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January 03, 2004
Hunt For UK Terror Cell: They May Have Legit Passports

The Guardian reports on the search for the UK terrorists at the heart of the current air travel concerns. Read it here, and here's a taste:

Intelligence officials hunting Islamist terrorists suspected of planning attacks on British Airways flights believe they may be carrying legitimate American, UK or other European passports to try to beat airport security ...

... Intercepts from a Western intelligence agency seen by The Observer reveal that jihadists regard London as a key financing and recruiting centre for their efforts.

Although Whitehall sources strongly denied suggestions that UK passport holders were suspected in the threat to British Airways, telephone intercepts seen by this newspaper make clear that Islamist terror cells are deliberately targeting 'well-educated' foreigners, Britons among them.

In one call, an unidentified jihadist tells a colleague: 'We need foreigners. We have Albanians, Swiss and English... all that is important is that they are of a high cultural level ... businessmen, professors, engineers, doctors and teachers.'

Posted by Alan at January 3, 2004 08:55 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Some totally gormless Kim bin Philby will make the supreme sacrifice to strike a blow to the evil, oil and blood glutted Yankee hegemon.

Posted by: Billy Hank at January 3, 2004 09:47 PM

Hmmm. That was almost a mouthful...

Posted by: Cap'n SPIN at January 3, 2004 11:00 PM

Posted by: CERDIP at January 4, 2004 02:08 AM

CERDIP All I get is your 'front page'. Can you get me any closer to this story than that? Nice Graphics BTW...

Posted by: Cap'n SPIN at January 4, 2004 09:26 AM

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