Airplane Bomb Plot 'Ringleader' Suspect To Escape Terror Charges

The suspected ringleader of an al Qaeda plot to blow up passenger planes over the Atlantic won't face criminal charges for the alleged conspiracy, British authorities have revealed. In an...

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November 19, 2007 in U.K. Airline Terror Plot | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Terror Charges Dropped Against Alleged U.K. Terror Plot Mastermind

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has dropped all terrorism-related charges against the British citizen who, U.S. authorities say, is the mastermind behind the U.K. terror plot to bomb a series...

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December 13, 2006 in U.K. Airline Terror Plot | Permalink | User Comments (5)

London Airplane Bomb Plotters Used eBay to Raise Funds, Built Detonators Inside AA Batteries

The British terror cell that allegedly plotted to blow up flights from London to the U.S. helped finance the operation by buying and selling items on eBay, according to an...

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October 12, 2006 in U.K. Airline Terror Plot | Permalink | User Comments (17)

Islamic Charity's Assets Frozen for Alleged Connection to Terrorism

Bank accounts of an Islamic charity alleged to have funded terrorist activities, including the recent plot to blow up U.S.-bound flights from London, were frozen today by the Charity Commission...

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August 24, 2006 in U.K. Airline Terror Plot | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Eight Tapes, Eight Charges of Conspiracy to Murder

British police are believed to have recovered "martyrdom" videotapes for each of the eight people who were charged today with conspiracy to murder in the alleged plot to blow up...

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August 21, 2006 in U.K. Airline Terror Plot | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Explosives Linked to London Plot Found

A suitcase containing the powerful homemade high explosive HMTD and other bomb making components was found cached in the woods near High Wycombe, London, according to sources close to the...

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August 17, 2006 in U.K. Airline Terror Plot | Permalink | User Comments (2)

Another Family Member of Alleged Ringleader in Custody in Pakistan

Alexis Debat contributed to this report. Abdul Rauf, the father of the alleged London plot ringleader Rashid Rauf, is in custody in Pakistan, according to intelligence sources there. Abdul Rauf...

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August 16, 2006 in U.K. Airline Terror Plot | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Video Shows Suspect Hours before Arrest

New surveillance video, released by the Associated Press, allegedly shows London terror suspect, Tayib Rauf, 22, just hours before he was arrested and taken into custody. Rauf was arrested in...

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August 15, 2006 in U.K. Airline Terror Plot | Permalink | User Comments (15)

British Charity Run by Alleged Ringleader's Family

Money sent to Pakistan for earthquake relief may have ended up in the hands of the alleged airplane bomb plot ringleader, Rashid Rauf, thanks to a charity set up by...

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August 14, 2006 in U.K. Airline Terror Plot | Permalink | User Comments (15)

Trail of Terror: U.K. Terror Plot Unravels

U.S. authorities say the British ringleader of the plot has been identified and is in custody in Pakistan along with two of his co-conspirators. Authorities say Rashid Rauf was essentially...

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August 11, 2006 in U.K. Airline Terror Plot | Permalink | User Comments (14)