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| Three Ringleaders ID'd |
| 2006-08-10 |
| August 10, 2006 2:02 PM Brian Ross Reports: Three of the alleged ringleaders of the foiled airplane bomb plot have been identified by Western intelligence agencies involved in unraveling the plot. Two of them are believed to have recently traveled to Pakistan and were later in receipt of money wired to them from Pakistan, reportedly to purchase tickets for the suicide bombers. Sources identify the three, who are now in custody, as: --Rashid Rauf --Mohammed al-Ghandra --Ahmed al Khan |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #25 Ah, good Irish lads all |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-08-10 23:10 |
| #24 From the Sun Online Brit was born a Christian "ONE suspect arrested yesterday was a British Christian who converted to Islam when his new religion “just clicked”. Don Stewart-Whyte, 21, changed his name to Abdul Waheed and grew a bushy beard, said his neighbours. Last night it was believed he was the son of Doug Stewart-Whyte, a Tory party agent who died nine years ago. Stewart-Whyte, who recently married, was one of at least four people held in High Wycombe, Bucks, as cops foiled a mass plot to down transatlantic jets. Others held in the town included a close pal of his and a young lad who had just returned from Pakistan. One of those arrested in High Wycombe was named last night as convert Umar Islam, 28 — who had been formerly known as Brian Young." |
| Posted by: tipper 2006-08-10 22:51 |
| #23 LOL |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-08-10 22:44 |
| #22 perhaps Scottish...from the clan Mahmoud |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-10 22:42 |
| #21 Yep. Khan, Ali, Khatib, Hussain, Islam, Tariq....good English names all. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-10 22:33 |
| #20 lapsed Irish Catholics. I can tell |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-10 22:14 |
| #19 Tayib Rauf, 21, Birmingham Ibrahim Savant, 26, London E17 Osman Adam Khatib, 20, London E17 I make a bet these don't look Pakistani at all. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-10 22:10 |
| #18 The days of the Commonwealth certainly set the UK up for a tough time ahead... for all of us. |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-08-10 21:41 |
| #17 These are the names of 19 suspects reportedly being held by the police after the foiled plot and whose assets the Treasury has sought to have frozen. Umir Hussain, 24, London E14 Muhammed Usman Saddique, 24, London E17 Waheed Zaman, 22, London E17 Assan Abdullah Khan, 22, London E17 Waseem Kayani, 28, High Wycombe Waheed Arafat Khan, 24, London E17 Cossor Ali, 24, London E17 Tayib Rauf, 21, Birmingham Ibrahim Savant, 26, London E17 Osman Adam Khatib, 20, London E17 Shamin Mohammed Uddin, 36, Stoke Newington Amin Asmin Tariq, 23, London E17 Shazad Khuram Ali, 27, High Wycombe Tanvir Hussain, 24, London E10 Umar Islam, 28, (born Brian Young) High Wycombe Assad Sarwar, 25, High Wycombe Abdullah Ali, 26, London E17 Abdul Muneem Patel, 17, London E5 Nabeel Hussain, 21, Waltham Forest A “martyrdom video”, apparently recorded by a would-be suicide bomber, was found at one of the raided addresses, government sources said. Some of those detained had been under investigation before for extremist activity |
| Posted by: john 2006-08-10 21:37 |
| #16 Would anyone in Britain be so bold as to propose the restoration of capital punishment for such heinous acts? Just one newspaper, even a tabloid, to have an editorial calling for hanging for attempted or successful mass murder as a terrorist act. Just to see what the British people have to say about it. I find it hard to believe that Fleet Street has become so timid. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-08-10 21:32 |
| #15 More from the Jawa Report. |
| Posted by: tipper 2006-08-10 21:15 |
| #14 It didn't pick up the link for some reason. http://www.timesonline.co.uk /article/0,,2-2306811,00.html Put this back together if you want it. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-08-10 21:15 |
| #12 #10 full body-cavity searches... A stick of dynamite, properly lubricated...very effective, veerrry effective! |
| Posted by: Janos Hunyadi 2006-08-10 20:56 |
| #11 "Two of them are believed to have recently traveled to Pakistan and were later in receipt of money wired to them from Pakistan, reportedly to purchase tickets for the suicide bombers." I wonder if this information was gathered before or after the MSM blew the cover off the $WIFT info tracking program. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2006-08-10 20:46 |
| #10 full body-cavity searches The 2 Chechen women who blew up Russian airliners were purported to have smuggled the explosive just that way. Or it could be the Russians covering up for shoddy security. Either way, I'm surprised a Mohammedan hasn't tried to blow up a western airliner with just this method. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-10 20:33 |
| #9 Full surgical implantation. It's not just for pacemakers anymore. |
| Posted by: Glease Omaise3907 2006-08-10 20:16 |
| #8 "talking about full body-cavity searches" That might cover "up there with the ham sandwich", but what about the NEXT level: Full surgical implantation? |
| Posted by: Glease Omaise3907 2006-08-10 20:15 |
| #7 Some dork talking on the BBC (admitedly this morning when information was sparse) was talking about full body-cavity searches GO3907, so some people are already thinking of it... |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-08-10 19:48 |
| #6 What the hell is next????? Every time the terrorists try a new method for murder, the rest of us have new restrictions. First no fingernail clippers Then we have to take off our shoes Now no liquids or electronics What is going to happen when the terrorists take it to the next level and start surgically implanting IEDs within their bodies??? |
| Posted by: Glease Omaise3907 2006-08-10 19:42 |
| #5 As so many other level-headed individuals here have said before: FOLLOW THE MONEY! Then flatten where the money came from. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-10 19:38 |
| #4 One of the network news shows identified the leader as Matiur Rehman (in Pakistan). |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-10 19:14 |
| #3 Not a Percy, Clive, nor Owen among them. I'm shocked, shocked, I tell ya! |
| Posted by: Kirk 2006-08-10 18:53 |
| #2 You're forgetting the third element of Coulterian strategy. |
| Posted by: Whasing Uleack2857 2006-08-10 18:43 |
| #1 Kill them, kill them now! Nuke any country that won't turn em over! |
| Posted by: RJB in JC MO 2006-08-10 18:39 |