The Overlooked Case Of Mohammed Afroze (This is news to me.)

Weekly Standard ^ | August 10, 2005 | Edward Morrissey

[Chgogal]

....On the day after the failed July 21 bombings in London, an Indian court in Delhi sentenced Mohammed Afroze to seven years in prison for his participation in a wider plot which had been planned for September 11, 2001. Afroze led another al Qaeda cell which planned to use commercial airlines as missiles to destroy several international targets. The Islamist terrorists intended to send a global message through coordination with the attacks on America. Their plan failed when the terrorists lost their nerve and fled Heathrow.

....AFROZE HAS ALSO ADMITTED to targeting the Rialto Towers in Melbourne, Australia. Australia has a long history of courageous alliance with Britain and the United States, of course, but Australia never set foot in Iraq before the 2003 invasion. They had provided a naval support contingent of three ships with 600 sailors and their own air defense squad. Their mission consisted of interdiction on shipping in the Persian Gulf to ensure no arms made their way into Saddam Hussein's hands during the blockade that preceded the war.

[hershey]

The MSM may ignore this, but Fox will pick up on it.

[Chgogal]

Thank you for your comment. One of the shortcuts points to a FR posting which if I remember was the India news article and the other points to the LT article by Melanie Phillips. I'm sorry that these shortcuts are not working.

[Chgogal]

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=2766679/K=Mohammed+Afroze+Melanie+Phillips/v=2/SID=e/TID=F588_123/l=WS1/R=3/IPC=us/SHE=0/H=3/;_ylt=AtEnalZP5PORfUBwcVzgzC9XNyoA/SIG=12d9f43pl/EXP=1123936624/*-http%3A//www.melaniephillips.com/diary/archives/001362.html

Here is the Melanie Phillips tidbit.

[From many - one.]

self ping

[Unicorn]

Death sentence would have been better.