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Wed 02 Feb 2007UK police urged to apologise over 'terror' raidBRITAIN:The London Metropolitan Police have been urged to issue a high-profile apology to two families involved in the "terrifying experience" of last year's Forest Gate anti-terror raid.The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) yesterday upheld only a small number of 150 complaints lodged by members of the two households. These were conducted by police believing they were on the trail of a high-explosive device capable of being detonated by remote control.