Syria's Assad Regime Releases Imprisoned Mastermind of 7/7 Islamic Terror Attack On London

Abu Musab Al Suri

One of the world's most evil men is free tonight - the mastermind of al Qaeda's 7/7 bus bombings in London was released from a Syrian prison by the Assad regime. So why did Assad do this?

Let's look at the report from The Telegraph to find out:

Abu Musab al-Suri had been held in Syria for six years after being captured by the CIA in 2005 and transported to the country of his birth under its controversial extraordinary rendition programme.

But he is now said to have been released as a warning to the US and Britain about the consequences of turning their backs on President al-Assad’s regime as it tries to contain the uprising in the country.

Al-Suri, also known as Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, was al-Qaeda’s operations chief in Europe and has been accused of planning the London bombings, in which four British-born terrorists detonated three bombs on the Underground and another on a bus, killing 52 people and injuring more than 700 others in 2005.

In a statement released after the attacks, al-Suri said: “[In my teachings] I have mentioned vital and legitimate targets to be hit in the enemy’s countries … Among those targets that I specifically mentioned as examples was the London Underground. [Targeting this] was and still is the aim.”

I guess it would be too wishful of thinking if this clown spent his first three months of freedom plotting a bombing attack on Assad himself, wouldn't it? LOL

I guess this story just proves that when a terrorist mastermind is captured, you simply stand him up in front of a row of Marines sharpshooters and end his miserable life. I've never seen a guy released from 224 bullet holes.

Syria releases the 7/7 'mastermind’


Abu Musab al-Suri had been held in Syria for six years after being captured by the CIA in 2005 and transported to the country of his birth under its controversial extraordinary rendition programme.

But he is now said to have been released as a warning to the US and Britain about the consequences of turning their backs on President al-Assad’s regime as it tries to contain the uprising in the country.

Al-Suri, also known as Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, was al-Qaeda’s operations chief in Europe and has been accused of planning the London bombings, in which four British-born terrorists detonated three bombs on the Underground and another on a bus, killing 52 people and injuring more than 700 others in 2005.

In a statement released after the attacks, al-Suri said: “[In my teachings] I have mentioned vital and legitimate targets to be hit in the enemy’s countries … Among those targets that I specifically mentioned as examples was the London Underground. [Targeting this] was and still is the aim.”

A mechanical engineer, he is also wanted in Spain in connection with the Madrid train bombings in 2004, which left 191 dead, and for links to an attack on the Paris Metro in 1995.

A judge has also ordered his arrest with other members of a Spanish terror cell that helped prepare the way for the September 11 attacks in 2001 on New York and Washington.

With his red hair, green eyes, pale features and trimmed beard, Syrian-born al-Suri was able to easily pass as a European and plot some of al-Qaeda’s worse atrocities.

Married to a Spanish woman, he spent three years in London in the 1990s, before moving to Afghanistan to run two of Osama Bin Laden’s terrorist training camps where he began experimenting with chemical weapons and set up sleeper cells in Europe.

While in this role, he conceived the plan to attack the London transport system and may have met some of the British-born suicide bombers led by Mohammad Sidique Khan when they are believed to have visited terrorist train camps in Pakistan.

Al-Suri, who had a £3 million US State Department bounty on his head, was reportedly captured in Pakistan in November 2005 and handed to the CIA.

His hideout was thought to have been identified after US intelligence intercepted a call from his wife.

In a move that has never been officially confirmed, the Americans then reportedly turned him over to Syria where he had been held for the past six years in the Aleppo prison, on its border with Turkey.

Quoting local sources, Syrian opposition website Sooryoon.net revealed al-Suri’s release last week.

It said: “The timing of his release raises a lot of questions and observers believe the release may indicate the regime is stopping security co-operation with the Americans and thus releasing all those Washington considers a threat to its interests.”

The release comes as President al-Assad is facing huge international pressure after he responded to peaceful anti-government protests which began in March last year with overwhelming military force leaving thousands of civilians dead and wounded.

With the uprising continuing and heavy fighting on the streets of the capital Damascus, European and Arab countries last week drafted a UN resolution calling for the president to stand down, only for it to be blocked by the Russians who said they would veto the strong wording.

But if al-Suri is now a free man, it will be a blow to the attempts to dismantle al-Qaeda’s leadership and undermine its ability to launch terrorist attacks following the death of Osama Bin Laden last May and the death of Anwar al-Awlaki in a US drone attack in Yemen last September.

Before al-Suri’s capture, he was seen as a possible successor to Bin Laden, though the pair had been bitter rivals.

His wife Helena, who converted to Islam and lives in Qatar with al-Suri’s four children, said: “I have not heard anything official or unofficial since my husband disappeared in 2004.”

She added: “I hope that one day we will be together again.”

British Inquest Hearing Into Islamic Terror Attacks of 7/7/05 Reveal the Horror of That Day

The British courts have begun their inquest hearings of the 7/7 islamic terrorist bombings in London - basically these are an indepth hearing of what happened that day with accounts taken from victims and witnesses.

From the report at Reuters via Breitbart:

The London suicide attacks of July 7, 2005, might have been planned for the previous day and the bombers were prepared to fight police and throw improvised bombs at them, the victims' inquests were told on Monday.

Four British Islamists -- Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Hasib Hussain, 18, and Jermaine Lindsay, 19, -- detonated homemade bombs on three packed underground trains and a bus in the worst peacetime attacks in London.

"The bombs struck down men and women, the old and young, British nationals as well as foreigners. They had no regard to whether the victim was Christian, Muslim, a follower of any of our other great faiths, an adherent to none."

Keith said the four bombers unleashed an "unimaginably dreadful wave of horror" which they hoped would attract worldwide publicity.

"They were acts of merciless savagery which could only outline the sheer inhumanity of the perpetrators," he said.

As I read through this article and remember the reports of that horrific day in London, it was obvious that his was a well calculated terrorist attack that had been planned for a long time but what is coming out in these inquest hearings is what was revealed on that day. Rage. Absolute and unmitigated rage on the part of the four attackers ....almost an insane rage.

Only islam could instill this kind of rage against such a wide array of victims - it's important to glean from the article that the attackers didn't select their victims...it was totally random, it was all about killing, all about shedding a lot of blood. And while the plans were calculated, what these poor victims that survived that day was a bit of a glimpse of what goes on behind the gates of Hell. I pray that one day their dreams will return and replace the nightmares.

London bomb inquests told of "wave of horror"

(Reuters) - The London suicide attacks of July 7, 2005, might have been planned for the previous day and the bombers were prepared to fight police and throw improvised bombs at them, the victims' inquests were told on Monday.

The first day of the inquests into deaths of the 52 people heard the victims had been killed in acts of merciless savagery during an "unimaginably dreadful wave of horror."

Four British Islamists -- Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Hasib Hussain, 18, and Jermaine Lindsay, 19, -- detonated homemade bombs on three packed underground trains and a bus in the worst peacetime attacks in London.

The long-awaited inquests at London's High Court -- which had to wait until all criminal trials of alleged associates of the bombers had ended -- are the first public examination of the blasts and the events leading up to them.

They are expected to last five months, will call 240 witnesses as well as a couple hundred more statements, and use the largest investigation database created by the Metropolitan Police containing more than 40,000 exhibits.

On Monday, the inquests heard how London Underground, responded, somewhat chaotically, to the unfolding outrage. Senior managers initially thought there had been a power outage or power surge hitting many train lines.

Emergency calls made to the tube's control center by station staff played to the court talked of a "person under a train" or a train "hitting a tunnel wall."

The court also heard that a text message from ringleader Khan to fellow bomber Tanweer suggested plans to carry out the attacks 24 hours earlier had to be abandoned.

The coroner, Lady Justice Heather Hallett, who is sitting without a jury, opened the hearing by pledging to release as much material as possible to the public.

"I will balance carefully the needs of national security with relevance and fairness," she said. She will examine the role of the security services and whether MI5 could and should have stopped the attacks.

Hallett promised the families of the victims that though it will be necessary to see and hear extremely disturbing material "no graphic images" of the bombings or of their injured loved ones will be made available on the web.

Apart from those killed, some 700 people were injured or severely maimed. Many still bare deep psychological scars.

After a minute's silence for the victims, lawyer to the inquests, Hugo Keith, outlined how the four suicide bombers carried out the bombings but admitted that some of the questions revolving around the attacks might never be fully answered.

"They detonated amongst the innocent and the unknowing, indiscriminately killing and maiming passengers who were simply going about their daily business," he said.

DISREGARD FOR ALL FAITHS

"The bombs struck down men and women, the old and young, British nationals as well as foreigners. They had no regard to whether the victim was Christian, Muslim, a follower of any of our other great faiths, an adherent to none."

Keith said the four bombers unleashed an "unimaginably dreadful wave of horror" which they hoped would attract worldwide publicity.

"They were acts of merciless savagery which could only outline the sheer inhumanity of the perpetrators," he said.

Keith noted there have already been a series of investigations into the 7/7 attacks, including a major report by the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC).

Families of victims and survivors have long called for a full public inquiry into the bombings, arguing that official accounts have been insufficient, inaccurate and misleading.

Their demands have been fueled by revelations in subsequent years that two of the bombers had come onto the radar of the security services but were not deemed significant threats.

In the aftermath of the attacks, ministers had stated the men were unknown to the authorities and were "clean skins"

Evidence given at court cases since 2005 has shown that Tanweer and the bombers' ringleader Khan were photographed, recorded and followed by intelligence operatives several times in early 2004 in the company of plotters later jailed for planning attacks using fertilizer-based bombs.

However, a report by the ISC last year concluded the domestic spy agency MI5 could not have prevented the bombings because it lacked the resources to investigate Khan properly.

Police have always maintained that the four bombers received help from other people with links to al Qaeda. However, no one has ever been convicted of any involvement and last year three men were cleared of helping to plot the attacks.