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No Al-Qaeda Link To London Attacks

The remains of a bus blown up in the London bombings in July 2005 (file photo) (epa)

April 9, 2006 -- The British newspaper "The Observer" says a government inquiry into the terrorist attack in London last July found no direct link to Al-Qaeda, although two of the bombers had visited Pakistan.

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The first forensic account of the attack, ordered by Britain's Home Office, says the coordinated bombings of London's transport system were the product of a "simple and inexpensive" plot hatched by four British extremists bent on martyrdom.


The four suicide bombers killed 52 people and wounded hundreds.


(AP, AFP)

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