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| Militant pilot’s confession: I could crash the plane on a return flight to Dhaka |
| 2017-11-17 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] "Abdullah told me to go to Syria, but I said no. I wanted to see if something could be done here in Bangladesh. Abdullah then said the plane that I fly could be flown to Syria. I said it required two men to pilot the plane that I fly, but it can be done with one just once. "We could not fly to Syria directly; we would have to fly via ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... These are parts of the confession alleged turban Sabbir made before a Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate after being nabbed Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! by RAB. Court sources earlier said Sabbir had planned to crash an aircraft into the residence of Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina in a similar manner to the infamous terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. In the statement, Sabbir said it was possible to attack an establishment with a plane during landing but it was impossible during take off. "It is not possible to attack any establishment in Dhaka if the plane takes off from Dhaka Airport." However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... he said it is possible to target establishments in Dhaka if the plane takes off from Chittagong, Sylhet or Rajshahi. It is possible to hit the establishment by calculating its height. The plan was made with Abdullah whether the plane could be crashed into the prime minister’s residence. Biman Bangladesh Airlines First Officer Sabbir Ahmed was arrested on October 26 from Kamalprabha house of Burdwanbari in Mirpur for alleged involvement in turban activities and planning attacks on important establishments. The Abdullah from the confession is the same Abdullah, 45, who, along with his two wives Fatema, 34, and Nasrin, 32, two sons Omar, 10, and Osama, 3, and two associates, was killed in a suicide kaboom at the same house on September 5. |
| Posted by:Fred |