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BRIT-BUST LINK TO APPLE THREATS
New York Post ^ | 8/06/04 | Post Wire Services

Posted on 08/06/2004 12:33:02 AM PDT by kattracks

August 6, 2004 -- LONDON — An alleged al Qaeda operative under arrest in Britain is suspected of writing the surveillance documents that sparked terror alerts in the United States this week, an official said yesterday. The documents, about five buildings housing U.S. financial institutions, were found on the computers of two accused members of Osama bin Laden's terror network arrested in Pakistan last month.

The computers also held images of London's Heathrow Airport, Pakistani intelligence officials said. That information was passed to British officials.

The revelations link two major sweeps against suspected al Qaeda networks in Pakistan and Britain — as well as the alerts announced Sunday in New York, New Jersey and Washington.

At least 20 people have been detained in Pakistan in the past month, and Britain is holding 12 men from raids on Tuesday.

Among those arrested in Britain was a senior al Qaeda member, known as Abu Eisa al Hindi or Abu Musa al Hindi, who the official said is suspected of writing the surveillance reports detailing security, construction and other features of the five U.S. financial buildings.

A counterterrorism official, speaking on the condition of anonymity this week, said many of the documents, including surveillance reports, were in fluent English, indicating the author spent significant time in the West.


(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaedauk; orangealert5

1 posted on 08/06/2004 12:33:03 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks

This is serious cr*p people... This may have been what they wanted to do during the convention......

Will America really go to the voting booth to put in a new guy like Kerry at such a critical moment in history...?

I just can't believe it...I can't.


2 posted on 08/06/2004 12:42:09 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: Republic Rocker
This is serious cr*p people... This may have been what they wanted to do during the convention......

But Kerry and the media claimed the raising of the terror alert was nothing but politics.

3 posted on 08/06/2004 12:55:16 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks

Big ping to our British allies.


4 posted on 08/06/2004 1:27:14 AM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (I'll put Bush's four years in office against Kerry's four months in Vietnam any time! Bring it on!)
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To: kattracks

I am still trying to figure out what the headline means.


5 posted on 08/06/2004 6:57:52 AM PDT by Logophile
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
Big ping to our British allies.

You rang?

Regards, Ivan

6 posted on 08/06/2004 6:58:37 AM PDT by MadIvan (Gothic. Freaky. Conservative. - http://www.rightgoths.com/)
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To: Logophile

Apple=Big Apple=NYC


7 posted on 08/06/2004 7:01:26 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Be a Dollar a Day FReeper, and SMILE when you get your Mastercard bill!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Apple=Big Apple=NYC

Oh, yes—of course.

I was thinking maybe the terrorists' computer was an Apple, or that they had threatened Apple Computer, or that they were planning to poison apples, or something like that.
8 posted on 08/06/2004 7:09:32 AM PDT by Logophile
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To: Logophile
I was thinking maybe the terrorists' computer was an Apple, or that they had threatened Apple Computer, or that they were planning to poison apples, or something like that.

LOL...same here!

9 posted on 08/06/2004 7:10:57 AM PDT by B Knotts
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To: Logophile

I thought so too at first... I can see the Dell ads:

"Dude, Osama uses a Mac."


10 posted on 08/06/2004 7:11:09 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Be a Dollar a Day FReeper, and SMILE when you get your Mastercard bill!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Oh. I thought maybe maybe Steve Jobs went over to the other side.


11 posted on 08/06/2004 7:11:58 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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