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US pushed MI5 into airport terror swoop (that foiled the blowing up of the 10 airlines)
Uk Guardian ^ | Oct. 1, 2006 | Jamie Doward and Mark Townsend
Posted on 09/30/2006 10:32:17 PM PDT by FairOpinion
The US warned Britain that it was prepared to seize the key suspect in the UK's biggest ever anti-terrorism operation and fly him to a secret detention centre for interrogation by American agents, even if this meant riding roughshod over its closest ally, The Observer can reveal.
American intelligence agents told their British counterparts they were ready to 'render' Rashid Rauf, a British citizen allegedly linked to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and who was under surveillance in Pakistan, unless he was picked up immediately. Rauf is the key suspect in the alleged plot to detonate explosives on up to 10 transatlantic planes that was exposed in August and, according to the police, would have brought 'mass murder on an unimaginable scale'.
The Americans' demand for Rauf's quick arrest dismayed the British intelligence services, which were worried that it could prompt terrorist cells in the UK working on separate plots to bring forward their plans or go underground. In the weeks preceding his arrest it is understood that MI5 and MI6 discussed with their US counterparts the best way to dismantle the alleged plot. Britain wanted more time to monitor Rauf, but the US was adamant that Rauf should be arrested immediately.
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060930-3.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 30, 2006
President Bush Signs H.R. 6138 and H.R. 6198
On Saturday, September 30, 2006 the President signed into law:
H.R. 6138, the "Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2006," which extends programs authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) through June 30,2007, and amends the HEA in various ways, including authorizing cancellation of student loan indebetedness for certain individuals affected by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; and
H.R. 6198, the "Iran Freedom Support Act," which extends and amends the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996, codifies certain existing sanctions against Iran, and authorizes assistance to support democracy in Iran.