November 29, 2008	Saturday	Ziqa'ad 30, 1429

LONDON, Nov 28: Britain said on Friday it was too early to tell if Britons of Pakistani origin could be among the gunmen in the Mumbai attacks, but acknowledged it was “intensively” probing who was behind the plot.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband said British detectives, who have already travelled to India, will work with their Indian counterparts to shed light on the source of the plot.

“We obviously will want to work very, very closely with the Indians on that, but it is too early to say whether or not any of them are British,” he told Sky News TV.

“Obviously, the priority of the Indian authorities is to complete this operation. They can then start identifying who are the terrorists, what is their background.”

Prime Minister Gordon Brown was cautious regarding a British link. “I would not want to be drawn into early conclusions about this,” he said. “There is so much information still to be discovered and made available.

“But obviously when you have terrorists operating in one country they may be getting support from another country or coming from another country,” he said.

—AFP