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Post by [xG]juddski on May 1, 2007 1:31:57 GMT
Pressure mounting for MI5 inquiry
Pressure is mounting for an inquiry into MI5 amid revelations following the end of the UK's biggest terror trial. As five men were sentenced to life in jail for plotting to build a massive bomb, the public learned that MI5 had followed two of the 2005 suicide bombers as part of that investigation.
In an unprecedented statement, MI5's chief defended the security service, saying that it had done all it could.
MI5 is also facing questions over what it told MPs about the suicide bombers.
On Monday five men were jailed after a year-long trial into a Al Qaeda-linked plot to build a massive fertiliser bomb, a conspiracy smashed by MI5 and the police. Under surveillance: Picture from 2004, more than a year before London bombings.
But the security service also watched two of the London suicide bombers - ringleader Mohammad Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer.
The men came under surveillance as MI5 watched the fertiliser bomb plotters in early 2004 - 15 months before they killed 52 people in London.
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