And the US. From The Telegraph, with thanks to Nicolei and Ali Dashti:
A Libyan hunted by Pakistan because of his senior role in the al Qa'eda terrorist network has taken charge of its sleeper cells in Britain and the United States, Pakistani intelligence officials believe.Abu Faraj al Libbi, said to have taken over as third in command of al Qa'eda when his mentor, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, was captured last year, has sent coded messages to "several" Islamic militants in Britain over the past 10 months, according to Pakistani officials.
Security officers who have interrogated recently captured militants say that Abu Faraj, who is now believed to be al Qa'eda's top operational chief, masterminded and financed assassination attempts against President Pervez Musharraf, the country's military ruler, last December.
They have now revealed that Abu Faraj, who was once Osama bin Laden's personal assistant, is also in frequent contact with al Qa'eda members and supporters abroad, particularly in Britain and America. They have identified two people - both of whom are in British custody - as recipients of coded messages from Abu Faraj.
The existence of a trove of secret al Qa'eda e-mail messages first emerged in July, when Pakistan announced the arrest of Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan, a communications specialist who visited Britain often and gathered information on possible terror targets around the world. Eight British suspects were arrested and remain in custody, charged under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Pakistani officials now say that some of the encrypted messages sent to the Britons originated from Abu Faraj.
"The coded messages deciphered recently have revealed to us that he was not only co-ordinating pre-election terrorist acts in the US, but had sent several messages to several militants in the UK in the last eight to 10 months . . . to share notes with them about future terror attacks in the UK," said an investigator who has seen the communications.
And while we're at it, the help Kerry promised us (if elected)has fallen thru:
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/9/19/101103.shtml
good post, gary. reminds me of an article in this past wednesday's wall st. journal that points out how france has as of late taken a more accommodating approach to its policies regarding training iraqi police and some other issue that slips my mind. anyway, the final paragraph of the article said something to the effect that france's shifts are indicators that the imminence of bush's re-election has sunk in with french leaders
This in today's paper:
MOSCOW -- Police stop vehicle carrying explosives - Police stopped a man driving a car wired with land mines and explosives in Moscow early saturday, Russian security officials said. The man, detained by Moscow police about 1 AM told police he had been paid $1000 to park two cars with explosives in them along a Moscow street frequently used by top government officials, said the duty officer at the Federal Security Service. The officer said the man later suffered a heart attack and died while in police custody.
MORE, if not ALL, apprehended individuals such as this one need to have "heart attacks and die" while in custody. Looks like Russia is going to do it the RIGHT way.
Second that, yahudimrevenge.
YahudimRevenge,
I disagree, I think more muslims in police custody should have "violent seizures whereupon they repeatedly throw their bodies against the cell wall until their brains haemorrage", if I worked for the police it would become quite common.
My father's brother was a Captain of Detectives in a mid-sized NW city in the 1960s.
When the Miranda ruling came down requiring police to inform suspects that they had the right to remain silent and so forth, I asked him how he felt about it.
His response was that 'of course suspects had always had those rights, but that any suspect in his squad room also had the right to unburden his mind with a free and full confession.'
My uncle was 6'4" and weighed 300 pounds. He said he got paid to protect the citizens and taxpayers, not the criminal classes.
It was a constant source of amazement how quickly he could convince someone to "do the right thing."
It is a shame he is unavailabe to have a chat with the likes of, say, Ibrahim Hooper.