UK Paper: London Investigations Find 7/21 Cell Not Linked to 7/7 Cell
By Andrew Cochran
The UK Independent is reporting that "The suicide cell that killed 52 people on 7 July is not linked to those alleged to be behind the second London attacks on 21 July, according to the initial findings of the biggest anti-terrorist investigation held in Britain. An investigation into the four suicide bombers from the first attacks and the people alleged to be behind the July 21 plot has found no evidence of any al-Qa'ida "mastermind" or senior organiser." The paper cites unnamed sources for the report, adding that the 7/21 cell appears to be a "copycat" cell, with 30-year-old Mohammad Sidique Khan the ringleader and recruiter of the other three younger men. The Independent also reports that Magdi Mahmoud el-Nashar, the chemist who was released in Egypt earlier this month, is still under investigation, pending the results of "forensic tests to discover whether his fingerprints or DNA was among the explosives and equipment found in a Leeds bomb-making factory and in a hire car used by one of the terrorists."
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