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21 Aug 06
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The Pakistan connection highlights the inherent dangers in leaving the western regions of Pakistan outside of the control of the central government.
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Rehman is now the most wanted terrorist in Pakistan (no small feat in a country ripe with terrorists)
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arrested (always as the result of an American intelligence operation).
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Abu Zubaydah, Ramzi Binalshibh and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (all involved in the planning of 9/11)
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organizations were officially "banned" (but never seriously dismantled) by the Pakistani government
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and 9/11 mastermind -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (also a Pakistani),
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several "joint operations" such as the assassination of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
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al Qaeda was forced to rely on this vast community of Pakistani militants for its survival and the continuity of its activities
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a database for recruiting volunteers for future terrorist operations in South Asia and the West.
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The chief liaison between al Qaeda and this community of Pakistani militants, according to Pakistani military sources, was a 25-year-old Harakat ul Ansar militant named Amjad Farooqi,
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Just one day prior to the uncovering of the London Airline Plot, Mr. Debat described Rehman as "The Man Who Is Planning the Next Attack on America." In March, Mr. Debat explained Rehman and Amjad Farooqi's role as the liaisons between al-Qaeda and the Pakistani jihadi community.
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As the evidence of the Pakistani connection mounts, reports indicate Pakistani terrorist and al-Qaeda member Matiur Rehman is one of the prime suspects in the London Airline Plot.
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According to sources in the Pakistani Police, some of the 18 persons of Pakistani origin detained by the British Police in connection with the investigation had traveled to Pakistan
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many of the plotters also traveled to Pakistan for training, also under the guise of supporting the earthquake relief effort:
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Pakistan's Daily Times reports seed money was sent to Pakistan under the guise of earthquake relief and diverted to fund the airline attack.
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