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Bomb suspect reportedly held in Africa ( key suspect in July 7 London bombings)
seattletimes.nwsource.com ^ | July 28 2005 | By Richard Serrano, Sebastian Rotella and Greg Miller

Posted on 07/28/2005 9:13:32 AM PDT by Dog

NEW YORK — Zambian authorities have detained a man sought for questioning in this month's deadly London bombing plot, as well as for his alleged role in setting up a terrorist training camp in Oregon, U.S. officials said yesterday.

Haroon Rashid Aswat, 30, a British citizen of Indian descent, piqued the interest of investigators when they discovered that about 20 calls had been placed from his cellphone to some of the men who set off bombs on London's

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aswad; aswat; captured; gwot; haroonrashidaswat; londonattacked; preventable
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To: sheik yerbouty
Baboon Rasid Asswad..

Asshat! Asshat! his name is asshat, have some respect for the guy, his name is not Baboon Rasid Asswad.. its Baboon Rasin Asshat.
41 posted on 07/28/2005 10:40:58 AM PDT by minus_273
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To: Dog
Slit the little clowns throat.

.......after appropriate interrogation techniques have been applied and all possible interesting information he harbors has been gleaned, of course.

42 posted on 07/28/2005 10:43:33 AM PDT by DoctorMichael (The Fourth-Estate is a Fifth-Column!)
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"72 Virgins? Wow! Cool!

What's a virgin?"


43 posted on 07/28/2005 10:45:13 AM PDT by D-fendr
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To: Dog

One down three to go?

Is this the first of the quartet or the second?


44 posted on 07/28/2005 11:08:44 AM PDT by TAquinas (Demographics has consequences)
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To: Paleo Conservative

"He sure is ugly."

Back to PC Camp you go. Don't you know not to comment on someone's physiology or pigmentation?

God, he's ugly!!


45 posted on 07/28/2005 11:12:10 AM PDT by TAquinas (Demographics has consequences)
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To: Dog

"What was he doing in Zambia?"

That is his natural habitat.

The critical questions are: What was he doing in Britain and who let this undesirable element in?

Enoch Powell must be turning in his grave with "I told you so."


46 posted on 07/28/2005 11:16:14 AM PDT by TAquinas (Demographics has consequences)
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To: Coop

LOL!

Thanks.


47 posted on 07/28/2005 11:17:04 AM PDT by TAquinas (Demographics has consequences)
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To: talleyman

No, he must've been at The Dome of The Crock..


48 posted on 07/28/2005 11:22:33 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Dog

What was he doing in Zambia?

Trying to blend in with the locals.


49 posted on 07/28/2005 12:08:57 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: Dog

LOL, Freepers rule.


50 posted on 07/28/2005 12:11:07 PM PDT by mware ("God is dead" -- Nietzsch"....... "Nope, you are"-- GOD)
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To: Grampa Dave; Dog
Thanks, Gramps!
I just happen to have this baby handy. ;o)

No Oregon terrorist thread is complete without it. LOL

Good job, Dog!

51 posted on 07/28/2005 12:35:40 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 ("Virtute et armis" - By valor and arms)
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To: Grampa Dave; All

ON THE NET...

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22HaroonRashidAswat%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0


52 posted on 07/28/2005 12:51:49 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; JohnathanRGalt; All

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=haroonrashidaswat


53 posted on 07/28/2005 12:56:01 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Dog; Grampa Dave; Brad's Gramma; All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1447222/posts
"London bomb suspect linked to Ore. terror camp (terrorists on the left coast)"
kgw.com ^ | Wednesday, July 20, 2005 | By kgw.com, NBC and CNN Staff (Spaltter)
Posted on 07/20/2005 6:41:28 PM PDT by Splatter


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1438409/posts
"Terror Strike- London!"
various FR links & stories | 07-07-05 | t
Posted on 07/07/2005 10:21:18 AM PDT by backhoe


54 posted on 07/28/2005 1:02:41 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: backhoe; All

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/07/007405print.html

July 28, 2005

Key London bombs suspect arrested in Zambia

Just in from the TimesOnline:


A senior British al-Qaeda operative sought by authorities since the July 7 bombing attacks on London has been arrested in Zambia.

The Los Angeles Times reported today that Haroon Rashid Aswat, a 30-year-old of Indian descent who grew up in West Yorkshire, was arrested last week and is being held in Lusaka, where both British and US anti-terrorism investigators have travelled.

British officials confirmed the report, but would not immediately elaborate. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are seeking consular access to a British national who is reported to be in custody in Zambia."

Aswat, whose associations with al-Qaeda date back ten years, is believed to have entered Briton about two weeks before July 7 on a ferry into Felixstowe, and to have flown out from Heathrow hours before the four suicide bombers killed 52 rush-hour commuters on three Tube trains and a bus....
Posted at July 28, 2005 01:48 PM


55 posted on 07/28/2005 1:20:25 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Dog

There has been a horn of Africa connection to several of the bombers but Zambia is quite a ways from there.


56 posted on 07/28/2005 1:23:06 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (John 6: 51-58)
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To: dixiechick2000
Yes indeed. This is why I pinged you.

"No Oregon terrorist thread is complete without it. LOL"


57 posted on 07/28/2005 1:34:48 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (The civilized world must win WW IV/the Final Crusade and destroy Jihadism!)
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To: Cindy

The link below has some interesting pictorial links to a lot of those involved now and in the past.

SBC will not allow me to copy it.

http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Haroon%20Rashid%20Aswat%20South%20Africa


58 posted on 07/28/2005 1:45:58 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (The civilized world must win WW IV/the Final Crusade and destroy Jihadism!)
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To: Cindy; piasa; dixiechick2000; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Shermy

Oops, that was the wrong link.

http://gandalf.tadns.net/~pobbs/archives/war_on_terrorism_al_qaeda/


59 posted on 07/28/2005 1:47:43 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (The civilized world must win WW IV/the Final Crusade and destroy Jihadism!)
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To: Grampa Dave

Is this the guy that was involved with identity theft? Someone is using his SS# and credit cards? /sarc


60 posted on 07/28/2005 2:13:21 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Mr and Mrs Wilson III were both working UNDERtheCOVERS!)
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