London Bombers Tied to Saudi Arabia
Charles Johnson
Sat Aug 6, 2005 at 9:19 pm PDT • Views: 395
All roads lead to the Saudi entity: UK terrorists got cash from Saudi Arabia before 7/7. (Hat tip: NY Nana.)
Two senior al-Qaeda operatives in Saudi Arabia made money transfers and used coded text messages to communicate with suspected terrorists in Britain before last month’s attacks in London, according to officials in the kingdom.
The two men, of Moroccan descent, have since been shot dead. Younis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari, allegedly al-Qaeda’s leader in Saudi Arabia, was killed in Riyadh three weeks ago and Abdel Karim al-Mejati died in a shoot-out in the central al-Qassim region in April.
Saudi security officials suspect both men of involvement in the attacks in London on July 7 and 21 and say that al-Qaeda is definitely operating in Britain. “It’s beyond doubt they’re active in your country,” said one.
Huge amounts of chemicals and other bomb-making materials were found at al-Hayari’s hideout. Al-Mejati is said to have planned the train bombings in Madrid in March last year.
The Sunday Telegraph revealed last week that Scotland Yard was investigating evidence that the two waves of terrorist attacks in London were also planned in Saudi Arabia.
Frank says: