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Al Qaida Sanctioned Terror Plot

Submitted by Homeland Security NTARC News on Thursday, 17 August 2006No Comment

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The alleged terror plot to blow up US-bound planes was probably sanctioned by al Qaida No.2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri, a senior Pakistani intelligence official said.

The latest investigations by Pakistan also indicate that a British national arrested in Pakistan, Rashid Rauf, was the planner of the attacks who recruited people to take part in the plot, the official said.

“We have reason to believe that it was al Qaida-sanctioned and was probably cleared by al-Zawahri.”

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