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UK terror detainee targeted Heathrow

Claims news report

REUTERS, London
A senior al-Qaeda figure planning to attack London's Heathrow airport was among 12 terrorism suspects arrested in Britain two days ago, newspapers reported yesterday.
None of the reports quoted a named source and all differed in details, but most linked the arrests with recent swoops in Pakistan and this week's alert in New York and Washington.
If true, that could help persuade skeptics in the United States who have questioned the justification for their alert, which led to some of the most disruptive security measures since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
British police sources could not confirm Thursday's reports but said they appeared to be based on information discovered on computer equipment seized in Pakistan.
Police say the new British arrests were the result of a long-planned, intelligence-led operation that began before recent roundups in Pakistan.
The British government played down reports that Heathrow, one of the world's busiest airports, was an imminent target.
"We've always adopted the policy ... that if there was a specific threat, a specific target, then we would tell people, as was the case over British Airways flights to America some months ago," cabinet minister Peter Hain told BBC radio.
The Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Sun each ran versions of the story, citing unnamed Pakistani officials saying plans to attack Heathrow were found on the computer of Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, held last month in Lahore.
The reports also mentioned a suspected senior al-Qaeda operative in Britain named Abu Musa al-Hindi or Abu Eisa al-Hindi. Three papers said
Hindi was tasked with attacking Heathrow. Three said he was among the 12 arrested.
CNN reported on Thursday that Hindi had been in contact with Khan.
In February last year Britain deployed tanks and troops at Heathrow after reports al-Qaeda was planning a rocket attack on a plane, and earlier this year British Airways canceled flights to Washington and Saudi Arabia following security scares.
Security at the airport has been on its second-highest level since November but was not stepped up after Tuesday's arrests.
US officials have said Khan's computers included scouting reports about financial buildings in the United States that might have been targets, prompting the tough security measures in New York and Washington this week.
US officials have since acknowledged that most of the information on the seized computers was several years old.
The 12 British suspects were being held at a high-security London police station after being arrested on Tuesday, mostly in daylight raids, including one high-speed car chase.
The Times said this was an indication the raids were carried out more urgently than similar sweeps in the past, which are traditionally carried out before dawn when suspects are likely to be home. It said the urgency was brought on by the US clampdown, which British police were not expecting.
Britain has arrested more than 600 people under terrorism laws since Sept. 11, 2001. But fewer than 100 have been charged with any crime and only 15 have been convicted.
Muslim groups have complained that British police have been overly zealous in anti-terrorism sweeps in the past, often with little evidence that can stand up in court.