'Terror Plotters' Allowed To Stay Despite Visa Breaches -- The Telegraph
At least two of the men suspected of being members of an alleged al-Qaeda cell had been allowed to stay in Britain despite allegedly breaching the conditions of their student visas, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.
One man was stopped by immigration officials at Manchester Airport last week as he arrived from Pakistan, but was allowed to enter the country despite his visa documents being "all over the place", according to one source.
Another suspect was threatened with deportation after immigration officials discovered he was working as a security guard instead of studying, but he was nonetheless allowed to stay.
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Police stand outside a house in Galsworthy Avenue, Cheetham Hill in Manchester.Photograph: Reuters
Terror Bomb Plot Intelligence Came From MI6's Pakistan Operation -- The Guardian
• Officers believed it was too risky not to act
• Searches fail to find evidence of conspiracy
Key intelligence that led to security officials fearing a terrorist cell was to launch a large-scale bomb attack on British soil came from MI6 operations targeting Pakistan, the Guardian has learned.
Sources with knowledge of the investigation say the intelligence gathered first from abroad and then in Britain before Wednesday's raids, left counterterrorism officials believing there was too high a risk of an "imminent" attempt to bomb targets in Britain and cause mass casualties.
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A forensics police officer leaves an address in Cheetham Hilll following arrests and raids.(AFP/Getty Images)
Student Visa Row Steps Up As Immigration Minister Rejects Pakistan Criticism -- Times Online
The row between Britain and Pakistan over student visas escalated today when the Immigration Minister rejected Pakistan’s claim that security checks on foreign students in the UK were not robust.
Phil Woolas also batted away suggestions that the UK would not co-operate with Pakistani authorities carrying out background checks on applicants for visas to study in Britain.
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Liverpool: Guns at the ready, police raid a flat in Edge HillRevealed: Terror Suspects In 'Easter Bomb Plot' Worked At Manchester Airport -- Daily Mail
Members of the alleged Al Qaeda cell suspected of plotting a Bank Holiday terror atrocity worked for a firm based at Manchester Airport.
At least one drove vans for a cargo company which has access to sensitive locations.
A further two had passed security industry checks which enabled them to guard premises overnight, further raising fears that members of the gang - all but one of them Pakistani students - were planning to infiltrate high-profile targets before an attack.
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