Posted on 04/17/2002 10:06:56 AM PDT by grimalkin
Police and security agents on Wednesday were questioning five Pakistanis arrested in Paris and its suburbs in connection with the investigation into shoe bomber Richard C. Reid, judicial officials said.
The suspects were arrested Wednesday morning, the officials said on condition of anonymity. They are suspected of providing various kinds of logistical assistance to Reid, 28, a British citizen, during his stay in Paris.
The investigation is being headed by France's top anti-terrorism judge, Jean-Louis Bruguiere.
Reid has been in U.S. custody since Dec. 22, when he allegedly attempted to ignite the explosives in his shoes during a trans-Atlantic flight from Paris to Miami. He was thwarted by flight crew and passengers and the jet was diverted to Boston.
He has pleaded innocent to nine charges that include attempting to murder the 197 passengers and crew.
The indictment against Reid said he'd received training from the al-Qaida terrorist network in Afghanistan.
In December, French police seized material from Parisian cybercafes where Reid is believed to have communicated over the Internet with those giving him instructions.
In December, French police seized material from Parisian cybercafes where Reid is believed to have communicated over the Internet with those giving him instructions.If nothing else, Reid knew how to pick classy environs to plot his terror. Makes me long to be a man of leisure ... freeping from Parisian cybercafes ... tete-a-tete with une jeune fille over a glass du vin rouge ...
Perhaps the Paki's put this pig on the pit rotisserie and he is now singing. I hear that this is how they got info for the 1993 WTC garage bombing. The Egyptians did the roasting.
LOL! But if you see a guy drinking an apertif reading Evelyn Waugh it might be Watsonfellow...
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