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2005-07-28 Africa: Horn
Aswat arrested again, this time in Zambia
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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-07-28 10:59|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Fascinating - is this the 'mastermind'?
Posted by Howard UK 2005-07-28 11:26||   2005-07-28 11:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Supposedly, and another Finsbury mosque alumnus. I thought he was arrested in Pakistan. Mistaken identity? Just how aswats are there in Pakistan?
Posted by ed 2005-07-28 11:44||   2005-07-28 11:44|| Front Page Top

#3  That's him. The guy they picked up in Pakistan must've been just some guy named Herb.

Why he's in Zambia is beyond me ...
Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling  2005-07-28 12:12|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]  2005-07-28 12:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Is Al Qaeda active in Zambia?
Posted by Grins Sluper5274 2005-07-28 12:23||   2005-07-28 12:23|| Front Page Top

#5  It's over 50-75% Christian with a healthy Hindu sprinkling, so it certainly doesn't seem like the ideal place to hide ...
Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling  2005-07-28 12:29|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]  2005-07-28 12:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Zambia has a sizable Indian community

Not necessarily Al Qaeda. More likely cousins... lots and lots of cousins, who never thought to connect dear, dear Haroon Rashid with those nasty goings on in far away London.
Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-28 12:33||   2005-07-28 12:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Blair is going to have serious problems when it comes out that the U.K. turned down a South African offer to extradite Aswat.
Posted by Colt 2005-07-28 12:39|| www.eurabiantimes.com]">[www.eurabiantimes.com]  2005-07-28 12:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Typical Cookie-Cutter Terrorist Type...


Haroon Rashid Ashwat

Source-Times Online UK
Posted by BigEd 2005-07-28 12:43||   2005-07-28 12:43|| Front Page Top

#9 HUH? When did Blair do that?
Posted by Grins Sluper5274 2005-07-28 12:49||   2005-07-28 12:49|| Front Page Top

#10 This might be a case of follow the guy and see who he leads to. Once they get all they can from tailing him, they put him behind bars. I can't believe this guy just materialized out of nowhere.
Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei  2005-07-28 12:51|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com]  2005-07-28 12:51|| Front Page Top

#11 HUH? When did Blair do that?

CNN didn't say. Presumably pretty recently. Aswat was an unnamed, unindicted co-conspirator in the Bly, Oregon jihadi training camp case. If I understood CNN correctly, that was the basis on which the U.S. wanted the U.K. to extradite Aswat.
Posted by Colt 2005-07-28 12:58|| www.eurabiantimes.com]">[www.eurabiantimes.com]  2005-07-28 12:58|| Front Page Top

#12 The guy they picked up in Pakistan must've been just some guy named Herb.

Wearing a suicide bomb belt?
Posted by Colt 2005-07-28 13:13|| www.eurabiantimes.com]">[www.eurabiantimes.com]  2005-07-28 13:13|| Front Page Top

#13 Wow! Those're some lips!

Jagger is soooooo jealous!
Posted by Fred 2005-07-28 13:50||   2005-07-28 13:50|| Front Page Top

#14  ZF:

Aswat has been on the US radar for a couple of years now. The Zambia angle's a new one for me.

Colt:

Herb al-Mujahid then. The Pakistanis now claim it's a case of mistaken identity, though that still leaves questions as to the cash, passport, and bomb belt.
Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling  2005-07-28 13:58|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]  2005-07-28 13:58|| Front Page Top

#15 Zambia looks like a useful place to hide. Just to the north is the relatively war torn Democratic Congo. I'm thinking diamonds. Just to the south is Zimbabwe, no problems there. To the north a trek through Uganda leads to Sudan while to the west a run through Tanzania and Kenya leads to Somalia. To the south is SA with all the international air links. As a terror master with a British passport, whats not to like?
Posted by john">john  2005-07-28 14:32||   2005-07-28 14:32|| Front Page Top

#16 DD: ZF:

Aswat has been on the US radar for a couple of years now. The Zambia angle's a new one for me.

That's exactly what I meant. I suspect this guy has been followed for a while now. I think the arrest in Zambia isn't just a coincidence - the spooks thought the time was right and reeled him in.
Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei  2005-07-28 14:55|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com]  2005-07-28 14:55|| Front Page Top

#17 Dan, a decoy maybe? Or just another jihadi with the same name.
Posted by Colt 2005-07-28 15:02|| www.eurabiantimes.com]">[www.eurabiantimes.com]  2005-07-28 15:02|| Front Page Top

#18 Herb al-Mujahid then. The Pakistanis now claim it's a case of mistaken identity, though that still leaves questions as to the cash, passport, and bomb belt.

The odd thing there is that "passport" is singular.
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2005-07-28 15:24|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2005-07-28 15:24|| Front Page Top

#19 Nice Snidely Whiplash mustachios he's got there...
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2005-07-28 16:25||   2005-07-28 16:25|| Front Page Top

#20 Early face transplant. Look's like his thigh wasn't up for the job.
Posted by Shipman 2005-07-28 17:10||   2005-07-28 17:10|| Front Page Top

#21 Ew, they just picked up Greedo!

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Posted by BH 2005-07-28 17:27||   2005-07-28 17:27|| Front Page Top

#22  "..Britain does not extradite suspects in cases where the death penalty could be imposed."
this is getting very old especially if you live in Colorado.

"..the arrest in Pakistan was a case of mistaken identity involving a Briton with a name similar to Aswat's."
yeah like there are lots of folks named ass-what or ass-wipe. It was very distracting reading his name throughout this piece. More like a different tribe of pak's not wanting him to be caught.
It's really un-nerving to read about how freely these types travel around our country.

Posted by Jan 2005-07-28 18:20||   2005-07-28 18:20|| Front Page Top

#23 Asswhat is obviously going for the ObL androgynous prophet look. Guess it appeals to the raisins.
Posted by SR-71 2005-07-28 21:25||   2005-07-28 21:25|| Front Page Top

#24 And that look is a hit at the pre-martyr orgies.
Posted by ed 2005-07-28 21:29||   2005-07-28 21:29|| Front Page Top

#25 Heh.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2005-07-28 22:32||   2005-07-28 22:32|| Front Page Top

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