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Jihadis used Qaeda's 'Mother of Satan' explosives for 7/7

     London: Investigations into the London bomb attack have revealed that terrorists used highly volatile explosives, named by terror group Al Qaeda as the 'Mother of Satan', for ripping apart three tubes and one bus in London Investigators said that the explosives were of the same nature as the one used by shoe-bomber Richard Reid, adding that traces of acetone peroxide were found at the site of explosion as well at the homes of the bombers, The Daily Mail reported. The new revelation completely contradicts earlier speculation that bombers had used military explosives like C4 or semtex, for triggering the blasts. Police officials further say that 'Mother of Satan' is not very difficult to prepare and can be concocted from a variety of over the counter and household chemicals, including drain cleaner and acetone. Terrorists are also taught to prepare it at jihadi camps across Afghanistan. Scientists say that acetone peroxide is highly sensitive to heat, friction and shock, adding, even professional chemists have been injured attempting to use it.

7/7 bomber visited British Parliament as Labour MP's guest (Go To Top)

      London: Investigations into the London bomb attack has revealed that one of the suicide bombers, who blew himself up on 7/7, was a guest of a House of Commons' Member of Parliament. According to The Daily Mail, Sidique Khan, attended Parliament as guest of Labour MP Jon Trickett, around one year prior to the bomb attack. The revelation has, as expected sent shockwaves through Westminster. Thirty-year-old Khan, who killed himself and six innocent commuters on a tube near Edgware Road, met Trickett in July 2004. Khan, who was invited in his capacity as a learning mentor at Hillside Primary School in Beeston, Leeds, where Mr Trickett's wife Sarah is head-teacher, also met Cabinet Minister Hilary Benn, the International Development Secretary, in Portcullis House, where the two talked. He also reportedly rubbed shoulders with politicians on a tour of the Palace of Westminster with Trickett. Trickett, has in the wake of the revelation, expressed shock and grief. "I was shocked to learn that someone who had grown up in the area of Beeston where I lived and which I represented on Leeds City Council for 12 years should turn out to be one of the London bombers," the paper quoted Trickett as saying. "Many years after leaving, I met Mr Khan in July 2004 when he accompanied a school trip to London during which time they briefly visited Portcullis House for a sandwich and met with their local MP. It is profoundly disturbing to discover that a person, who appeared to care so deeply for the children at that time, should so callously take the lives of others only a year later," he added. Khan, who was brought to London, by Mrs Trickett, also visited major London attractions including the London Eye and St James's Park, the report added. Incidentally Khan, who had also visited Trickett at home, was in the same school year group as Trickett's son 17 years ago.

Top cleric among four nabbed by Pak for 7/7 (Go To Top)

     Islamabad: Pakistan has reportedly detained four suspects related to the London blasts case, including a top cleric, following a list of suspects handed to it by Britain. The Times of London said that following Pakistan President General Musharraf's countrywide crackdown on jihadis, authorities in Pakistan arrested the head of an Islamic religious school, believed to have been the madrassa, where suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer first made contact with Al Qaeda militants. Pakistani intelligence officials also said that British police had provided them with a list of names in the wake of the London bombings attacks, adding that Pakistan was checking the linkages. "They provided us with names of certain individuals for information following the London bombing. We are checking the linkages here," the Daily Times quoted a senior security official as saying. Police officials in Faisalabad also confirmed of four people being picked up by security agencies. "The security agencies have picked up four people. They were taken to an undisclosed location, but we were not involved in this operation," a Faisalabad police official said. A Pakistani intelligence official further said that they were also pursuing information on Shehzad Tanweer, one of the suicide bombers, who had reportedly studied at a religious school in Pakistan last year, and had two years back, in Faisalabad, met a groups of militants linked to the Al Qaeda. Pakistani authorities are also investigating whether Tanweer had links to two militant groups, understood to be Jaish Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba. Both are known to have ties with the Al Qaeda network. Jaish is loosely linked with the Jamia Manzoorul Islamia seminary in Lahore, which denied British press reports that Tanweer had studied there.

18 top editors accompanying PM on US visit (Go To Top)

      Washington: At least eighteen high-profile editors of various newspapers are accompanying Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on his first bilateral visit to the United States, a clear indication of the trip's significance to the future prospects of Indo-US ties. Never before has there been such a high profile media delegation accompanying a Prime Minister abroad on an official bilateral visit. The list of editors boarding Air India One or Khajuraho reads like the who's who of the Indian media network, hailing from all parts of the country, be it the northeast or the south or from the western and northern parts. Among them are three editors from the Press Trust of India (PTI), including Editor-in-Chief M.K.Razdan, Subhas Chander Malhotra (Senior Editor-Photo), Devidas Gupta (Editor PTI Bhasha), Sonny Abraham (Editor-UNI), Tarun Basu (Chief Editor and Director Indo- Asian News Service), Lakshman Nikhil (Editor-in-Chief of Rediff.com), Narasimhan Ravi (Editor of The Hindu), C.R.Mohan (Editor-Strategic Affairs of The Indian Express), Indrani Bagchi (Senior Assistant Editor of The Times of India, Bharat Bhushan (Editor of The Telegraph), H.K.Dua (Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune), Mrinal Pande (Editor of Hindustan), K.Q.Anwar, (Managing Editor of The Munsif Daily), Prashant Kumar Mishra (Political Editor of the Dainik Jagran), Vishwa Bandhu Gupta (Editor of Daily Tej), D.K.raikar (Editor of the Lokmat) to name a few. In all, a 34-strong media contingent is accompanying the Prime Minister on his three-day visit. Five officials having links to media and from the Prime Minister's Office and the External Affairs XP Division are also on the flight to Washington. They include the Prime Minister's media advisor Dr. Sanjaya Baru, Navtej Sarna, Jt. Secretary in charge of the XP Division of the Ministry of External Affairs and others. Finance Minister P.Chidamabaram, External Affairs Minister K.Natwar Singh, National Security Advisor M.K.Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran will also be accompanying or joining the Prime Minister on his landmark visit to Washington.

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