Transcript London Subway Bombing Attacks

July 7, 2005
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The blast at Kings Cross killed 27 people, 14 died on the
bombed bus at Tavistock Square, the attack at Edgware Rd
killed seven and the Aldgate blast killed eight.
Police sources have told the BBC they have not recovered
any timing devices from the bomb scenes, possibly
indicating that detonation was by hand
Hussain had been reported missing by his family, and
personal belongings of some of the group were found at
the bomb scenes
Counter-terrorism officials believe the group of four would
have had an outside "controlling hand" who could still be
at large
More than 3,500 calls have been made by the public to an
anti-terrorist hotline and police have taken more than 800
witness statements.
Police are also analyzed more than 6,000 CCTV tapes
1.The four men arrive at King's Cross Thameslink station from Luton. They go to the tube station and
fan out on different lines
2. Shehzad Tanweer takes the Circle line eastbound. Bomb explodes between Liverpool St. and Aldgate
3. Lindsey Germaine takes the Piccadilly line south. The train blows up before the first stop at Russell
Square
4. Mohammad Sidique Khan takes the Circle line westbound. Bomb explodes at Edgware Rd
5. Hasib Hussain may have tried the Northern line but he ends up on the No. 30 bus. Bomb explodes at
Tavistock Square
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Three of the four bombers were British nationals of Pakistani
descent from West YorkshireThey were: Mohammad Sidique
Khan, 30, of Dewsbury; Hasib Mir Hussain, 18, of Holbeck,
Leeds: and Shehzad Tanweer, 22, of Beeston, Leeds
The fourth bomber was Jamaican-born Germaine Lindsay who
lived in Buckinghamshire
Hussain was the Tavistock Square bomber and Tanweer was
responsible for the Aldgate attack. Khan was the Edgware Road
bomber, and Lindsay was responsible for the King's Cross
attackCCTV stills and a picture of Hasib Hussain were released
by police
Officials in Pakistan have supplied documentation showing that
Khan and Tanweer visited Pakistan during 2004
Aum Shinrikyo, which is also known as Aum and Aleph, is a
Japanese cult that combines tenets from Buddhism, Hinduism, and
is obsessed with the apocalypse.
The group made headlines around the world in 1995 when members
carried out a chemical attack on the Tokyo subwaysystem. A nerve
agent, sarin, was released onto train cars, killing twelve and causing an
estimated six thousand people to seek medical attention, according to
the U.S. State Department 2007 Country Report. Aum Shinrikyo is listed
as a terrorist organization because of the 1995 attack and for previous
attempts to carry out biological and chemical attacks.
The group split into two factions in 2007 due to internal friction over
attempts to moderate the cults' religious beliefs and improve its public
image. Despite thirteen years of inactivity, both groups remain under
surveillance by Japanese authorities. Most of Aum's current 1,500
members live in Japan while about three hundred reside in Russia, says
the State Department.
The 1995 Sarin Attack
During the morning rush hour on one of the world's busiest commuter systems,
Aum members put a liquid form of sarin, tightly contained in packages made to
look like lunch boxes or bottled drinks, onto five cars on three separate subway
lines that converged at the Kasumigaseki station, where several government
ministries are located. The 1995 attack was the most serious terrorist attack in
Japan's modern history, causing massive disruption and widespread fear in a
society that is virtually free of crime. But the subway attack also showed the
world just how easy it is for a small cult or group of terrorists with limited
means to engage in chemical warfare.
On March 11, 2004 Chaos erupted in the Spanish Capital of Madrid Spain.
Commuters in Madrid have described the terror and chaos as a series of blasts ripped
through trains in the Spanish capital. The morning rush hour came to a standstill as
emergency services dealt with scores of people killed and more than 1,400 injured in the
blasts.
"There were pieces of train in the street and dead people trapped in the twisted iron,"
one resident told BBC News Online.
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On 11 March 2004, a series of bombs exploded within minutes
of each other on four commuter trains in the Spanish capital
Madrid.
The blasts killed 191 people and wounded 1,841. It was the
worst terror attack in Europe since the Lockerbie bombing in
1988.
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Seven of the key suspects - including the
alleged mastermind, Tunisian Serhane ben
Abdelmajid Fakhet - died in an explosion at a
Madrid flat in April 2004 as police were closing
in on them. A policeman also died.
Twenty one people, mostly Moroccans, were
convicted of involvement in the attacks. Three
of the key defendants received maximum jail
sentences.
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All four of the trains targeted by the
bombers had left Alcala de Henares
station, 19 miles from Madrid.
Ten explosions ripped through the busy
carriages as the trains were either in
stations or just outside.
Three bombs failed to go off and were
later deactivated by explosives experts.
Drug violence on the U.S. Mexican Border
The violence has also been fueled by the splintering of
drug organizations under siege, which led to escalating
rounds of bloody infighting over territory and criminal
rackets.
In February 2011, the Pentagon began flying
high-altitude, unarmed drones over Mexican
skies in hopes of collecting information to
turn over to Mexican law enforcement
agencies. A Homeland Security drone was
said to have helped Mexican authorities find
several suspects linked to the Feb. 15 killing
of Jaime Zapata, a United States Immigration
and Customs Enforcement Immigration
agent.