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Republican Allen 'to concede Virginia race' | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
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Mr Rumsfeld today delivered a speech on terrorism at Kansas State University, telling his audience: "We are engaged in war like no other before, that even now is not fully understood."
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Denying Terrorists Safe Haven in Pakistan
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The recent upsurge in Taliban attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan and continuing links of global terrorist networks to groups based in Pakistan are leading many in the United States to question Islamabad’s commitment to fighting the global war on terrorism. Washington should review Pakistani efforts to deny terrorists safe haven and its overall policy toward Pakistan, which is at the center of international anti-terrorism efforts.
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Counterterrorism Blog: Matiur Rehman, the London Airline Plot and the Road from Pakistan and Talibanistan
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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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BBC NEWS | South Asia | UK terror plot police in Pakistan
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The men's father, Abdul Rauf, is reportedly being questioned by Pakistani officials.
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Tayib Rauf is one of 23 people being held in Britain
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Pakistani intelligence believe it was Mr Rauf's role to plan and co-ordinate the operation on behalf of a senior al-Qaeda figure,
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Pakistan says it is working closely with Britain to determine links
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But Mr Rauf is the only one of the suspects in Pakistani custody to have been named by the local authorities.
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Mr Rauf is a British national of Pakistani descent, as is another of the detainees.
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Rashid Rauf is one of 17 alleged plot suspects reportedly held in Pakistan and is a key focus of investigations.
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A team of British officials investigating the alleged airline bombing plot has arrived in Pakistan,
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Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Inside the Islamic group accused by MI5 and FBI
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Everything happens with the will of God."
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"Anyone who suffers for Islam will be rewarded,"
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"There are people in Pakistan and India who know less about the prophet than people in east London."
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"We must leave our houses, our businesses, our families, for a short period of time, and follow the path of Allah and practise the ways of the prophet, going from mosque to mosque,"
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some in the congregation whisper that he has seen miracles - the sign of a truly committed Tablighi.
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"We have to live the life that Allah has prescribed for us. We have been invited into Allah's house."
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"We come to submit our will to Allah,"
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the organisation, founded by a scholar in India in the 1920s,
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The organisation - influenced by a branch of Saudi Arabian Islam known as Wahhabism - has already been linked to two of the July 7 suicide bombers
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at least seven of the 23 suspects under arrest on suspicion of involvement in the plot to blow up transatlantic airliners may have participated in Tablighi events.
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fertile recruiting ground by extremists.
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The Hindu : International : Pakistan cites cooperation with U.S., Britain
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President Pervez Musharraf's remarks on the occasion of Pakistan's Independence Day on August 14 daring anyone to threaten or coerce Pakistan
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We have not received any evidence whatsoever in any terrorist act in India and it is not possible for Pakistan to offer any kind of cooperation
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Pakistan has held up the example of its cooperation with U.S. and British intelligence agencies in the uncovering of the London terror plot to suggest that India learn from this.
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Airliner Plot Had Support In Pakistan, Officials Say
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potential connections to British and Pakistani suspects.
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U.S. officials said that five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, they are far from countering, or even understanding, the level of threat emanating from Pakistan's lawless regions and bustling cities.
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U.S. intelligence analysts say they believe that the principal remaining leadership of al-Qaeda is hiding in Pakistan. Despite increased cooperation between the Islamabad government and Western powers since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, they say, the number of extremists inside the country may be on the rise and elements of Pakistan's intelligence services remain sympathetic to their cause.
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U.S. and British investigators were also looking into the potential role of a Pakistani identified as Matiur Rehman.
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A statement from Pakistan's Foreign Ministry described Rashid Rauf as a central figure in the plot and said he had an "Afghanistan-based al-Qaeda connection."
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"The Pakistan connection is the big focus now,"
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Pakistan's government, portraying itself as a reliable ally against terrorism,
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Asia Times Online :: South Asia news - Pakistan's double win over terror
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"Their fate started when they interacted
with a few officials of the Pakistani army. This
they were very keen to penetrate to stage a coup,
therefore they were close to a few army officers.
They were delighted that they had penetrated into
the army, but in fact Pakistani intelligence -
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"Boys from organizations like
al-Muhajiroun and Hizbut Tehrir come to Pakistan
from the UK and have nothing to do with al-Qaeda.
They are British-born Pakistanis and are
interested in [fomenting] a coup in Pakistan. A
few of them have been arrested in the past in
Islamabad while distributing pamphlets, and then
released. I can tell you with surety that the boys
[recently] arrested in Pakistan have long been
identified by the Pakistani establishment.
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DNA - India - Indian intelligence in high demand for access to terrorism database - Daily News & Analysis
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scepticism over Pakistan’s sincerity in weeding out terrorism. The US has admitted to photographing terror camps in Pakistan, and the Nato forces in Afghanistan have conveyed to India that new terrorist camps are coming up in Pakistan.
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“No other country today has the resources and archives like us,”
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The information on the funding routes for Kashmiri terror groups, their organisational structure, training camps, and contacts with Pakistan’s official establishment etc have been the key obsession of Indian intelligence agencies for several years.
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The British investigators have been reported as saying that the money for the alleged bombing plot came from charity collections for the victims of Kashmir earthquake last year.
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Indian agencies have the most exhaustive database and live information on the two groups among any intelligence groups, barring possibly Pakistan’s Inter Service Intelligence.
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The investigators say it was primarily a Lashkar conspiracy.
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Sources told DNA that for sometime several foreign intelligence agencies, especially those from western nations have been actively courting India for intensifying cooperation, especially on terrorism emanating from Pakistan. The arrest of numerous suspects in Pakistan and England last week for their plan to blow up trans-Atlantic flights have only intensified the keenness of foreign agencies, sources said. They are expecting to “see more such requests in the coming days,” sources told DNA.
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Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | 15 held in Pakistan as scale and intricacy of threat is revealed
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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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TheStar.com - Pakistan's terror bust
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seize the occasion to urge Musharraf to redouble efforts to bring Osama bin Laden and other terrorists to justice, to make good on pledges
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Thwarting terror plots is laudable. But choking terror at the roots is vital.
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Yet while this week's co-operation marks a high point in Pakistan's relations with Washington and London, it is also a reminder that Pakistan continues to harbour extremists.
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India targets homegrown terror cells
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Six of those arrested are said by the Indian authorities to have trained at terrorist camps in Pakistan run by the militant group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba.
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a reminder of anti-Muslim violence in India is a powerful recruitment tool.
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"But what has happened is that a very, very manifest attempt to recruit Indian Muslims is now being done."
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India, home to roughly 140 million Muslims
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"The entire leadership that is creating violence in India is in Pakistan," insisted Ajai Sahni, an intelligence analyst in New Delhi who runs a Web site called the South Asia Terrorism Portal. "If you extract Pakistan from the problem and the flow of funds, the subversive cadres, there would not be this problem in India."
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"A small section of the Indian Muslim community has been radicalized," said C. Raja Mohan, a columnist for the daily Indian Express and a member of India's National Security Advisory Board. "That's what makes it that much challenging for the country as a whole to deal with."
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The Observer | UK News | Police hunt 'two dozen' terror cells in Britain
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Dawn, Pakistan, via a blog: 'The part played by Pakistan in uncovering the plot to commit what a British spokesman called "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" is proof of Pakistan's deep commitment to fight terror. This should silence those, especially in Kabul and New Delhi, who allege every now and then that Islamabad is not doing enough and should "do more".'
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Four of the suspects were detained in a Punjabi village following a tip-off from the British High Commission in Islamabad, acting on information from MI5.
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Labelled by the US as a terrorist organisation, Lashkar has been linked to the kidnap and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Another Briton, who has not been named, was arrested with Rauf. Five other Pakistanis were also picked up, said local reports.
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Last night, further details of Rauf's alleged terrorist links emerged. American and Pakistani officials claimed he had trained in al-Qaeda camps. He is also alleged to be affiliated to Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, a Muslim group close to al-Qaeda.
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Rashid Rauf is understood to have been watched after a UK intelligence tip-off that he was in Pakistan several weeks ago. 'He has been staying here for quite some time and has been under strict surveillance since then,' a Pakistani intelligence source said. 'His calls to Britain and internet communications have been under surveillance that helped in revealing the plot.'
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The Hindu : International : Pakistan madrassas back in spotlight
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A U.S. defence analyst said there was a 70 per cent ``probability'' that satellite images pointed to a militant training camp in north-east Pakistan. -
In the wake of the bombings of July 7 in London last year it was revealed that two of the suicide bombers had been to Pakistan before the attacks, where one had visited a madrassa.
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The Hindu : Opinion / Editorials : Terror and the Pakistan connection
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It is quite likely that their mission will be facilitated by officers of the ISI Directorates.
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Mr. Boucher's touching belief "that the Government of Pakistan is not involved at all in supporting terrorist acts in India."
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In fact, evidence of this has grown with the publication of an investigation by a credible Karachi-based magazine, The Herald. It finds that jihadi organisations like the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad continue to receive between Rs. 2 million and Rs. 3 million a month from the Inter Services Intelligence, along with communications equipment, weapons, and logistical support. According to The Herald, about 1,000 trained terrorists are housed in three camps in the Hazara region of the North West Frontier Province alone, while thousands are stationed elsewhere.
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Islamabad's cooperation with western counter-terrorism operations, demonstrated by its apparently crucial and indeed commendable role in foiling the trans-Atlantic bombing plot, will continue to win it applause from American and European quarters.
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In Pakistan meanwhile, seven people, including two British citizens, have been arrested in connection with the plot.
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Barely a week before authorities in the United Kingdom detained the 24 suspects, several of them reportedly of Pakistani origin, in connection with the planned mid-air bombing of the trans-Atlantic flights, United States Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher claimed that "no country has done more than Pakistan in the ongoing fight against terrorism."
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The Hindu : Front Page : Pakistan had a big role in uncovering plot
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"The intelligence cooperation and coordination at the international level to get to the bottom of this case is continuing. These efforts are in keeping with Pakistan's strong commitment to fight international terrorism," the statement added.
It said Pakistan carried out the arrests acting on information earlier received from the U.K. These arrests had in turn led to the arrests back in the U.K. between August 9 and 10. The intelligence-sharing was "spread over a period of time."
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The Hindu : Front Page : Evidence mounts of Pakistan links
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Jaish cadre have often collaborated with the Lashkar to execute major terror strikes in India, including the 2001 attack on Parliament. Mohammad Waliullah, a cleric who police in Uttar Pradesh say organised the serial bombings in Varanasi this March, was a long-standing Jaish operative. Jaish-affiliated figures in Ahmedabad are also believed to have facilitated the Lashkar's 2002 strike on the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar. -
Khalil's Harkat — the terror group that gave birth to Sheikh and his mentor, Maulana Masood Azhar. Azhar, who was also released by India in the hijack swap, went on to found the Jaish-e-Mohammad. Interestingly, Khalil, Azhar and Sheikh were all students at the Jamia Islamia seminary in Karachi,
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Jundullah, or God's Army, is made up of Pakistani Islamists who turned against their ISI patrons' efforts to block actions against the West. In 2004, Jundullah operatives attempted to assassinate the commander of the Karachi-based V Corps, Lieutenant-General Ahsan Saleem Hayat. Jundullah also executed a suicide bombing near the U.S. consulate in Karachi in March 2006 on the eve of President George Bush's visit. -
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to ensure that jihadi actions are directed at the east alone.
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terrorist Syed Omar Sheikh at a jail in Sindh. Sheikh, a British national, was among the three released by India in the prisoners-for-hostages swap forced by the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight to Kandhahar. He was later arrested and sentenced to death for the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl, although the execution is yet to be carried out.
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Evidence is emerging that Pakistan-based jihadi groups, responsible for a string of recent terror strikes in India, provided infrastructure to the men held in the United Kingdom on Thursday for planning to bomb several trans-Atlantic flights.
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TIME.com: Britain's Homegrown Problem -- Page 1
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"The enemy within is the most daunting, because you don't have people crossing borders, which would make them easier to detect, since they're already integrated and often in very tight communities" says Will Geddes, managing director of ICP Group, an international security consultancy. "The more extreme groups tend to isolate themselves. I hate to draw this analogy, but it's a bit like with pedophile rings. They remain in their own isolated community, in a similar way to terrorists, in the way that you could have two cells that are literally a street apart but won't necessarily know of each other's existence."
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British-born with some ties to Pakistan
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"team of terrorists appears to be of Pakistani origin."
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TIME.com: Thwarting the Airline Plot: Inside the Investigation -- Page 1
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Over the past ten years peroxide-based explosives have popped up in a number of terror operations, according to FBI-DHS report. "Terrorist have used peroxide-based explosive both as a main charge (weighing in excess of 20 pounds) and improvised detonators," the joint assessment states. "TATP was popularized as a main charge explosive in suicide bombs used by Palestinian terrorist groups."