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15 Aug 06
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dismay and bewilderment the reaction in the west to the uncovering of the alleged plot. Many commentators have complained that Pakistan has not been given enough credit for its role in uncovering the plot.
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"We are fighting this challenge, along with the world community,"
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Abdul Rauf, the father of Rashid Rauf, who has been arrested in Pakistan and his younger brothers, Maroof and Tayib, who were arrested at their home in Birmingham,
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money transfers during the earthquake was given to UK plotters,
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"From our experience of similar cases, I think we can safely say that Rauf does not have a lawyer. Although the interior minister has said that he has been produced before a magistrate, that means little in Pakistan. A petty bureaucrat can be empowered to run a court here."
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a Briton, Rashid Rauf, who was arrested in Pakistan and has been described by authorities in Pakistan and the UK as a key player in the alleged plot.
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15 more people were reported to have been arrested in Pakistan. Known militants already serving sentences are also understood to have been interviewed in Pakistani prisons.
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"We have been behind this group of people for some time. What we always have to do is balance waiting to gather more evidence and make sure you get all the people, against the risk to the public by not moving in earlier.
"That's the decision that was reached last Wednesday evening. There's a point where the information reaches a level of concern that means if you don't take action it is indefensible."
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