Posted on 01/12/2004 1:55:31 AM PST by kattracks
A passenger with a name similar to a suspected Al-Qaeda operative wanted by the United States failed to turn up for a flight from Paris to Los Angeles for the second time in three weeks, airport officials said.The passenger was booked on the Air France flight Sunday as "Abdul Haye", a name which bears a phonetic resemblance to that of a man who US law enforcement officials believe is linked to Al-Qaeda and spent time training in Afghanistan.
A passenger with a reservation in this name also failed to show up on December 24 for an Air France flight to Los Angeles, which was ultimately cancelled due to terror fears.
France cancelled the flight at the request of the United States, which was concerned by the presence of certain names -- including that of "Abdul Haye" -- on the passenger list.
On January 7, Paris airport officials and Air France had told French police that an Indian citizen called "Abdul Haye" was expected to arrive in France on an Air France flight from Bombay.
The sources added that this passenger was a regular on the Bombay-Paris and Paris-Los Angeles flights and had a reservation made in this name on Sunday's 1:35 pm (1235 GMT) flight to Los Angeles.
French police were waiting for "Abdul Haye" at Charles de Gualle airport to check his identity and nationality and ask why he failed to appear for the flight on December 24.
But the man once again failed to appear for this flight or for the later departure at 8:00 pm (1900 GMT).
Air security has been stepped up around the world in recent weeks after Washington said US intelligence showed Al-Qaeda could be planning airborne suicide attacks similar to those on September 11, 2001 on New York and Washington.
The United States has also issued an emergency directive that foreign carriers put armed sky marshals on flights where US officials deemed there was a terrorist risk.
The French authorities are aware of two people with the name "Abdul Haye", both with Indian nationality.
One was born in 1961 and the other in 1962. Both live in Bombay and work at the same leather trading company, according to people familiar with the situation.
The sources said that at least one of them has a home in Los Angeles.
French police sources said that there were several theories over the two "Abdul Hayes" from Bombay -- they could be two people with the same name, possibly brothers, or there could be just one single person who needed a second passport due to an error over the date of birth for the first.
The "Abdul Haye" wanted by the United States is believed to have been captured by US forces in Afghanistan but later escaped.
So basically the French government released a specific name to the French press who turned around and printed it so that ol' Abu could hi-tail it out of town. Lovely...
So what was that growing murmur about the French finally "getting it?", well they will, but not in a positive way if this keeps up.
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Phonetic resemblance... Hmmm. I wonder if this system would also make a note of the similiarities between Brown, Brawn and Braun? Smith, Smythe, Schmidt. Schwarz, Schwartz and Black. White, Weiss.
Makes you wonder.
Pakistanis freed from Guantanamo back home
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The names of the released are:
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The second last groups and the largest one so far includes the names of Tariq Aziz s/o Aziz Khan (Hyderabad), Sajid Rehman s/o Abdul Haye (Gujranwala city), Jamaluddin s/o Abdul Rashid (Joharabad - Karachi), Abdul Maula s/o M. Sharif (Batkhela - Malakanad Agency), Ali Ahmad s/o Chakar Khan (Azizabad - Quetta), Qaisar Khan Bhatti s/o Saifullah (Nakiwala - Wazirabad), Faiq Iqbal s/o Yawar Iqbal (Shoes Market, Quaid-e-Azam avenue Karachi), Abdul Razzaq s/o Abdul Ghafoor (Kot - Malakand Agency), Salahuddin s/o Qutbul Din (Rehmanabad - Chaghi), M. Kashif s/o M. Shakir (Bagh - Karachi), Ansar Mahmud s/o Sardar Bukhsh (Makhdoomwala - Sargodha).
I take it she's not singing any more?
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French missiles found by the Poles, and to protect France, blown up.
Froggies said they did not say "2003". LOL. Decide for yourself.
Iraqi missiles given to, and now located in, Syria:
"I am looking for ze man wif ze boomb...He's kind of tallish-shortish, and rather thinish-fatish..."Just damn.
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