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Shock Reverberates Among Acquaintances of the Young Suspects
 Most of this article is covered in other posts, so I will cut to the interesting part.In one interview after another, neighbors Muslim and not said they, too, could not imagine how young men they knew could be guilty of the crimes they were arrested for. The people that belong to this mosque, it is not possible they would do these crimes, said Safdar Hussein, imam of the Jamia Masjid mosque in Birmingham. Tayib Rauf, who was one of the suspects, and his brother Rashid Rauf, who was arrested in Pakistan and said to be an Al Qaeda operative, reportedly attended prayers there. If the Rauf brothers are guilty, thats an embarrassment to the community, he said. Everyone would be against those people. So who are these paragons of virtue, that "it is not possible they would do these crimes, " A suspected mastermind of the foiled terror plot to blow up flights between Britain and the US is in jail in Pakistan. Alleged al-Qaeda member Rashid Rauf, 26, is being held over accusations he organised a scheme to commit mass murder by blowing up passenger jets using liquid chemical bombs hidden in hand luggage. Pakistani officials revealed yesterday British-born radical Muslim Rauf was seized near the Afghanistan border on Wednesday. He was arrested outside an Internet cafe after security officials monitoring his movements noticed he was sending unusually high number of text messages to Britain, London's Daily Telegraph reported. Rauf's Pakistani captors named him as a "key person" in the bomb plan and said there were strong indications of an al-Qaeda connection. Accused "Mr Big" Rauf is understood to have lived in Pakistan since leaving Britain after the murder of his uncle Mohammed Saeed, 54, in 2002. The stabbing murder was never solved, and Rauf is wanted for questioning by police over the death. I think Safdar Hussein, imam of the Jamia Masjid mosque in Birmingham, might have some 'splaining to do. Taqiyya doesn't cut the mustard any more. Posted by: tipper 2006-08-12 |
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