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| BOJINKA 2006: Focus On OMAR SHEIKH, RASHID RAUF & PROF.SAYEED | |
| 2006-08-18 | |
| International Terrorism Monitor-Paper No.105. By B.Raman As the British and American authorities downgrade the security level at airports and as the fear and excitement caused by the British Police disclosure of the discovery of a plot of catastrophic dimension to blow up 10 US-bound planes with liquid explosives die down, it is apparent that neither the British nor the Americans have so far been able to find any smoking gun ----in the form of chemicals procured for making explosives, purchase of air tickets etc. The British are yet to release the recorded cassettes containing the farewell statements of one or two of the would-be suicide bombers, which they had claimed to have seized from the arrested persons. 2. There has been only one more arrest in the UK after the initial detention of 24 of whom one was released on the ground that he was detained by mistake.There has been speculation in well-informed circles in the US that the British Police may have to release some of the 24 already arrested for want of evidence against them. The CNN reported on August 14,2006: "The British security sources suggested that some of the suspects being held may be released without charge. The sources said there may not be sufficient evidence to justify holding them." 3. If after their expected release, the number of people still detained by the British Police comes to below 20, it would be doubtful whether such a small number would have been able to carry out a catastrophic plot of such dimension. The only possible conclusion would be that either there was unwarranted hype in the initial announcement or many, who were actually involved in the plot, have managed to give the slip to the police.
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| Posted by:john |
| #2 Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh (Arabic: ???? ??? ???? ???) (also known as Sheikh Omar, Sheik Syed; Syed being a wrong transliteration of ????) (b. December 23, 1973- ) is a British-born terrorist of Pakistani descent with alleged links to various Islamic-based terrorist organisations, including Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. He was arrested and served time in prison for the 1994 abduction of several British nationals in Pakistan, an act which he acknowledges, but is most well-known for his alleged role in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Sheikh Omar Saeed was arrested by Pakistani police on February 12, 2002, in Lahore, in conjunction with the Pearl kidnapping,[1] and was sentenced to death on July 15, 2002,[2] for killing Pearl. His complicity in the execution and the reasons behind it are in dispute.[citation needed] While in his initial court appearance, he stated, "I don't want to defend this case. I did this...Right or wrong, I had my reasons. I think that our country shouldn't be catering to America's needs."[3], he subsequently appealed his conviction and is awaiting further progress while in prison. In his youth he attended Forest School Snaresbrook, a public school in North-East London, whose alumni include English cricket captain Nasser Hussain and Peter Greenaway, the filmmaker. Between the ages of 14 and 16 he attended school in Pakistan, where his family had relocated, before returning to the United Kingdom to continue at the Forest School.[1] Later, he attended the London School of Economics. [edit] Kidnaps British nationals, 1994 He served five years in prison in New Delhi in the 1990s in conjunction with the 1994 abduction of three British travellers, Myles Croston, 28, Paul Rideout, 26 and Rhys Partridge, 27.[2] In 1999, Indian Airlines Flight 814 was hijacked and hostages were traded for his release, along with other leaders of Harakat-ul-Mujahideen to Islamic Republic of Pakistan.[2]. A real peice of work. |
| Posted by: J. D. Lux 2006-08-18 23:16 |
| #1 Looks like the Paks are trying to point the investigation away from the LeT and the ISI. |
| Posted by: john 2006-08-18 08:15 |