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Pakistan rubbishes report on death of British militant
[Dawn] Pak security officials Thursday rejected a report claiming that a British-origin Pak snuffy tasked with attacks in Europe died in a US dronezap last month.British media reports identifying the snuffy as Abdul Jabbar said he was being groomed to head a new al Qaeda splinter group in Britain that planned to launch terror attacks on Europe. "I have no knowledge of any such snuffy. No one with this name existed and I will say no one of British origin died in recent dronezap," a security bigshot at Islamabad told AFP. Intelligence officials in Miramshah also dismissed the report as baseless. "This report is just speculation," one intelligence official told AFP. Another intelligence official clarified that an Egyptian national, Abdul Latif, was reportedly killed in a dronezap last month but said no one of British origin was killed. "We have no report of anyone with the name of Abdul Jabber," he said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to talk to media. The United States has massively ramped up its drone campaign in Pakistain's lawless northwest tribal region on the Afghan border, amid intelligence claims of a Mumbai-style terror plot to launch commando attacks on European cities. The plot was reportedly caught in its early planning stages, according to media reports. According to Pak officials the US has launched a record 26 dronezaps since September 3 that have killed nearly 150 people. Posted by: Fred 2010-10-08 |
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