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Afghanistan/South Asia
Pakistan Grilling Man Linked to London Bombers
2005-07-21
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...Grilling!
LONDON — The British Al Qaeda leader linked to the London terrorist attacks was being questioned by police in Pakistan last night after the discovery of mobile phone records detailing his calls with the bombers.
Haroon Rashid Aswat has emerged as the figure that Scotland Yard have been hunting since he flew out of Britain just hours before the attacks which killed 56 people.
Is he done on that side? Let's flip him over.
Aswat, 30, who is believed to come from the same West Yorkshire town as one of the bombers, arrived in Britain a fortnight before the attacks to orchestrate final planning for the atrocity. He spoke to the team of bombers on his mobile phone a few hours before the four men blew themselves up and killed fifty-two other people.
A little more marinade please...
Intelligence sources told The Times that during his stay Aswat visited the home towns of all four bombers as well as selecting targets in London. Aswat has been known to Western intelligence services for more than three years after the FBI accused him of trying to set up Al Qaeda training camps in the United States. When he was arrested in a madrassa (religious school), Aswat is understood to have been posing as a businessmen and using a false name. He was picked up in a raid at a madrassa at Sargodha, 90 miles from Islamabad, by Pakistani intelligence officials and flown to a jail in the capital.
Press him down. Let's get some of those nice grill marks on him.
Security sources there told The Times that he was armed with a number of guns, wearing an explosive belt and carrying around £17,000 in cash. He had a British passport and was about to flee across the border to Afghanistan.
Did the explosive belt at least go with his shoes. I notice he didn't have the balls to set it off. Another "never surrender" jihadi pussy.
Aswat, who is thought to have stayed in the madrassa with two of the British bombers, is being questioned over claims that one — Mohammad Sidique Khan — telephoned him on the morning of the July 7 attack. Intelligence sources claim that there were up to twenty calls between Aswat and two of the bombers in the days leading up to the bombing of three Tube trains and a double-decker bus. A senior Pakistani security source said: “We believe this man had a crucial part to play in what happened in London.” Tony Blair has telephoned President Musharraf about the crackdown on militants which has led to more than 200 arrests in Pakistan since the weekend. Officials in Islamabad say that eight men are directly linked to the London investigation, and were in telephone contact with Shehzad Tanweer, 22, and Khan, 30, a former primary school assistant.

Aswat is believed to have had a ten-year association with militant groups and met Usama bin Laden while attending an Al Qaeda training camp at Khalden in Afghanistan. FBI documents obtained by The Times reveal details of how a London-based cleric sent Aswat to America in 1999 to set up camps in Oregon for U.S.-born recruits. The papers indicate that Aswat spent three months in America and engaged in firearms and poisons training but decided against using a remote ranch in Bly as an Al Qaeda camp. The CIA is keeping in close touch with Aswat’s interrogation and British detectives are seeking permission to speak to him.
He should be about well done by then.
The FBI is to question a number of figures held in the United States, including James Ujaama, an American convert to Islam who met Aswat, and a second Al Qaeda emissary in Seattle. Ujaama has pleaded guilty to assisting the Taliban and is now a “co-operating witness” who has given details of Aswat’s activities in the United States.
Wonder how long they had to grill him to get him to flip?
Posted by:tu3031

#16  Lock his feet into a nice, teflon-coated waffle-maker for a couple of hours, set on "quick cook". Other portions of the anatomy may be used as well. Do not use butter! Salt heavily before turning.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2005-07-21 23:19  

#15  I imagine the questioning has become a tad more intense after today's events in London.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-07-21 20:17  

#14  Yes, Captain, but Dr Lecter requires :


and a nice
Posted by: BigEd   2005-07-21 16:13  

#13  Hannibal Lector says he requires no special preparation..
Posted by: Captain America   2005-07-21 16:01  

#12  I a thinkin Asswad will get um grilled plenty. He will probably admit to complicity in the Tsunami after they are done with him.
Posted by: John Q. Citizen   2005-07-21 15:06  

#11  Im woking on it Meester 4Doo. So far I have tofu cleverly molded into dynomite look alike sticks with a green pepper garnish for fuse
Posted by: Have Tongs Will Travel   2005-07-21 13:36  

#10  they haver soy jihadee?
Posted by: muck4doo   2005-07-21 13:31  

#9  I'll have the terrorist tikka please with a side of basmati rice and some nan. Oh, and a Kingfisher beer too please.
Posted by: remoteman   2005-07-21 12:12  

#8  According to the NY Times:
Haroon Rashid Aswat, 31, originally from Dewsbury in north-central England, was a senior aide to Abu Hamza al-Masri, the blind, one-armed militant cleric who preached at the Finsbury Park mosque in north London until his arrest in April 2004.

Is anybody surprised? It's well past time time to arrest and deport those who is reek of Islamism.
Posted by: ed   2005-07-21 11:38  

#7  

And no Grilled Jihadi meal is complete without a good bottle of brew...
Pick one that is geographically appropriate...
Posted by: BigEd   2005-07-21 11:27  

#6  
Mmmm GRILLED Jihadi with bell pepper, asparagus, and mushhrooms!

Pass the please!
Posted by: BigEd   2005-07-21 11:16  

#5  To paraphrase W.C. Fields (when asked if he found children 'tough'), "parboil them for four hours and they always come out tender."
Posted by: Steve White   2005-07-21 10:55  

#4  I like mine blackened, Cajun style. Side of red beans and a Abita dark beer, please.
Posted by: Steve   2005-07-21 10:29  

#3  No pre tenderizing. Never boil your Pakis. A fine 48 hour rub should suffice.
Posted by: Reicheilen Have Tongs Will Travel   2005-07-21 10:28  

#2  grilled jihadi kebab, with rice, and a side of hummus, please. Oh, and a diet coke.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2005-07-21 10:27  

#1  I presume tenderizing is in order?
Posted by: Captain America   2005-07-21 09:51  

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