Terror police probe 'bomb plot' from SCBBC

Information is trickling out on the ongoing investigation. This caught my eye:

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said the raids followed the infiltration of alleged extremist Islamist groups. (my emphasis)

Remeber my earlier post here about a "global terror sweep"? I read somewhere (I'll try and find the link) that the arrest in Canada was tied to a terrorist plot in London. Too soon to tell if these two are connected.

NOTE: Edit to this post. The archive permalink does not appear to work properly (I'm working on it). For some reason the link takes you to the top of the archive page and not directly to the article. So, when you get to the page press ctrl-f and enter - terror sweep - for the search criteria. Sorry about that.

In the same article we get these two conflicting bits of information:

He said sources had told him the alleged targets of any bombing were not military or government-related but members of the public.

and further down this:

He said the operation was not linked to the bombs in Madrid and there had been no danger to the public.

Now folks which is it?

And finally from Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission "It is creating a deception in the minds of ordinary people that we have a bigger problem than we really have," he added.

When you are war, as we are against terrorist, you tend to be a little jumpy. So when you find a half a ton of what could be bomb making material in the hands of what could be Islamic terrorists you err on the side of caution.

You see Mr. Shadjareh, we will never forget that:

Ammonium nitrate was used in the Istanbul bombing last year, the Bali attack in 2002 and is believed to have been used by al-Qaeda in an attack on the US embassy in Nairobi in 1998. It was also used in the Oklahoma bombing in 1995.