Abu Musa al-Hindi, whose arrest sparked off terror alerts in the US last week, was born into a Hindu family in India, according to reports. Al-Hindi, who later converted to Islam, is believed to have written surveillance reports for al-Qaeda, the discovery of which sent US intelligence agencies scrambling last week, MSNBC.com reports.
A British official said that al-Hindi was actively involved in plotting strikes at Heathrow airport. Al-Hindi has been named in 9-11 Commission report as al-Qaeda operative sent to US to review "other possibilities for terrorist attacks" besides on New York and Washington, a few months before the September 11 attacks in 2001. Two years back, Al-Hindi had also authored a terror manual, 'The Army of Madinah in Kashmir', which teaches jihadis "how to kill Indian soldiers in Kashmir", according to the website. The biography of the author in the terror manual says al-Hindi was born in a Hindu household but converted to Islam to fight Indian forces in Jammu & Kashmir before coming to Britain in mid 90's. |