British police grill Pakistanis in terror plot probe

British anti-terror police were scouring homes and interrogating 11 Pakistanis on Friday over what British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called a "major terrorist plot". Police swooped ahead of the Easter holiday long weekend at several addresses in northwest England, arresting 12 men, among them 11 Pakistani nationals and 10 men who are in Britain student visas. The BBC, citing sources, said that during the searches photographs had been found of two major shopping complexes, a nightclub and a square in Manchester, the region's main city. Wednesday evening's raids had been hastily brought forward by up to 24 hours after Britain's top anti-terror chief, Scotland Yard's Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick, was photographed with details of the operation. The secret document was clearly visible as he arrived at Brown's Downing Street office. Quick resigned over the blunder. The document included locations of the raids and showed the alleged plot was "AQ-driven," meaning Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda operatives located on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were highlighted as one of the major security threats facing Britain in the government's counter-terrorism strategy published last month. Brown said he wanted more help from Islamabad on terror, but Pakistan's ambassador said London had to do more to stop the wrong people entering the country.