Israelis on Cyprus were 'tracked'

Since the terror attack last Wednesday at Burgas, which claimed the lives of seven people, including five Israeli tourists, a pattern has been emerging of similar attempts on Israeli targets.

One other destination that seems to have been under consideration by terrorists is Cyprus, where a suspect was arrested two weeks ago for allegedly carrying out surveillance of Israeli tourists.

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Israeli emergency workers tell of horror after Bulgaria bombing

“When we arrived, people saw that help from Israel was here and started hugging us,” said Mati Goldstein. “It was very emotional.”

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The linking theme

It is not every day that would-be terrorists are found guilty of having planned to murder British citizens. So one might have thought that the conviction last week of Mohammed Sajid Khan and his wife, Shasta Khan, would have prompted wall-to-wall coverage in the press and on TV.

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Threat was real but no-one panicked

The trial coincided with news that last summer, an African Al Qaeda leader was found with attack plans against London Jews in Golders Green and Stamford Hill.

Also last year, two British synagogues were among potential targets for a letter bomb campaign.

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'Germany warned' about Munich Olympics massacre

Germany received a tip-off from a Palestinian informant in Beirut that Palestinians were planning an "incident", three weeks before the 1972 Olympic Games Munich massacre, a German news magazine has disclosed.

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How the would-be Oldham terrorists became radicalised

Mohammed Sajid Khan was born in Pakistan but was raised a British national from the age of three or four years old. He had run a car valeting service in Bradford but was unemployed at the time of his arrest.

Shasta Khan was born in the UK and her marriage to Sajid Khan was her third. She ran a hairdressing business from the couple's home on Foster Street, Oldham.

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