THE BRITISH THREAD II

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The papers say some of the attackers in Mumbai are British. Or were, being dead now. Even describing them as British-born Pakistanis. What's one of them, I wonder?
Presumably a Brit who fails the Tebbit test.

Three or four of our tabloids today said British were involved.

I wonder where they got that?

LONDON: While British security agencies were on Saturday investigating the possibility of any U.K. “connection” to the Mumbai terror attacks, the government insisted that there was, as yet, no evidence that any Briton or person of British origin was involved.

The Foreign Office told The Hindu the Indian authorities themselves had now said that there was no evidence that Britons were behind the attacks.

“We’ve been speaking to the Indian authorities at a high level. They have said there is no evidence that any of the attackers was British,” said a spokesperson.

The claim about a British link was reportedly first made by Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh, but on Saturday, he told Sky News there was “no authentic evidence” and when asked whether he ruled out the involvement of any British citizen, he said: “Yes.” However, he added the nationality of all the attackers had not yet been fully established. As the media buzzed with speculation with some newspapers suggesting that up to seven Britons " mostly from the predominantly Pakistani immigrant towns of north England " may have been involved, Prime Minister Gordon cautioned against “jumping to conclusions.”