De Britten hebben vier moslims opgepakt die materiaal probeerden te kopen voor het maken van een zogenaamde "dirty bomb".
[font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]“All four were arrested under section 41 of the Terrorism Act, on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism,” London’s Metropolitan police said in a statement.[/size][/font]
[font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]They said they had been acting on information provided by the News of the World newspaper, which said one of its reporters had infiltrated a gang trying to buy radioactive material for a Saudi Arabian who it said might be linked to Al Qaeda.[/size][/font]
[font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]The tabloid newspaper said the Saudi was prepared to pay $540,600 for a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of ‘red mercury’, a mysterious radioactive substance which is rumored to have been developed by Russian scientists during the Cold War.[/size][/font]
Bron: Yahoo News