Prosecutor may try residents who praised U.K. attacks

LONDON -- Islamic militants who have voiced support for the bloody July 7 terror bombings in London could face charges of treason, the Attorney General's Office said Sunday.\nIt said prosecutors might seek access to tapes made by an undercover Sunday Times reporter who reportedly recorded members of a radical group praising the suicide bombers as "the fantastic four."\nThe newspaper's story said its reporter spent two months as a "recruit" of the group, the Saviour Sect, and described the organization as inciting young British Muslims to become terrorists.\nIn another development, the African nation of Zambia announced that a Briton suspected of having al-Qaida links was deported to Britain on Sunday. Haroon Rashid Aswat, a British citizen of Indian descent, had been detained in Lusaka since July 20.\nIt was not clear whether British authorities suspect Aswat of involvement in the London bombings. A London police spokesman would not comment Sunday on whether Aswat was facing charges in Britain.\nTwo British newspapers reported Sunday on a possible Saudi connection to the attacks.\nThe Sunday Telegraph and The Observer, citing unidentified Saudi security officials, said two al-Qaida operatives in the kingdom made calls, text messages and money transfers to Britain earlier this year. The newspaper said the two -- Younis al-Hayari and Karim al-Majati -- since had been killed in separate gun battles.