London bomber video done in Pakistan
Sunday Telegraph:
Sunday Telegraph:
The chilling video message of Mohammed Sidique Khan, the British suicide bomber, was recorded in Pakistan after he was given orders to attack London, investigators with Britain's MI5 domestic-security service said.
According to government officials, the security service is probing the theory that Khan, 30, was filmed during a three-month visit to Pakistan with fellow bomber Shehzad Tanweer. The visit began in November last year.
British investigators are working with security services in Pakistan to try to identify where the video was recorded -- possibly Rawalpindi, a hotbed of terrorism close to Islamabad.
The video was broadcast Thursday by Al Jazeera, the Arabic television station.
Khan, in his native Yorkshire accent, said: "We are at war, and I am a soldier." He blamed Britain's involvement in Iraq for his intended suicide mission.
In part of the video not yet given to Al Jazeera, Khan is reported to have been filmed with Tanweer, 22, the second member of the July 7 suicide team that killed 52 other persons and injured more than 400.
Al Qaeda often staggers the release of video footage to gain maximum publicity.
Tanweer's uncle confirmed in an interview that the two men had spent much time together in Pakistan before returning to Britain in February.
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