UK Terror Campaigns Plotted and Planned Over Emails And Internet Chat Rooms
by Michelle Duffy.
As police start to unravel the workings behind the sinister terror plots on London and Glasgow in recent days, a disturbing network of communication has been unearthed using emails.
The network in which the NHS linked bomb attacks have been exposed is said to be global. So far, police have made eight arrests in the UK and Australia, all apart from one has been a doctor making it the first terror attack involving terrorists working in the public sector.
Computers have also been taken by detectives from the hospitals in which the terrorists worked. These have been in Glasgow, Stoke-on-Trent and Liverpool. It is thought that the attacks were discussed and the plots planned through emails and telephone calls.
The suspect currently held by police in Australia will be shortly questioned by a special terror investigator from the UK. It is thought that the suspect held after his arrest on Brisbane, Mohammed Haneef, will have his detention extended.
The country down under has today put in place certain anti-terrorism laws for the first time in the country's history. It is thought that despite the plans for the attacks where conducted over the Internet through the computers both personal and at UK hospitals, there is evidence of a "guiding hand" from outside sources, possibly in the Middle east.
Dr Haneef who is being detained in Brisbane was trying to board a flight to India on a one way ticket when police seized him and arrested him immediately for his part in the attacks in the UK. It was suspected that Dr Haneef was worried that the authorities were about to catch up with him as he had left his apartment in a hurry, with his washing still hanging out on the balcony. This suggests that he had been tipped off prior to his arrest in Australia.
He was, as he says, leaving for India to see his new born baby girl. His family stand firm in the knowledge that Dr Haneef was innocent.
His mother, when speaking to reporters said of her son,
"He has been detained unnecessarily. He is innocent."
His sister, Sumaiya, said of her brother's arrest,
"He called us before leaving (Australia). We came to know about his detention through media. He is a responsible citizen of the country and the Indian government should help us get him back. His aim has been to be a good doctor."
A good doctor he may have been, but men in such a profession are there to help life, not take it away...
In the meanwhile, the UK government are facing tough questioning today as it has been revealed that four of the arrested suspects were already on MI5 files as suspected terror campaigners. One of them was even listed as being a serious threat to national security.
One had even been promoting his extremist beliefs on an Internet chat room...