The Met - 7/7 "Suicide bombers" don't behave like "terrorists"

Jason Bennetto of the Independent(31/10/05) reports that Met. Anti Terrorist expert says 7/7 bombers did not behave like terrorists.

An unnamed representative of the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch, is reported in the magazine Police Review telling a seminar held in Preston, Lancashire 2 two weeks ago about the four 7/7 “suicide” bombers: "This is not the behaviour of a terrorist - you'd think this is normal.” He was referring to the evidence of CCTV that Shehzad Tanweer , one of the Leeds “suicide” bombers arguing with a cashier about being short-changed hours before he blew himself up.

The counter terrorist expert also told a seminar that the policing bill for the attacks on 7 July and the failed bombings on 21 July so far stands at £77m. (Luvvly Jubbly sarge’ ..all that overtime)

He warned traffic officers that the four terrorists - Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Germaine Lindsay, 19, and Hasib Hussain, 18, - did not fit the preconceived terrorist profile.

Another of the terrorists - the teenager who destroyed a double-decker bus - was also captured on surveillance cameras wandering around the streets of London, "bumping into people", before detonating his rucksack bomb.

The mysterious and anonymous official is further reported saying …"I've seen the CCTV footage of these people (one wonders when the world at large will ?). They do not appear to be on their way to commit any crime at all. The Russell Square bomber [Hasib Hussain] is actually seen going into shops and bumping into people [prior to his attack].(Evidently been trained by French schoolchildren visiting London)

"Tanweer (he of the shiny red Mercedes who RENTS a Micra to take his mates to Luton and then the train to LOndon) also played a game of cricket the night before he travelled down to London - now are these the actions of someone who is going to blow themselves up the next day?

Well, here’s some news for Commander Clark of the Met … other people came to that conclusion a long time ago. See …”another bloody silly conspiracy theory”.