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Three Explosions Rock a London Oil Refinery

Three Explosions Rock a London Oil Refinery

At 6am London time, two there were two blasts at the Buncefield Oil Depot followed quickly by a third. The Bunsfiled Oil Depot is located right next to the Lutton Airport in the suburb of Hemel Hempsted. This is 40 km/25 miles North of London proper.

Atleast twenty containers are currently in flames.

Many in the area heard a loud roar follow by the explosion (from the first two blasts). Some eyewitnesses swear they saw a plane fly into the refinery. Flames were as high as 100 meters.

Hetfordshire police quickly shot down the claims of a plane having flown into the refinery, quick to call this an accident. This may simply be a way to keep people calm until a proper investigation has been done. Or it may be so since a small airport is nearby.

Casualties are being reported at the moment, but the numbers have yet to be calculated as this just happened and there is the constant noise of ambulances going in and out. There were many workers present at Bunsfield at the time as well as security guards. Atleast one of the casualties is one of the security guards.

Residents in the area are reporting a terrible odor in the air. The smoke is so thick that they can literally "taste" the oil in their throats. Many were forced to evaccuate because of this and the fact that many homes have been damaged. Cars are being redirected out of the area.

Effects from the blasts were felt as far away as Oxfordshire.

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Warning By Britian on Reporting Fake Al Jazeera Bombing Plot

Britain is warning media organizations that if they report on an alleged leaked document that President Bush plotted to bomb the Al Jazeera Television Station that they would be charged with breaking the law.

On Tuesday the British tabloid the Daily Mirror reported that according to a "secret British government document," Bush planned to do this but Tony Blair talked him out of it.

The British Attorney General warned the editors at the Mirror publicly. Many British papers immediately published not only the warning, but the original Mirror article as well. The latter caused a media frenzy.

The White House called the Mirror's accusations outlandish and without merit. Reporters worldwide including Al-Jazeera are standing behind President Bush on this one.

Meanwhile the Mirror is standing behind it's story, saying it came from 10 Downing Street. Allegedly it landed in the office of then-parliament member Tony Clarke of Northampton, England. Leo O'Connor who worked for Mr. Clarke and David Keogh, a civil servant evidently passed it onto the Mirror.

Charges have been filed against both O'Connor and Keogh.

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Suspects in British Custody Were Plotting Terror Attacks

Suspects in British Custody Were Plotting Terror Attacks

London authorities picked up 2 men in a counterterrorism raid last week. Now they know the two were planning attacks to follow up the 7/7 attacks.

Police say they were not linked to 7/7 or the thwarted repeat on 7/21. However they were planning multiple car bombings throughout England.

The men were among others picked up at 3 different addresses throughout the country. Their plans were to blow up various targets via car bombs, packing the cars with explosives and driving them into crowded city centers.

Additionally, a British official says the 2 are linked to Zarqawi, and "may be preparing to help jihadists go to Iraq".

A senior security source has been quoted as saying, "the threat was imminent and we had to take action quickly.....We suspect they were planning another strike on London and we felt these men posed a danger to the lives of the people living in London."

Finally and related, three men were arrested in the Southern suburb of London called Croydon and seven wewre arrested in other parts of England, three in Derby and four in Wolverhampton.

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UK Moves To Ban Islamist Terrorist Groups

The British Government is seeking to ban over a dozen Islamist Terrorist Groups of various nationalities under new anti-terrorist laws in that country. Home Secretary Charels Clarke believes all of the groups have ties to AQ. Some have immediate support in the UK.

Here is a list of many of the groups:

1. Ansar Al-Islam
2. Groupe Islamique (Morocco)
3. Islamic Jihad Union
4. Jaish Ansar al- Sunna
5. Harakat Jihal al-Islami Bangladesh
6. Harakat Jihal al-Islami Pakistan
7. Hasb e- Gebuddin (Afghanistan)
8. Jamaat Il-Fuqran
9. Millat e Islami
10. Khuddam al Islam
11. Sipah e-Sahaba

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500 Fewer British Troops Will Be Deploying to Iraq

As a result of their losses, they will be sending less.... Room 88 is reporting this story and noone else is.

"(R88N.Com) The British Army will have 500 fewer troops in Iraq after routine troop rotations this month."

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British Citizen Gets 7 Years For Trying to Sell a Missileto an FBI Agent

Terror Briton jailed for 47 years

Briton Hemant Lakhani has been jailed for 47 years for trying to sell a missile to an undercover FBI agent.

Lakhani was convicted in April of attempting to support terrorism after being caught in a sting.

He was also convicted at the court in Newark, New Jersey, of weapons brokering, money laundering and importing goods using false statements.

The 69-year-old, from Hendon, north London, had denied the charges, saying he was a victim of entrapment.

Lakhani was arrested in August 2003 after offering a shoulder-fired Igla missile to an FBI agent posing as a Somali terrorist.

He was one of three people held after a two-year operation by the FBI, UK and Russian intelligence services.

Judge Katherine Hayden told New Jersey District Court in Newark: "There is overwhelming evidence that Mr Lakhani was prepared to sell missiles to terrorists to shoot down aircraft which could have killed hundreds of human beings.

Source: BBC

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