BREAKING NEWS
Al Qaeda Sanctioned Plot
Updated: 14:26, Thursday August 17, 2006
The alleged UK airport terror plot was sanctioned by al-Qaeda's No2, Ayman al-Zawahri, according to Pakistani intelligence.
The latest investigations by Pakistan also indicate that a British national arrested in Pakistan, Rashid Rauf, was the planner of the alleged attacks who recruited people to take part in the plot, according to the a Pakistani official.
"We have reason to believe that it was al-Qaeda sanctioned and was probably cleared by al-Zawahri", he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation.
In the UK, police investigating the plot to blow up the US-bound passenger jets have now carried out a total of 46 searches at residential and business premises.
Detectives have been granted more time to quiz 23 suspects while searches for evidence continue.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1231293,00.html?f=rss
I have thought the next big plot would be Zawahri's baby. If this was sanctioned by him, I think it was probably part of a larger plot. He has always seemed to be the more "dangerous" of the two main guys...
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