Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4808-1023885914-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 12 Jun 2002 05:54:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 15170 invoked by uid 510); 12 Jun 2002 12:53:28 -0000 Received: from n37.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.105) by all.net with SMTP; 12 Jun 2002 12:53:28 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4808-1023885914-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.95] by n37.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jun 2002 12:45:14 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_2); 12 Jun 2002 12:45:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 13521 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2002 12:45:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 12 Jun 2002 12:45:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Jun 2002 12:45:13 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g5CCjHA30257 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 05:45:17 -0700 Message-Id: <200206121245.g5CCjHA30257@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 05:45:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iwar] [fc:British.security.sources.raise.doubts.over.US.claims.about.'dirty.bomber'] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=DIFFERENT_REPLY_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: British security sources raise doubts over US claims about 'dirty bomber' By Kim Sengupta and Andrew Buncombe in Washington The Independent 12 June 2002 British and European security officials are highly sceptical of American claims that the alleged "dirty bomb" plotter, Abdullah al-Muhajir, was preparing to unleash a radioactive attack. British sources point out that despite extensive inquiries, no evidence has been produced to show that he had access to the radioactive material needed to build the bomb, or indeed that he had even worked out a time or place to launch the attack. The most that could be said about Mr Muhajir, a former member of a Chicago street gang now allegedly working for al-Qa'ida, is that he had the "intention" of launching such an attack, security sources said. President Bush announced yesterday that a "full-scale manhunt" was under way across the United States for accomplices of Mr Muhajir. "We will run down every lead, every hint. We're in for a long struggle in this war on terror. And there are people that still want to harm America." Before his arrest at Chicago's O'Hare airport on 8 May, Mr Muhajir - who changed his name from Jose Padilla - stopped in Zurich on the way from Pakistan, where he collected $10,500 (£7,000). Despite claims by the Attorney General, John Ashcroft, that the FBI had disrupted a plan to launch a radioactive attack against Washington, other officials conceded yesterday that there was no evidence that any such plot had progressed beyond the most basic stages. British security sources, who believe Mr Muhajir might have been acting as a courier, said the Americans investigated Mr Muhajir's activities and tried to find a terrorist network he may have been involved with inside the US. The highly publicised announcement of the arrest only came after the failure to find anything more incriminating. In Washington there was a growing suspicion that the arrest was seized on by the Bush administration in dramatic fashion for political ends. British and European security agencies do believe, however, that there is still a real threat of a possible attack. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Will You Find True Love? Will You Meet the One? Free Love Reading by phone! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Deo18C/zDLEAA/Ey.GAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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