Antiterrorism police arrested six people, including three brothers from Stratford, the site of the Olympic Games. All six, including a woman and a British convert to Islam, are suspected of links to an al Qaeda plot to attack targets in Britain. Two Muslim men arrested last week on suspicion of terrorism were released.
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A UK immigration court denied bail to Abu Qatada, the al Qaeda-linked cleric whom Britain has tried to deport to Jordan for a decade. Calling the prospect of having Qatada free during the Olympics “exceptionally problematic,” the judge ruled he should be imprisoned until his deportation hearing.