elsewhere who had information but were not coming forward. He appealed to those who were being actively discouraged by others from coming forward to consider what they were doing. It is understood that detectives are working on evidence and intelligence that up to 30 people may have been involved in the plot to blow up the London transport system on July 2005 or had knowledge of it. With the arrests today of Hasina Patel, 29, the widow of the July 7 bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan, her brother Arshad Patel, 30, from their homes in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, a third man, Khalid Khaliq, 34, who is allegedly an associate of Khan from Beeston and a 22-year-old man from Birmingham, officers are meticulously following the many strands of their investigation. It is not known whether the arrests are a result of Mr Clarke's plea for those with information to come forward. The first men to be charged in connection with the July 7 bombings in London, which killed 52 people, were arrested last month. Waheed Ali, 23, Sadeer Saleem, 26, and Mohammed Shakil, 30, are all originally from Beeston. They have been charged with conspiring with the four suicide bombers to cause explosions likely to endanger life or cause serious injury. They will face trial later this year or next year. It is understood the latest four arrests involve suspects who were allegedly aware of the plot but failed to inform the authorities. Khan's widow, Ms Patel, is the mother of his two-year-old daughter Maryam. When he blew himself up on the London transport system, she was pregnant with their second child. The couple met while they were at university in Leeds. Ms Patel and her brother Arshad are the children of a prominent Indian family in Dewsbury. Their mother, Farida Patel, was introduced to the Queen at Buckingham Palace as a result of her community work. Mr Patel lived with his mother near the flat his sister shared with Khan. Detectives are investigating the July 7 bombings as they would any serious crime. Officers have worked through CCTV footage of an alleged dummy run carried out on June 28, taken more than 15,000 statements and followed 19,000 leads. Mr Clarke's words of last month, however, suggest these latest arrests will not be the last. "The search is not over. I firmly believe that there are other people who have knowledge of what lay behind the attacks in July 2005 - knowledge they have not shared with us. In fact, I don't believe it - I know it for a fact. For that reason, the investigation continues," he said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
