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ABC News Exclusive: Three Alleged Ringleaders ID'd
August 10, 2006 2:02 PM
Three of the alleged ringleaders of the foiled airplane bomb plot have been identified by Western intelligence agencies involved in unraveling the plot.
Two of them are believed to have recently traveled to Pakistan and were later in receipt of money wired to them from Pakistan, reportedly to purchase tickets for the suicide bombers.
Sources identify the three, who are now in custody, as:
--Rashid Rauf
--Mohammed al-Ghandra
--Ahmed al Khan
August 10, 2006 in U.K. Airline Terror Plot | Permalink | User Comments (241)
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Wow. Imagine if it was the wiring of those funds that sprung the police action. Could mean a very close call indeed.
Posted by: Chris | Aug 10, 2006 2:28:24 PM
'Three Alleged Ringleaders ID'd' <--Bush, Cheney, Rove?
Bush bin Laden is planning another 9/11 - to strike just before the November 'elections' - as Lamont has shown that even Diebold can't save them now.
Cheers,
Lori R. Price
Posted by: Lori Price | Aug 10, 2006 2:46:00 PM
Pakistan huh, a close ally in the terrorwar and whos intelligence agency has notoriously close ties to militant muslim groups. There's a big chance the ISI had a hand in this.
Posted by: Erik | Aug 10, 2006 2:47:06 PM
I wonder if they were caught by the US monitoring of international wire transfers (SWIFT)? If so it was before it was exposed to the world by overzealous reporters with an anti-Bush agenda. Way to go New York Times for blowing the cover on that program and endangering my country.
Posted by: Kelly Clark | Aug 10, 2006 3:13:09 PM
Wow! Another terror alert - just as Cheney/Bush/Snow equate Lamont vote in CT with siding with Al Qaeda. Goes to show you, I guess, that if you're against the war in Iraq, then you're still with the turrists. Let's ramp up the fear factor right until - ta da! - the election in November. Let's see if I got this straight: Bush cabal could go down (if Diebold doesn't steal it again) and get indicted for war crimes (if the Senate doesn't rewrite the Geneva Conventions on War Crimes) and so it's time to show the rest of Amurka that they have everything to fear, including fear itself - especially fear of flying. Let's ask Erica Jong about this oneā¦
Posted by: Gerald Wadsworth | Aug 10, 2006 3:30:30 PM
If the ringleaders are "alleged," why isn't "the foiled airplane bomb plot" also "alleged"?
Posted by: mike | Aug 10, 2006 3:44:57 PM
They found this out by monitoring the wired funds. What about the privacy rights of the poor terrorists? Shouldn't they be able to wire money without government interference? What will the New York Times say?
Posted by: Steve | Aug 10, 2006 4:13:19 PM
Thankfully, this happened in England and not here in the USA where bleeding hearts would have made sure the wire transfer and telephone calls of these plotters would be free from wiretap or trace.
See! Electronic survailence works
Posted by: Wayne | Aug 10, 2006 4:19:16 PM
Thanks for the news that 5 are still at large, here in the UK we're being told hardly anything to avoid "panic". If the remainder of a cell fears it is cornered - we have reason to be very cautious here in London over the next few days on ALL forms of transport.
Posted by: John London UK | Aug 10, 2006 4:23:42 PM
Wake up Libs... the world is an evil place. This is not the good old days anymore. Thank God for Tony Blair, and thank God for George W Bush!
Posted by: Nic | Aug 10, 2006 4:23:53 PM
"Wow. Imagine if it was the wiring of those funds that sprung the police action. Could mean a very close call indeed."
Oh. You mean the monitoring of international funds transfers that was exposed recently by the NY Times, et al? The one where the Swiss have decided to clamp down on the sharing of related information? The one that was just another indication of the evil Bush/Cheney/Rove conspiracy to steal our freedoms?
That one? Thank God and the liberal press that it won't happen anymore!
thanks,
-eric
Posted by: eric fromm | Aug 10, 2006 4:24:06 PM
Why do we continue to use the term suicide when the correct term would be homicide?!!
This is why border control is so important and the continued fight against terroism must be fought with commitment and that includes Iraq and Afganistan.
Posted by: Mary | Aug 10, 2006 4:24:59 PM
Thank God! that the NY Times didn't know ahead of time!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: TomJ | Aug 10, 2006 4:26:18 PM
'Three Alleged Ringleaders ID'd' hmmmm...Bush, Cheney and the Fox News Network?
Posted by: Luka Luke | Aug 10, 2006 4:26:32 PM
WHy US is still giving them visa
Posted by: paki | Aug 10, 2006 4:26:40 PM
Chris' point is well taken. Recall the NY Times just took great pride in exposing how counter terrorism experts were using the financial system to track money transfers amongst suspected terrorists. Shame on the NY Times for sharing with the terrorists how we're hunting them.
Posted by: John | Aug 10, 2006 4:29:37 PM
Let's hope these guys don't turn out to be the British version of the Miami 7 . . . . .
Posted by: PSD | Aug 10, 2006 4:34:08 PM
Wow,
President Bush's homeland security plan is working...and he foiled a terrorist plot without the approval of the Democrats; Imaginge that.
Posted by: Morris Whitis | Aug 10, 2006 4:35:42 PM
They should take a "domestic spying" poll today. Let's just say, I'm all in favor...
Posted by: Scott | Aug 10, 2006 4:36:34 PM
Pakistan is a haven of terrorism. They are formenting and breeding terrorism and they do nothing about their terror camps.
Posted by: Will | Aug 10, 2006 4:36:34 PM
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