>From the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4686089.stm Hunted chemistry expert arrested An Egyptian chemistry expert sought by police over last week's London bombings has been arrested in Cairo, Egypt.
Magdi Mahmoud al-Nashar, 33, had not been seen by colleagues in Leeds since early July. British police are searching a house in Leeds linked to Mr al-Nashar, although he was not formally named as a suspect. Earlier, police said they were hunting the financiers, supporters and chemists who assembled the bomb used in the attacks last week. British police had said they wanted to question Mr al-Nashar, who completed a PhD in chemistry at Leeds University. BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said Mr al-Nashar's alleged link to the plot was unclear, but it was believed he handed over keys to a house in Leeds used by the bombers. 'Explosives' British agents are believed to be with Egyptian authorities questioning Mr al-Nashar in Cairo. He was arrested after a large operation in the Egyptian capital early on Friday. Security sources have told the BBC Mr al-Nashar was not known to them, correspondent Margaret Gilmour said. Police are also searching homes in Leeds and Buckinghamshire. Sources have told the BBC that explosives found in one of the homes is from ingredients available from high-street chemists. They were the same kind of explosive Richard Reid had in his shoes when he tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight in 2001. Anti-terrorist agencies are worried other "educated amateurs" could try to make more of the explosive, and that the risk of accidents in the manufacturing process is very high. 'Al-Qaeda operative' The BBC has also learned a suspected al-Qaeda member entered Britain via a Channel port two weeks before the bombs, but was not kept under surveillance. The man apparently left Britain hours before the blasts. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Met Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair said there was nothing connecting the man to the plot, but added that investigators expected to find evidence linking al-Qaeda to the attacks. He said the bombers were only the "foot soldiers" of the operation and the mastermind was still being sought. "What we've got to find is, who encouraged them, who trained them, and who's the chemist," he said. He said police would also work with the Muslim community, which he said had been "close to denial" about extremist preachers, to defeat terrorism. "We will break this horror that has descended upon us," he said. Bomber images Muslim community leaders are visiting mosques, charities and schools in West Yorkshire on Friday, including Sir Iqbal Sacranie, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB). Community sources report that the MCB delegation has met with relatives of one of the suicide bombers, Mohammad Sidique Khan, in Dewsbury. A man injured in the bus bombing in Tavistock Square died in hospital on Thursday, taking the number of confirmed victims to 51. Three of the bombers have also been confirmed dead, with the fourth also thought to have died. The names of two bombers - Hasib Mir Hussain, 18, from Holbeck, Leeds and Shehzad Tanweer, 22, from Beeston, Leeds - were confirmed by police. Khan, 30, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, is believed to have blown up the Edgware Road train, though no forensic evidence as yet places him at the scene. Police sources indicated the fourth bomber was almost certainly Jamaican-born Lindsey Germaine, who lived in Buckinghamshire. On Thursday, police revealed a CCTV image of Hussain, captured two-and-a-half hours before he blew up the bus. Police want to know if Hussain received last-minute orders to change his plans. -- The BBC also listed the names of the four suicide bombers: Mohammad Sidique Khan (above): Aged 30, from Beeston, Leeds, recently moved to Dewsbury, married with baby. ID found at Edgware Road blast site. Hasib Mir Hussain(confirmed): Aged 18, lived Holbeck, Leeds. Reported missing on day of bombings. Said to have turned very religious two years ago. ID found in No 30 bus. Shehzad Tanweer(confirmed): Aged 22, born Bradford, lived Beeston, Leeds. Studied religion in Pakistan. Forensic evidence linking him to Aldgate blast. Lindsey Germaine: Jamaican-born man who lived in Buckinghamshire. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164900 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
