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FBI foiled plot to kill Pakistani diplomat
 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has claimed that it had foiled a "possible terrorist plot" to kill a Pakistani diplomat in New York by arresting a suspected Al Qaeda activist and busting a terrorist network in America. Robert S Mueller, director of the FBI, told the Senate Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday that Yassin Muhiddin Aref, connected to the Pakistani diplomats' assassination plot, was arrested in New York on money laundering charges. In 2004, the FBI learned that Al Qaeda and related terrorist groups had conducted detailed surveillance of financial targets in New York, Washington DC and New Jersey. In response to this threat, with the coordination of the Department of Homeland Security, the threat level was raised for the referenced cities and "we mobilised a large contingent of analysts and agents to review the massive amount of information connected with the attack planning, and to uncover any additional information that would give the FBI insight into the plot," Mueller added. Previously, in the spring of 2004, Britain had arrested a group of terrorists who were plotting an imminent attack inside the UK. In response, the FBI immediately formed a task force to determine if there was a US nexus to the plot or if any of the British subjects had links to individuals in the US. Posted by: Fred 2005-02-18 |
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