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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Yang, AthD h.c" |
| Date: |
10 Aug 2004 10:46:13 PM |
| Object: |
Thanks To AWOL, AQ Got Away. Again. |
They can't all be caught, how else can AWOL use 911 as a political
tool?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/081104dnintterror.9526c.html
Officials: Leak let terror suspects flee
Pakistanis say al-Qaeda figures knew to act after reports of man's
arrest
08:33 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – U.S. officials' disclosure of the arrest of an
al-Qaeda computer expert allowed several suspects from Osama bin
Laden's terrorist network to escape, government and security officials
said Tuesday.
Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, a 25-year-old Pakistani computer engineer,
was captured in a July 13 raid in the eastern city of Lahore. He then
led Pakistani authorities to a key al-Qaeda figure and cooperated
secretly by sending e-mails to terrorists so investigators could trace
their locations.
His arrest was first reported in American newspapers on Aug. 2 after
it was disclosed to reporters by U.S. officials in Washington. Later,
the Pakistan government confirmed his capture but gave no other
details.
Two senior Pakistani officials said the reports in "Western media"
enabled other al-Qaeda suspects to get away.
"Let me say that this intelligence leak jeopardized our plan, and some
al-Qaeda suspects ran away," one of the officials said on condition of
anonymity.
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice acknowledged Sunday that
Mr. Khan's name had been disclosed to reporters in Washington "on
background," meaning that it could be published but the information
could not be attributed by name to the official who had revealed it.
The Pakistani officials said that after Mr. Khan's arrest, other
al-Qaeda suspects abruptly changed their hide-outs and moved to
unknown places.
On Monday, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., asked the White House to
explain why Mr. Khan's name was revealed.
The disclosure on Aug. 1 came as the Bush administration was defending
its decision to warn about possible attacks on financial buildings in
New York, Washington and Newark, N.J.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said that information may be
more limited about future raids against al-Qaeda suspects.
In other terrorism-related developments:
• U.S. officials have pledged to provide evidence for the retrial of
Mounir el Motassadeq, whose conviction for helping the plotters of the
Sept. 11 attacks was thrown out on appeal because he had been denied
testimony from suspects in U.S. custody. The retrial began Tuesday in
Hamburg, Germany.
• In Turkey, a previously unknown group, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons
Organization, claimed responsibility for bomb attacks that killed two
people, an Iranian and a Turk, at two hotels in Istanbul.
• Review hearings for 585 terrorism suspects held at Guantánamo Naval
Base in Cuba will take longer than expected, possibly into 2005,
because of complexities in the process, officials said Tuesday.
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Yang
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AthD (h.c.) conferred by the regents of the LCL
a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
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Proudly plonked by Lani Girl and Crazyalec
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 1.2 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: -3 million jobs and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -931 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
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