Trafford Centre was terror target
 

OPERATION: Officers surround student suspect

Thursday April 9,2009
By John Twomey

POLICE last night foiled a suspected plot to launch a massive bomb attack, arresting 10 suspects.

The extremists were believed to be close to carrying out a plan aimed at slaughtering scores of people and causing damage estimated at millions of pounds.

Detectives believe it was planned to detonate a huge conventional device rather than a “dirty” bomb.

The arrests came after an intelligence operation led by the security service MI5 which identified leading Al Qaeda-linked figures at the heart of a terrorist conspiracy.

Raids were carried out at Cheetham Hill in Manchester, Liverpool’s John Moores University and at Clitheroe, Lancashire.

It is understood simultaneous raids were carried out in Pakistan.

Senior sources also revealed the alleged terror cell planned to attack the Birdcage nightclub in Manchester city centre or the Trafford Centre shopping complex.

The nightspot, with its dancing showgirls, has become hugely popular, attracting thousands of clubbers each week. Detectives believe it was chosen as a symbol of “western decadence”.

The Trafford Centre, on the outskirts of Manchester, attracts about 140,000 shoppers every weekend.

Officers also raided three houses in the city’s Cheetham Hill area about 6pm, looking for explosives.

One of the addresses was an internet café that also carries out computer repairs.

Another was a residential address where three men aged 18 to 30 were arrested.

Neighbours said the men moved in about a year ago and regularly attended a nearby mosque.

Oh bleeding hell you know what, I just remembered my friend put her status saying she can't go work because the building was closed off. It has only just clicked... how slow am I?!

:S Oh dear

Arndale was also a target apparently.

Well done the police with stopping these evil vile twisted scum!

My mates were on a night out in the Birdcage too last night... if these all happened I would hate to think of all the people I could of lost =/

I was gonna go out last night and was gonna to printworks/birdcage and if I did then it probably would have got bombed because thats just my luck :joker:

The Trafford Centre is a terror target every Christmas

Hold your horses

Remember the Forest Gate affair?

I love Arndale

its so much better than the trafford centre (which is ****)

OMG, not my beautiful Trafford Centre.

If it ever happens and Ronaldo is hurt.... there's gonna be some trouble!!!!!

:love:

and impossible to get too.

Lauren
I prefer to find out later if these students were pro's


Khan who was a supply teacher
but he was Pro leader of the 7/7 bombers
I have not seen any that are like that crew.

This scares me shitless!!!!!

Its a horrid horrid world we live in :sad:

You are assuming they are guilty

IIRC with the Forest Gate affair where a suspect was shot by police, they were eventually released without charge as being innocent.

See Link

So let's wait to see if they are charged

According to wikipedia I live near him so it can easily be arranged (I can't stand him :spin2:)

Yes Sticks

this bunch and Young Tom
are acting like Fox news.


Sign Of The Times.

I never thought they were Guilty
and now All 12 are Free.


What a utter waste of Money.

Balls Up.

And out of spite they are all going to be deported.

Yes Typical
of New Labour
sweeping it out of this nation.

Oh, thats so sad.. :bawling::bawling::bawling:

People get deported and people complain
People get imported and people complain.

Hm