Al-Qaida-U.K. Plot Link Evidence Grows

[Omaha Steve]

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Al-Qaida-U.K. Plot Link Evidence Grows
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Aug 13, 5:16 PM (ET)

By KATHERINE SHRADER

WASHINGTON (AP) - After more than a decade hunting al-Qaida, U.S. counterterrorism agencies are reviewing their understanding of the terror group, which they strongly believe was behind the plot to blow up some 10 jetliners bound for the U.S.

Several Western government officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity about the ongoing investigations, said they don't yet have hard evidence to pin the attack on al-Qaida's central leadership - Osama bin Laden, his deputy Ayman al-Zawhari or a tier of key operatives below them.


An advertisement of Pakistan's six most wanted terrorists published in a Pakistani newspaper, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan is hunting for Matiur Rahman, seen on 1st in top row, a senior figure from an al-Qaida-linked militant group, after a suspect arrestedover the alleged plot to blow up jetliners flying from Britain to the U.S. named the wanted militant during interrogation, intelligence officials said Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006. (AP Photo)


But the plot bears all of the best-known earmarks of the terrorist group.

More than two dozen radicals, broken up into two- or three-member teams, were to assemble bombs made from everyday items on as many as 10 airplanes and blow them up as they traveled from Britain to the United States.

[uppityperson]

1. It is really difficult to know what/whom to believe

Bad things happen, there are conspiracies, gvt/MSM lies to us. What to believe is difficult to know.

[Amonester]

2. Yep. And I still don't believe WMDs would be deployed in 45 mins.

So anybody can call me anything they want...

I'm still not buying any of their BS, and it's their fault.
Not mine.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. "named the wanted militant during interrogation"

We get interrogation information like this, but no information about any bombs, tickets, or passports?

I think the wheels have fallen off this "plot".

[AliceWonderland]

4. "...said they don't yet have hard evidence..."

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[niyad]

5. have you seen this DU post? totally different take on the subject:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2454981

[dipsydoodle]

8. Thanks for the cross link

" Qaeda label remains useful shorthand for the news media and for officials who want to tap the powerful emotions associated with the Sept. 11 attacks. But to suggest that the terrorist threat today is represented by the organization directly commanded by Osama bin Laden is to oversimplify a complex international movement, the specialists say."

see the other link for the above.

[darkism]

6. The TERRA HUNTERS use Hotmail?

What a gas!

[leesa]

7. Sounds like a whole lotta nothing....just more pre-election booga booga

Makes me wonder if some legal action might be coming to a head...with the 9-11 cover-up being spoken about openly, the wiretapping being very clearly struck down by the Supremes, the Iraq lies common knowledge and the Dems about to take the House. They have a LOT at stake. What's a little re-run of Bojinka with some of our favorite CIA/MI5 players??

The UK and US governments are desperate to cover their crimes. Things could get real ugly.

[HuffleClaw]

9. "they don't yet have hard evidence to pin the attack on al-Qaida"

hell, they STILL don't have any hard evidence to pin 911 on al qaeda.

[raging moderate]

10. Al Qaeda misspelled and mispronounced more by Republicans?

I am wondering whether anybody else has noticed what I think I have noticed. It seems to me that White House press releases consistently use the Al-Qaida spelling, and all Republicans seem to mispronounce the name in a certain characteristic way that goes along with that spelling. As though they all feel they are too important to have to bother to learn to say or spell that name accurately? Or is it just that more of them are dyslexic?