Britain Asks Pakistan To Deport Terror Plot Suspect
Shaveta Bansal - All Headline News Staff Writer Islamabad, Pakistan (AHN) - Pakistan's Foreign Ministry on Monday said that the British government has formally asked Pakistan to deport Rashid Rauf, a transatlantic airline bomb plot suspect. Rauf, a Briton has been detained in Pakistan since his arrest early this month, when Pakistani security officials described him as a 'key man' in the bombing conspiracy with links to Al-Qaeda, ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said in a statement. Aiden Liddle, a spokesman for the British Embassy, confirmed the submission of extradition request, but said Rauf is wanted for questioning by police in Britain in connection with 2002 murder of his maternal uncle. Rauf moved to Pakistan shortly after the incident. Pakistani officials have said Rauf helped coordinate the alleged plot to blow up several trans-Atlantic jetliners that was foiled in Britain this month. Britain on Aug 10 announced that it had arrested 24 people in connection with conspiracy to detonate liquid explosives disguised as drinks. Stricter security rules were immediately imposed at airports worldwide since then. The New York Times reported Monday that British police moved in after surveillance equipment monitored two young Muslim men making a "martyrdom" tape justifying the planned suicide attacks on airliners as revenge against the United States and its allies Britain and Israel. Quoting anonymous British offic |
