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Shyam Bhatia in London
Britain's Scotland Yard has been asked by the FBI to examine a list of 100 suspects and track any 'sleeper' cells bidding their time in the UK to carry out more attacks.
The request by the FBI follows speculation that at least five of the 19-strong team of suicide terrorists who hijacked four planes and killed thousands a week ago were trained in Britain.
According to London media reports dozens of homes will be raided and phone records, bank accounts, travel records and emails will all be investigated as Special Branch and Anti-Terrorist officers try to trace the suspects..
At the FBI's request, the London police have already carried out one raid in South London at the home of a woman supporter of Osama Bin Laden, but no arrests were made.
A small group of British police have arrived in New York to help the FBI and US police identify British victims of the tragedy and provide initial support to families and friends.
Scotland Yard's Deputy Assistant Commissioner Alan Fry, national co-ordinator for terrorism, has said he has offered his support to US authorities.
Among those being questioned by the FBI is a man who flew into London just after the terrorist strikes in New York. Another man currently in FBI detention also lived in the UK for months.
British security agents have also been asked to investigate 14 suspects belived to have links with bin Laden's group, al-Qaeda. The 14 are part of a hundred-strong list of suspects distributed worldwide by the FBI.
As the investigations get under way in London,pressure is mounting on the British government to tighten up on anti-terrorism laws.
In Brussels British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is holding talks with Euro MPs and senior European Union commissioners to co-ordinate international efforts against last week's terrorist masterminds.
His meetings come a day before the European Commission approves a new package of counter-terrorism measures, including a fast-track extradition procedure for terrorists, a European Union-wide arrest warrant, the freezing of the assets of known terrorists, and minimum European penalties for terrorist atrocities.
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