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| Airline terror pilot suspect gives 'vital clues' |
| 2006-08-27 |
| A key suspect being held in Pakistan in connection with the alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic flights from the UK has given interrogators "vital clues," a Pakistani government minister said today. Rashid Rauf, a British Muslim of Pakistani origin who was caught in Pakistan on August 9, has been described as a "key person" by Pakistan's government, which says he had contacts with an Afghanistan-based al-Qaida operative. Pakistan has not named the al Qaida operative, although two Pakistani security officials claim he masterminded the plot after getting the nod from al Qaida's second-in-command, Ayman al Zawahri. Today, interior minister Aftab Khan Sherpao said Rauf had "wider international links" and was in touch with an Afghanistan-based al Qaida leader. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "...has given interrogators "vital clues," a Pakistani government minister said today." Hmmm. Thats sounds absolutely Y-K painful. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-08-27 22:12 |