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LONDON — Police arrested
eight men and seized half a ton
of ammonium nitrate, a fertiliz
er compound used in the
Oklahoma City bombing, in
raids by hundreds of officers —
one of the biggest anti-terrorism
operations in Britain since the
Sept. 1 1 attacks.
Home Secretary David
Blunkett, who has warned for
months that London is a prime
terrorist target, said the arrests
Tuesday were a “timely
reminder” of the threat from al-
Qaida. But a Muslim leader
warned that the headline-grab
bing dawn raids risked demoniz
ing the whole community.
Press Association, the
British news agency, said all
eight were of Pakistani
descent, but police would
not comment.
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in the “commission, preparation
or instigation” of acts of terror
ism, London’s Metropolitan
Police said.
Authorities recovered the
ammonium nitrate — often
used in terrorist bombings —
from a self-storage facility in
west London, police said. It
was the largest seizure of
potential bomb-making materi
al in England since the Irish
Republican Army suspended
its campaign of violence
in 1997.
“Part of the investigation
will focus on the purchase,
storage and intended use of
that material.” said Deputy
Assistant Commissioner Peter
Clarke, head of the force’s anti
terrorist branch.
Clarke said the suspects
were British, aged 17 to 32, and
were arrested as part of an oper
ation targeting alleged interna
tional terrorist activity. He said
the operation, which involved
five police forces, was not con
nected to the Madrid train
bombings this month or to Irish
terrorism.
Clarke gave no details of the
suspects’ background or reli
gious affiliation, but he told
reporters that “we in the police
service know that the over
whelming majority of the
Muslim community are law
abiding and completely reject all
forms of violence.”
Three of the arrests were in
Uxbridge and Slough, near
Heathrow Airport west of
London, and four in Crawley
and Horley, near Gat wick to
the south. Police refused to
say whether there was any
significance to the proximity.
The eighth arrest was in Ilford,
east London.
Officers conducted 24
searches that also targeted
addresses in Reading, Luton and
north London. In Crawley, a
bedroom community near
Gatwick, forensic investigators
in blue coveralls searched a red
brick house as neighbors and
journalists looked on.
Residents in Luton, a town
north of London where several
homes were searched, expressed
shock at the raids. Taxi driver
Jarez Khan said he knew one of
the families whose property
was searched.
“I’d be amazed if they were
involved in any kind of terror
ism. They can’t have done any
thing wrong. They’re a nice
family,” Khan said.
“From what I heard, the
police came here at about 5
o’clock kicking doors down like
(the British police TV series)
The Sweeney.’ There are young
children in those houses. What
do they need to do this for? It’s
over the top.”
Massoud Shadjareh, chair
man of the Islamic Human
Rights Commission, said such
high-profile police operations
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fostered an impression that many
Muslims supported terrorism.
“These raids are usually
given a lot of importance
when they are taking place.
but when people are released
without charge it is not news,"
he said.
"Our community, the
Muslim community, is being
demonized through these
events,” he added.
Of more than 5(X) people
arrested under the Terrorism
Act since Sept. 11. 2001, four-
fifths have been released with
out charge.
Police and government offi
cials have been warning for
months that terrorists will
attempt a major attack on
London. Britain’s strong support
for the war in Iraq makes it a
prime target, and there were
fresh calls for vigilance fol
lowing the Madrid train bomb
ings on March 11.
Blunkett, the minister
responsible for homeland secu
rity, said the arrests were “a
timely reminder that the U.K.
and its interests abroad remain
a target.”
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ammonium nitrate.
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