FBI accuses BBC of wrecking operation to infiltrate al-Qaida

JPost ^ | Aug 16, 2003 | DOUGLAS DAVIS

[Tamzee]

Freedom of the Press, doncha know.... the all-important "scoop" is more important than delaying the story and saving some lives :-(

[swarthyguy]

Think it might be connected to the Saudi intel agent recently expelled from the UK?

[Betty Jo]

Thank you mewzilla!

ABC is saying this mess is less than meets the eye.

There is such conflicting stuff,have you read the other threads here about the perps?

Is Lakhani a Muslim or a Hindu?

Why is Yahuda owning a brand new store in Saudia Arabia, in the Jeddah Sheraton Hotel?

Who and what is "Jackie Abraham"?

All good stuff!

[VOA]

bump

[swarthyguy]

Lakhani is a name that could be either.

His first name is confusing; I've heard Hemant (prolly Hindus), Hamid(Muslim).

His wife's name is Kusum, which is prolly Hindu but there's a slim chance of it being muslim . Could be a mixed marriage. FWIW>

Either way, arms dealers aren't much into ideologies, just cash.

And it's too bad this became public because now Lakhani won't be used as bait to grab jihadis.

[Betty Jo]

I dont know, but I at this stage,am ready to believe BUSH leaked it to give diversion.

There are thousands of these kinds and other kinds of missiles all over.

We bought and gave them to the Binny Jihadist in Afghanistan to kill the RUSSKIES.

Is Lakhani just a bankrupt textile import/exporter,or a bad dude with a real history of arms dealing:

Is Yahuda just an old Jewish diamond dealer who dosn't trust banks,or is he a Jew who is helping Islamic terrorists kill his relatives?

Or, is he a Jew who is helping a Hindu kill Muslims?

Is this Lakhani related to another Lakhani that stole jewels in NYC a while back ?

[ex-snook]

But who told BBC?

[Betty Jo]

I think the whole thing is a BUSH stratedic,er stratadgy,uh,well you know what I mean!

[GOPJ]

A once great organization falls bump...

[cyncooper]

Now, I know why only one man was arrested.

There was more than one man arrested:

INSIDE THE PLOT TO SELL A MISSILE (serial numbers on dollar bills key to prosecution)

Excerpt:

Not long after his arrest, agents entered Abraham's offices in New York. There, they arrested Abraham and Moinuddeen Ahmed Hameed, an Indian-born Malaysian who had entered the country in recent days.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for the ping, windchime. I would like 5 minutes with the press corps right now. Better yet, let the troops demand answers from the press - individually, don't let the press work as a pack. Let each reporter stare into the faces of those risking their lives for the reporter's freedom - and let each reporter answer to the troops. Allow the troops this voice, hold the reporters accountable - at least once a week. Give the press something other than their daily anti-war-America-freedom talking points to meditate on.

Good Brit blog:  *http://www.biased-bbc.blogspot.com/

[Mitchell]

Batchelor & Alexander ping.

[windchime]

You're welcome.  Thanks for the biased-bbc blogspot.

"The BBC, always impartial, would not wish to 'take sides'. In Beeb-land the FBI and al Qaeda are morally equivalent."

They've 'taken sides' all right.  The wrong side!

 

".........let the troops demand answers from the press - individually, don't let the press work as a pack. Let each reporter stare into the faces of those risking their lives for the reporter's freedom - and let each reporter answer to the troops."

Great idea, but there would probably be a lot of 'no comments'.

[cyncooper]

Do you all believe that Kelly committed suicide??

Yes, because although Gilligan exaggerated and hyped Kelly's commentsto him and misrepresented the credentials of his source, Kelly did in fact say some of what formed the basis of the anti-goverment/anti-war/anti-Blair BBC assault.

Kelly did wrong, BBC made it worse. Both bad, and Kelly was not somebody's victim.