Breaking: Plot ringleaders identified? (Update: Link to 7/7 bombers, martyrdom video found)
posted at 2:20 pm on August 10, 2006 by Allahpundit
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Rashid Rauf, Mohammed al-Ghandra, and Ahmed al Khan, all in custody. Or so says the Blotter.
Which, of course, is run by Brian Ross.
Maybe they weren’t the ringleaders. Maybe, like Denny Hastert, they were just … “in the mix.”
They also claim to have learned from U.S. sources that five suspects are still at large:
Officials tell ABC News 24 people now have been taken into custody. Twenty-two are believed to be of Pakistani descent. One is Bangladeshi, and another is of Iranian descent, according to the officials.
How were they going to smuggle the explosives onto the plane? Why, inside the Gatorade, naturally.
Lot of scoops, here. Too many really.
Update: The Blotter might have lowballed it. Fox has an alert up right now saying as many as 10 more suspects are being “urgently” sought in the UK.
Update: Could just be Pakistani puffery, but for what it’s worth:
The intelligence official said an Islamic militant arrested near the Afghan-Pakistan border several weeks ago provided a lead that played a role in “unearthing the plot,” that helped authorities arrest suspects in Britain.
Update: Surprise: U.S. News & World Report says some of the suspects had “ties” to the 7/7 bombers. Which would seem to make this very likely indeed an Al Qaeda operation.
This little tidbit is much more interesting, and suggests that Chertoff wasn’t kidding when he said the plot was in its final stages: “At least one martyrdom video was discovered related to the plot, sources say.”
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Oh my! I read they were first Asians, then South Asians? What happened? Buttwipe MSM!
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on August 10, 2006 at 2:25 PM
Wasn’t there a conspiracy theory after 9-11 that presummed Bin-Ladin and 150 Men went to hide out in Bangladesh?
There was word of a Ship…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2332523.stm
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I don’t have any hard facts but it just always seemed to me that Bin-Ladin’s next best hiding place, after Afghanistan, would be Iran.
ar_basin on August 10, 2006 at 2:28 PM
DPR: where did you read these descriptions?
honora on August 10, 2006 at 2:28 PM
I have a link about “Asians” in the other thread, honora.
DPR — “Asian” is the British term for people from the subcontinent. Indians and Pakistanis, mainly.
Allahpundit on August 10, 2006 at 2:32 PM
Is it racial profiling when its actually a desvription of the terrorist? I mean, leat’s get real here, if a Pakistani is the one sought tell the people and especially the security folks so they can stop wasting time searching little old white grandmas from the midwest. DREK!
Duty, Honor, Country
(in THAT order)
Rowane
Rowane on August 10, 2006 at 2:37 PM
I don’t give a rat’s ass whether it is or isn’t – if it means saving lives.
Is that a Euro PC thing?
Rick on August 10, 2006 at 3:16 PM
I’m glad I flew yesterday before all this went down, my goodness.
But outstanding work by the police, my hat’s off to them
Defector01 on August 10, 2006 at 3:16 PM
Rashid Rauf, Mohammed al-Ghandra, and Ahmed al Khan et el are all Pakistanis? We’ll see. One thing’s clear, they sure as hell are not Italian Catholics!
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on August 10, 2006 at 3:17 PM
Indians and Pakistanis are South Asians. I don’t think it’s PC particularly.
Funny thing, you know who’s also Asian?
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on August 10, 2006 at 3:39 PM
The other guys they’re looking for probably have names like Smith, Jones, Anderson, etc.
Jim Treacher on August 10, 2006 at 3:41 PM
Rowane,
No, It’s Duty to God and Country, Duty to others, Duty to self in that order.
Oh I am sorry. I forgot the Boy Scouts is a radist organization.
Rustyw on August 10, 2006 at 3:48 PM
Woops, don’t type and talk on the phone at the same time
Rowane,
No, As the Boy Scout Promise states,” It’s Duty to God and Country, Duty to others, Duty to self “, in that order.
Oh I am sorry. I forgot the Boy Scouts is a racist organization. My bad. We sure don’t want our young boys to grow up with those racist ideas in their head!
Rustyw on August 10, 2006 at 3:52 PM
Something tells me the Euros don’t call the Israelis “Asians”.
Rick on August 10, 2006 at 4:17 PM
Asian, Euro, Arab, whatever. My hunch is that they are probably all Muslims.
NTWR on August 10, 2006 at 4:31 PM
I’ve never flown in my life. Now, I may never fly ever.
Damn terrorists.
Ellen on August 10, 2006 at 4:37 PM
I just visited the comments over on The Blogger link Allahpundit posted up at the top and couldn’t believe my eyes. The moronic KosKids blame-Bush-blame-us-blame-USA tripe talking points have been spouted there. No surprise. What surprised me is the arguments those posts are garnering. I think the conservative blogs are making a difference; I’ve never seen the liberal-leaning comments challenged quite so effectively or by such a majority of think-for-yourself commenters. Amazing.
PattyAnn on August 10, 2006 at 11:36 PM
RustyW says
Rowane excuse RustyW’s lack of military knowledge. Perhaps reading the Thayer Award will assist in understanding the concept.
im4eagles on August 11, 2006 at 4:21 AM
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