Islamic leader warns London is attack target

[Dover]

Sunday 18 April 2004, 16:59 Makka Time, 13:59 GMT


London will be hit by a big operation, says group leader


Various groups sympathetic to al-Qaida are preparing large-scale attacks against London, the leader of an Islamic group has said in remarks published in Portugal.

Shaikh Umar Bakri Muhammad, the head of the London-based group al-Muhajirun, added on Sunday in an interview with the Portuguese daily Publico that last month's deadly Madrid train bombings were carried out by a group of independent actors who back Usama bin Ladin's organisation.

"There are many youths who dream of joining al-Qaida, but worse than that, there are many 'freelancers' who are willing to launch operations similar to those by al-Qaida," he said. "The attack in Madrid was carried out by one of those groups."

"Here in London there is a very well-organised group, which
calls itself al-Qaida-Europe," he added. "I know they are on the verge of launching a big operation."

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E3ABC09A-8A97-4195-9AD6-923B0B925ACD.htm

[alittlelark]

1. But London will be smart enough

to find the 'real' culprits'.

Or they won't, and the poodle will continue his prance about the podium.

[Dover]

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