Wednesday, December 16, 2009

London police arrested suspected al Qaeda terrorists after they filmed tube stations

London police have revealed that last year they arrested a group of five men with suspected links to al Qaida. The group filmed several tube stations, shopping centers and other potential targets.

Sky News has more plus an excerpt of the video the terrorists made.

A gang with suspected links to al Qaeda were caught filming potential terror targets in London, police have revealed.

Footage has been released which was recorded on one man's mobile phone as he travelled around the capital.

It shows the man inspecting Oxford Circus, Mornington Crescent and Camden Town Tube stations, plus Liverpool Street railway station.

City of London Police said they believed information was being gathered for a possible atrocity in the capital or at major regional shopping centres.

Five men were arrested in July 2008, but none were ever convicted of terror offences.

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