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Thursday, Nov 25, 2004

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U.K. denies terror attack claim

By Hasan Suroor

LONDON: The British Government has denied that it was behind the claims that security agencies had foiled an Al-Qaeda plot to crash planes into Canary Wharf, London's tallest building, in a potential replay of the "9/11'' attacks in America. The report, attributed to a "senior authoritative source'' and carried by ITV News and The Mail newspaper, was greeted with scepticism in Government and intelligence circles. One security source was quoted as saying that "this is the first time we have heard of a plot like this''. "Nobody has been charged for this so-called plot which suggests it never happened,'' he said. The Times said that according to intelligence sources, there was "absolutely no evidence'' of any recent plot. "If there was information that Canary Wharf was to be attacked, then I think we would know. There is no credence to reports of any current threat,'' a police source told the newspaper. The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, rejected allegations that the Government's security measures were aimed at creating a climate of fear.

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