Story on recent hoaxes and hallmark greetings -
Police Seek Source of Suspicious Packages
By CHRISTOPHER FAHERTY
Special to the Sun
August 22, 2007
Police are working to trace the source of several suspicious packages sent to financial institutions over the past two days, police officials said.
The packages, which contained ziplock bags that in some cases were filled with flour or cornstarch, were sent to companies in three Midtown buildings, police said.
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The packages sent to the financial institutions, whose names were not released by police officials, arrived in envelopes postmarked Hartford, Conn. Along with the powder-filled plastic bags, the envelopes contained greeting cards with no threats or messages of any kind, Mr. Browne said.
In June, several newspapers in the New York area received letters threatening the lives of employees at the investment bank Goldman Sachs from an anonymous sender who claimed to have infiltrated the company. The Federal Bureau of Investigation later determined the letters were a hoax.
The suspicious packages began arriving on Monday at 1345 Sixth Ave., 787 Seventh Ave., and 505 Fifth Ave., home to a number of financial companies. Investigators were not informed about the packages until yesterday, police said.
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BREAKING NEWS -
Dr arrested for suspected links with Al-Qaeda movement
CHAKANDRA: Security agencies in a raid at the residence of the house of prominent doctor here have recovered 6 suicide jackets and explosive materials.
Security agencies early Monday morning raided the house of child specialist Dr Mohammad Rasool and arrested him along with his wife and son and recovered 6 suicide jackets and explosive materials from his house.
The security agencies had received information that Al-Qaeda leader Mohammad Yousaf was residing at the Doctor’s house. However he fled prior to the raid.
The security agencies have started interrogations from the arrested doctor and his family.
It is believed that the doctor has links with one of the banned organizations as well as the Al-Qaeda movement
Update-
Posted on August 27, 2007 in International Affairs | No Comments
DIR: An Arab operative of Al-Qaeda, Mohammad Yousaf narrowly escaped police in Chakdarra town here, police sources said on Monday. The sources said that the police captured six suicide jackets and explosives during a raid on a house in Chakdarra after receiving a tip about presence of an al Qaeda operative in the house. According to the sources, Muhammad Yousuf, was staying at the upper floor of a double-storey house in Chakdara, who fled from the house before the raid. Police found six suicide jackets, explosives and the equipment used in remote-control bombs from the house. The owner of the house, Dr. Muhammad Rasool, his wife and two sons, have been detained and a case has been registered against them. Muhammad Yousuf, a key operative of Al Qaeda, was earlier living at Shaheen Town in Peshawar, the sources added.-SANA
Comment/Question: The brother of Sadat’s assassin, Mohammed Islambouli, used Mohammed Youssef as an alias — had one or more passports in that name. Are these reports about Islambouli? He has lived in Peshawar in the past. He is the leader of the Islamic Group members wo have joined Al Qaeda.
Egyptian intelligence officials say Mohammed Islambouli holds two Egyptian passports, a Qatari passport and an Algerian passport in the name Mahmoud Youssef Mahmoud is a variant for Mohammed.