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| Shukrijumah planned to boom Panama Canal |
| 2004-06-30 |
| A MAN believed to be a member of al-Qaeda plotted to blow up the Panama Canal, a spokesman for the Honduran security ministry told AFP today. Leonel Sauceda confirmed Security Minister Oscar Alvarez’s comments to local media that the 38-year-old suspect - identified as Adnan Guishar El Shukrijumah, or Jafar al-Tayar, who was in Honduras late last month - "planned to plant explosives in the Panama Canal to hamper boat traffic in the area." Mr Alvarez’s remarks were published in the daily La Tribuna today, along with four photos of the suspect. International intelligence officials have offered a $US5 million ($7.25 million) reward for information leading to his capture. Mr Alvarez did not say when Mr Shukrijumah entered or left the country, nor through which country he had travelled. But Sauceda said he was in Honduras on May 27. Mr Shukrijumah holds passports from Trinidad and Tobago, Canada and Guyana, according to the authorities. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 What? Not Venezuelan passport? He must, indeed, be pretty far down the totem pole. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4617 2004-07-01 2:03:05 AM |
| #6 A man, a plan, a canal ... Shukrijumah! I guess this pallindrome needs a bit more work ... |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-30 10:15:58 PM |
| #5 "1... The US may not own it but it sure does use it... mostly for grains. #4... Hutchinson Wampoa does not operate the Canal... it has concessions in Balboa and Cristobal ports as other US companies do in the same area (KC RR, SSA). The Canal is controlled by the Panama Canal Authority... a Panamanian Government agency FYI the US and Panama signed a treaty in 1979 (no expiration date...ugh) for the defense of the waterway. If the US thinks the Canal is in danger, it can legally and unilaterally (what else is new) decide to protect it, invading Panama if necessary, what a cheerful prospect! |
| Posted by: Sheila4PD 2004-06-30 9:17:34 PM |
| #4 Mr. Shurkrijumah was then turned over to representatives of Hutchison Wampo (AKA the Army of the People's Republic of China and a main operator of the canal) and has not been heard from (oh, except for the screaming) since. |
| Posted by: remote man 2004-06-30 6:02:05 PM |
| #3 B-a-R: LOL, I had the same thought. Don't these guys read the papers anymore ? One comment about his passports: Hmm, only 3 of them, he must be pretty far down the totem pole... |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-06-30 5:45:11 PM |
| #2 Yeah, thanks a lot for that act of brilliance, Jimmah. |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-06-30 5:39:49 PM |
| #1 Er, we don't own that thing anymore, sir. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-30 5:19:13 PM |