KHAAAAAAANNN!!
Posted on 08/04/2004 10:21:37 PM PDT by quidnunc
A terror suspect held in UK swoops was finalising plans to bomb Heathrow, it was believed last night.
The plot’s details were on the computer of another al-Qaeda suspect seized in Pakistan.
Al-Qaeda’s UK chief, codename Bilal, got his orders from Osama Bin Laden, via the Pakistani “postman”.
Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan forwarded the command to the UK cell's chief.
The Muslim, one of 12 terror suspects held after police swoops on Tuesday, was arrested after a tip-off that he was receiving direct orders from Bin Laden.
The raids followed the arrest in Pakistan of computer expert Khan.
He masterminded Bin Laden’s secret communication network.
Bilal received detailed plans of the airport from Khan and was in the final stages of arranging the attack, say security chiefs.
Officials insisted that Khan was in “direct contact” with him over the Heathrow plot.
They said Khan, who had visited Britain six times, told them that he had sent scores of encrypted messages to Bilal.
Bilal was one of nine men arrested in London in the anti- terrorist operation.
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