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New Al Qaeda Leader Planning Attack Against U.S.
ABC News ^ | Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Posted on 03/01/2006 5:11:41 PM PST by kristinn

Pakistani officials have told ABC News that they believe they have indications that a new terror attack is being planned there against the United States. They tell ABC News that while their intelligence does not give any specific details as to a target or time, it does indicate that the plans are being made by an emerging top al Qaeda figure.

Pakistani military officials say Matiur Rehman, 29, a Pakistani militant, is behind the new plans for an attack against the United States. Pakistan has posted a 10-million rupee (about $166,000) award for his capture.

"He is probably Pakistan's most wanted right now," says Alexis Debat, a former adviser in the French defense ministry and now an ABC News consultant. "He is extremely dangerous because of his role as the crucial interface between the brains of al Qaeda and its muscle, which is mainly composed these days of Pakistani militants."

Pakistani officials say Rehman helped train thousands of fellow Pakistani militants at al Qaeda training camps during the late 1990s.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; jihadinamerica; londonairlineplot; matiurrehman; pakistan; rehman
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To: kristinn
Sorry to post and run.

No sweat. I do that all the time. :)

41 posted on 03/01/2006 11:07:29 PM PST by demlosers (Kerry: "Impeach Bush, filibuster Alito, withdraw from Iraq, send U235 to Iran, elect me President!")
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To: kristinn

Anybody have a picture of this bozo? I need a new target.


42 posted on 03/01/2006 11:17:10 PM PST by Just Lori (To everything, there is a season.........Ecclesiastes, 3:1-8)
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To: MikefromOhio

Hey! You updated your screen name!


43 posted on 03/01/2006 11:31:34 PM PST by Allegra (wear our the cats?)
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To: Spanaway Lori
Click the link.
44 posted on 03/02/2006 12:25:47 AM PST by Reform4Bush
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To: kristinn
Pakistan has posted a 10-million rupee (about $166,000) award for his capture.

$166,000 reward ? Seems like they are pulling all the stops.

45 posted on 03/02/2006 3:30:10 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: kristinn

Please ask him to contact the State Dept. He can receive a student visa and attend Yale University


46 posted on 03/02/2006 4:56:59 AM PST by From One - Many (Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk)
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To: From One - Many

Snicker...So true.


47 posted on 03/02/2006 6:01:48 AM PST by Donna Lee Nardo (+++ DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS +++)
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To: kristinn

And in other news, bankrobbers nationwide are ruminating about just 'one more job...'


48 posted on 03/02/2006 6:09:18 AM PST by RadioCirca1970
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To: Allegra

I had too.....


49 posted on 03/02/2006 6:15:37 AM PST by MikefromOhio (22,952+ replies - wow I'm talkative.....)
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To: kristinn; All

Time to stake out the strip joints again.


50 posted on 03/02/2006 6:26:14 AM PST by balk (Vive le Canada libre... des Libereaux)
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To: MNJohnnie

Yeah, pretty much like the info the intel folks had before 911 that no one paid any attention to.


51 posted on 03/02/2006 6:32:31 AM PST by Americanexpat (A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
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To: Americanexpat

Indeed. While I don't think we should run around screaming that the sky is falling, it's just plain silly to ignore danger signs.


52 posted on 03/02/2006 6:35:20 AM PST by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: kristinn
"Pakistani military officials say Matiur Rehman, 29, a Pakistani militant, is behind the new plans for an attack against the United States."

By now, no doubt Yale has contacted him to offer him a job...

53 posted on 03/02/2006 6:39:24 AM PST by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: From One - Many

LOL--GMTA? (I said the same thing in #53, more or less!)


54 posted on 03/02/2006 6:41:48 AM PST by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: kristinn

I had a very vivid and quite crappy dream last night. I was in El Paso Texas on the east side and watched in casual shock as a famous tire company blimp nosed dived into the nw skyline followed by one hell of a mushroom cloud, followed by rolling shock and debris waves and earthquakes that made the ground look like pudding. Like I said it was a pretty crappy dream.


55 posted on 03/02/2006 6:44:06 AM PST by kinghorse
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To: kristinn

Old time shower humorist or just accidental?

You know the original shower post was some young lady commenting about her boyfriend being at an airport (some po-dunk airport) that was under lockdown for some yahoo taking off running through security or somesuch. She ended her post by saying she was in the shower and missed the details. A cliche was borne.


56 posted on 03/02/2006 6:46:23 AM PST by kinghorse
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To: SusaninOhio
I'm pretty sure my cats feel the same way. Or else hungry. Well, probably mostly hungry.

Not easy for two 17-lb manx kittens to complain about hunger with a straight face.

This image made me laugh out loud. I bet they can do it though!

57 posted on 03/02/2006 8:20:03 AM PST by Roses0508 (Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.)
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To: From One - Many

...they will probably give him a scholarship...


58 posted on 03/02/2006 9:31:47 AM PST by AprilfromTexas
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To: TeleStraightShooter

"Islamists deserve animal rights..."

Unfortunately, animals have MORE rights than Americans these days.


59 posted on 03/02/2006 9:59:57 AM PST by Fruit of the Spirit
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To: kristinn

$166,000 reward? Wow, they must really be serious this time.


60 posted on 03/02/2006 11:01:22 AM PST by jennyjenny
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