UK - 7/7 ringleader had ties to terror cell

This report raises far more disturbing questions than it answers.

Britain's intelligence services will face a fresh barrage of criticism on Thursday when a parliamentary committee publishes a report into the London terror attacks that shows a direct link between the bombers' ringleader and a terrorist cell.

What kind of "terrorist cell"? Al Qaeda or who? What's happend to the rest of the cell?

Then we are told that the report will tell us that these home grown Muslim terrorists acted on their own using instructions they "found on the Internet".

Its report will be published alongside the government's official account into the bombings, which confirms that the four bombers - all from the north of England - carried out a cheap and simple plot to bomb London using techniques they had found on the internet.

But is it really that simple?

The revelation will prove damaging. Previously it was believed Khan was linked to the cell only through a third party. That he had direct links to the group under surveillance raises questions over why he was not placed under closer supervision.

After the London bombings, it emerged that Khan travelled to Pakistan, where he met with radical Muslim groups. But the committee heard that, though the intelligence agencies had been monitoring Khan in the UK, they did not believe him to be a terrorist threat, instead thinking he was intent on committing fraud.

So, Khan travels to Pakistan "where he met with radical Muslim groups" and on his return links up with a terrorist cell here in the UK. Then he "finds" instructions on how to make packpack bombs on the Internet.

I belive the term we're looking for here is "connecting the dots".
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