Reply #3: What struck me at the time [View All]

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was that the British tabloids didn't go berserk about his Abu Hamza (UK extremist bogeyman) connection. Not that I noticed anyway. Who knows if he's an asset of MI6 or whatever agency (they're pretty interchangeable I think, especially US/UK), but that alone struck me as very odd. When his name first surfaced I fully expected the Abu Hamza/bombings link to be on the tabloid front pages the next day, even if Hamza is awaiting some trial or hearing.