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2006-08-18 India-Pakistan

BOJINKA 2006: Focus On OMAR SHEIKH, RASHID RAUF & PROF.SAYEED

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Posted by john 2006-08-18 08:11|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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|| 2006-08-18 08:15|| Front Page Top

#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.
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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|| 2006-08-18 23:16|| Front Page Top

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