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2005 London Bombings

Man linked to UK bombings arrested

Ap, Islamabad
Pakistani police arrested an al-Qaida suspect believed linked to the 2005 London transit bombings as US Intelligence agents watched the capture from a nearby car, two Pakistani security officials said yesterday.
Zabi ul Taifi, a Saudi national, was among seven al-Qaida suspects caught in a raid near the main northwest city of Peshawar sparked by a tip-off from the US, the officials told The Associated Press.
They said an unmanned spy plane and three helicopters hovered over the area during the raid on a house on the outskirts of the city, which has long been a h ub of militant activity. The officials requested anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to media.
Pakistan's Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik confirmed seven people had been arrested. He did not identify the detainees or detail their alleged crimes.
The arrests appear to be a fresh blow to al-Qaeda in Pakistan, already under fire from stepped-up US missile strikes on militant targets in Pakistani regions bordering Afghanistan.
They also suggested that
Islamabad and Washington are cooperating behind the scenes in targeting al-Qaeda andTaliban militants holed up close to the Afghan border, despite tensions over the missile strikes, which Pakistan has routinely protested.
• The Afghan border is home to scores of al-Qaeda and Taliban militants and is believed to be a likely hiding place for Osama bin Laden and other extremist leaders.
The security officials did not specify what role Taifi is alleged to have played in the 2005 attacks in London, which killed 52 people.
"We have reasons to believe that we got the right man who had played a role in the 2005 attacks in London," said one official, who said he received the information from security agents in Peshawar.
They said the "well planned" raid stemmed from a tip from American intelligence officials, who witnessed the raid in the Bara Qadeem area of Peshawar but did not participate in it.
The US Embassy declined comment. British Embassy spokesman Jennifer Wilkes said only that Britain "was trying to verify" the claim that Taifi was involved in the London attacks.
The suspects were in Pakistani custody and being
questioned Thursday, the officials said.
Britain is home to many people of Pakistani descent and has long been concerned about the spread of terrorism tolls shores.