Posted on 08/07/2005 5:11:53 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
HAROON Aswat, a Briton arrested in Zambia two weeks ago reportedly wanted in connection with last month's deadly bomb attacks in London, arrived in Britain on Sunday after being deported from Lusaka, a Foreign Office official said.
"I can confirm that he has arrived in Britain, but it's now a matter for the Home Office," said the official. According to the BBC, Aswat arrived at a Royal Air Force base in Northolt, west of London.
Aswat, 31, has been named in US and British media reports as the alleged mastermind behind the July 7 blasts that killed 56 people including four suicide bombers, but British police have not confirmed that he is wanted in connection with the attacks.
Aswat was deported from Zambia early on Sunday, leaving Lusaka international airport on a chartered plane to Britain.
US authorities have also reportedly sought to question Aswat over alleged attempts to set up a terrorist training camp in Bly, Oregon.
US media said on July 22, the day after four abortive attacks on London's transport system, that US police and intelligence agencies were taking part in the hunt for Aswat.
They said that the four suicide bombers behind the July 7 attacks had made about 20 calls to him on his mobile telephone.
Aswat, who spent time in South Africa and Botswana before entering Zambia on July 6, had been on a watch list of Western intelligence agencies who tipped off Zambian authorities.
This guy should just dissappear and never be heard from again. No trial , no imprisonment, When the media asks where he is just say you never heard of him.
These muzlims seem to have no trouble traveling around the world at the drop of a hat, or bomb...
Nooo, we just wanted him because he has a funny name.
I loved it when Rush called him "Asswad".
Yeah, that fits.
Why not? He has Shi'ite for brains....
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