Jul 15 2005

Ties Between London and Bin Laden

This is troubling news, but at least we are able to rapidly find the connections. It appears one of the bombers (links to 3 of the bios here) has some connection to Bin Laden:

The latest report links Shehzad Tanweer, one of the three Leeds-based bombers who struck terror in London on July 7, with Osama bin Laden. It is believed he was taught terror tactics at an estate in north Pakistan, where bin Laden’s lived earlier and where Markaz-e-Dawa, a notorious religious school, is now housed.

Tanweer had gone to Pakistan last December after dropping out of his sports science course at Leeds Metropolitan University. His movements, traced so far, suggest he flew to Lahore. The city, the British police now feel, is a hotbed of fundamentalism. From Lahore he went to Markaz-e-Dawa, the madarsa co-founded by bin Laden on the 190-acre site at Muridke, 30 miles from Lahore.

The estate comprises a mosque, a foundry, a garment factory, a woodwork centre, a computer centre, three residences for recruits and 30 schools.

Bin Laden had a house there until he became a fugitive on the run in 1990, according to The Mirror. Intelligence experts believe apart from teaching the Koran, the school also runs a 21-day course covering assassinations and bombs.

I am glad to see we now know what needs to be destroyed in order to drain some remaining pools of the swamp.

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One Response to “Ties Between London and Bin Laden”

  1. patch says:

    “The estate comprises a mosque, a foundry, a garment factory, a woodwork centre, a computer centre, three residences for recruits and 30 schools.”

    Why isn’t there a swarm of cruise missiles headed there right now?

    Oh, sovereign Pakistani territory. Gee, real sorry about that, how about a trade agreement?