Related links       July 7th 2005 London Bombings  Revealed: MI5
ruled London bombers were not a threat  independent | 17th
December 05 | original url:  Two of the four suicide bombers who
killed 52 people in the July 7 attacks were scrutinised by MI5
last year but were not considered to be a threat, The
Independent has learnt.  Shahzad Tanweer, 22, who detonated a
rucksack bomb on the Tube train at Aldgate, is believed to have
been indirectly linked to an alleged plot to build a bomb in
2004. It has already been established that the suspected
mastermind, Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, had been known to
security services.  The disclosure that a second of the four
bombers had come to the attention of MI5 is likely to increase
pressure for a public inquiry into the London attacks and any
failures in intelligence. Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, is
resisting setting up a wide-ranging independent inquiry, instead
opting for a more limited "narrative" led by a civil servant.
The Independent has also established th