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http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20050707-094538-5139r If you have any comments or questions about this piece, need any more information about UPI products and services, or want to stop receiving these alerts, please get in touch. Thank you, Shaun Waterman UPI Homeland and National Security Editor E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 202 898 8081 U.S.: London blasts consistent with al-Qaida methodology WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say they have no evidence the London bombings were the work of al-Qaida, but said the attacks were consistent with the group's methodology. "We don't know who was responsible for the attacks," a senior U.S. intelligence official told reporters in a Thursday evening conference call. The official demanded anonymity, even though he was briefing in a conference call organized by the public affairs office of the director of national intelligence. "However," the official continued, "the attack methodology is consistent with what we know that al-Qaida has planned for in the past." Four bombs -- three on trains and one on a bus -- exploded during rush hour in the British capital Thursday, killing at least 37 people and injuring 700 more. The death toll is expected to rise. The official added the attacks were also "consistent with what happened in Madrid, which was carried out by an al-Qaida inspired -- if not affiliated -- group." Islamic extremists planted a series of bombs on commuter trains during rush hour in the Spanish capital in March last year, killing 190 people. The official said there were no confirmed details about the character of the devices, but added, "I do have information that timing devices appear to have used in some of the attacks." He said there were no indications that any of the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers. The official said he could not confirm reports that British investigators had discovered a number of unexploded devices on buses after the bombing. "We know that the British identified some suspicious packages... in the immediate aftermath of the bombings and there was at least one controlled explosion," the official said. "Some of those suspicious items were deemed to be benign, but some they didn't want to take a chance with." The bombs must have been "fairly powerful in light of the number of injuries and fatalities," he said, adding that the "enclosed spaces" in which the explosions took place "enhances the impact." Copyright (c) 2001-2005 United Press International -------------------------- 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/ <*> 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/
