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Who is "al-Qaeda of Europe," the previously unknown terrorist group claiming responsibility for the murderous London bombings? Three of the suspected suicide bombers (all killed in the explosions) were immigrants from Pakistan: Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30; Hasib Hussain, 19; and Shehzad Tanweer, 22. Not immediately found was a fourth suspect, designated in some ac counts as the presumed "master bomber."
A story in the London-based Financial Times quoted a top British explosives expert who claimed that the nature of the London explosions "suggests that the perpetrators acquired either military or high-quality commercial explosives, possibly from Eastern Europe." According to Christophe Chaboud, head of the French security service's Anti-terrorist Co-ordination Unit, "The use of military explosives is very worrying.... How did they procure them? Either they were supplied by the underground market, for example from the Balkans, or they benefited from accomplices who removed explosives from a military base."
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Source: HighBeam Research, London bombings: more Balkans blow-back?(INSIDER REPORT)