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| Sources: Britain denied U.S. arrest request before bombings |
| 2005-07-28 |
| British authorities denied a U.S. request to apprehend a man believed to have ties to the July 7 London bombings weeks before the deadly attacks, sources familiar with the investigation said Thursday. Haroon Rashid Aswat, 30, a British-born citizen of Indian heritage, is in custody in Zambia, U.S. and Zambian officials told CNN. U.S. authorities wanted to capture Aswat, who was then in South Africa, and question him about a 1999 plot to establish a "jihad training camp" in Bly, Oregon. According to the sources, U.S. officials had Aswat under surveillance in South Africa weeks before the July 7 attacks that killed 52 commuters and the four bombers. U.S. authorities had asked South Africa if they could take Aswat into custody. South Africa relayed the request to Britain, but authorities there refused because he was a British citizen, the sources said. The British government has been seeking consular access to "a British national" in Zambia since Saturday, according to the British Foreign Office. FBI officials are in Zambia, and their access to Aswat through the Zambians "is being handled at the highest levels," sources told CNN. According to U.S. officials, Aswat was an unindicted co-conspirator in the terrorist camp case, which resulted in a guilty plea in 2003 by the main defendant, James Ujaama, of Seattle, Washington. Ujaama struck a plea deal last year receiving a two-year sentence for agreeing to cooperate in terrorism probes. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #3 Sorry, Huppie, babe. I'm tired. I need a vacation. Of course, Netanyahu knew. Hell, who didn't? I got my email, too. Just like the one on 9/11/01. Have a nice life and trust your Doctor. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-28 23:02 |
| #2 And the Tooth Fairy will visit you soon. Be patient. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-28 22:57 |
| #1 Netanyahu changed his plans on July 7, 2005 after receiving a warning before the bombings. |
| Posted by: Hupaitch Jolump7578 2005-07-28 22:55 |