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London bombers 'instructed by phone from Pakistan'

(AFP) – 56 minutes ago

LONDON — The ringleader of the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings on London's transport system received advice from a mystery figure in Pakistan just days before the attacks, the inquest heard on Wednesday.

Mobile phone records showed a series of calls made from phone boxes in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi to bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan, a police officer told hearings in London into the deaths of 52 people.

Metropolitan Police detective Mark Stuart said many of the calls were made through different Pakistani phone boxes within minutes of each other, suggesting that the caller there wanted to conceal their identity.

Hugo Keith, counsel to the inquests, asked Stuart: "Did you assess that those calls therefore were probably connected to some guidance or some means of communicating information concerned with the manufacture of the bombs and then ultimately their detonation?"

"Yes, I think they had to be," replied Stuart.

The inquest heard that Khan never made any calls to Pakistan himself, but that he had instead given contacts in that country the numbers of four phones used purely for the purpose of the attacks.

Most of Khan's conversations with the unknown person in Pakistan took place between May and June 2005 but one lasting six minutes happened five days before the bombings, the inquest heard.

The final, unanswered call to the phone was made on the afternoon of July 7 after Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Hasib Hussain, 18, and Jermaine Lindsay, 19, had blown themselves up on three Underground trains and a bus.

Khan and Tanweer are both known to have travelled to Pakistan in the months before the attack where they are believed to have had contact with members of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network.

A video statement by Khan is believed to have been filmed there.

MI5 has admitted it monitored Khan on several occasions before the attacks, including meeting members of a separate bomb plot, but that it failed to follow up the lead.

The long-awaited inquests into the attacks opened in October and the hearings are expected to last until March. They will examine whether the intelligence services could have prevented the attacks.

AFP: London bombers 'instructed by phone from Pakistan'
 
The ringleader of the 7/7 attacks received bomb-making guidance in phone calls from Pakistan in the days before, the inquests have heard.
Mobile phone records analysed after the bombings on 7 July 2005 showed calls made from phone boxes in Rawalpindi to bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan.
Det Sgt Mark Stuart, of the Met police, said he thought these calls had to be related to the bombings.
Four suicide bombers targeted three Tube trains and a bus, killing 52.
Det Sgt Stuart said one of the calls was made on 2 July, five days before the deadly bombings, and lasted six minutes.
Hugo Keith QC, counsel to the inquests, asked: "Did you assess that those calls therefore were probably connected to some guidance or some means of communicating information concerned with the manufacture of the bombs and then ultimately their detonation?"
Det Sgt Stuart said: "Yes, I think they had to be."
Many of the phone calls were made from different phone boxes within minutes of each other, suggesting the caller was intent on concealing their identity, heard the inquests at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
"I think these call boxes [were] actually [in] shops where there might be a number of people waiting to use them so he may have moved on for that reason," Det Sgt Stuart said.
Police believe Khan gave the Pakistan contacts the numbers for four phones, used solely in relation to the bombings plot. He never made any calls to Pakistan himself.
The majority of the phone conversations took place between May and June 2005.
The inquests were told that the last call to Khan was recorded on the afternoon of 7 July, when the attacks had been "brought to worldwide attention".


BBC News - 7/7 inquests: 'Pakistan calls to bomber' in days before
 
Khan and Tanweer are both known to have travelled to Pakistan in the months before the attack where they are believed to have had contact with members of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network.

Where they are believed to have?? wow.. :lol:
 
Did u understand that para...?

Yes I do. How about you?

I am sceptical with reports that are not concrete. If they can not conclude with solid evidence, then they shouldn't waste other people's time by drumming up speculations. :lol:
 
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