Terror cell busted in Hamburg

German intelligence services were yesterday reported to have discovered a new Islamic terrorist cell operating from the port of Hamburg - the same city from which the devastating 9/11 attacks on the United States were secretly conceived and planned eight years ago.

A secret report leaked to German TV's investigative documentary programme Report Mainz and Die Welt newspaper said the cell, which had 10 members, was headed by a German of Syrian extraction, identified only as Rami M.