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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Two weeks after an alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound airliners was thwarted in Britain, Pakistani authorities have screwed tight the faucet that had trickled intriguing details from their investigation.
Mystery surrounds the role played by "key suspect" Rashid Rauf, a Briton with dual Pakistani nationality who has family ties to a notorious Pakistani militant. Pakistani authorities allege Rauf communicated between an al-Qaida mastermind in
Afghanistan and the plotters in Britain.
Britain has yet to confirm al-Qaida's involvement in the plans to bomb as many as 10 U.S.-bound aircraft. On Wednesday, it released Rauf's brother Tayib without charge. The Home Office in London refused to say Thursday whether it was still seeking Rashid Rauf's extradition.
Rauf, in his mid-20s, is the only one among the at least seven suspects arrested in Pakistan to have been named. He is being interrogated at a high-walled Pakistani intelligence headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad.
It's unclear if he or the other suspects have been charged with any offense.
The lack of transparency is characteristic of terror cases in Pakistan, which has netted most of the top al-Qaida figures captured since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America. It contrasts with the legal process pursued in Britain, where despite tight control on information from the investigation, authorities named two dozen suspects soon after their arrest Aug. 10.
So far, British authorities have charged 11: eight with conspiracy to murder and preparing to commit terrorism, and three others with lesser offenses, including failing to disclose information.
Under Pakistani law, authorities can hold any terror suspect for up to a year without charge. Such a detention must be approved by a panel of judges. In practice, suspects in the custody of intelligence agencies have little or no recourse to the law.
Pakistan withholds terror suspects' info - Yahoo! News
Now if Pakistan was really our allie on the war against terror..Why are they withholding info? Now if we withhold info from the police they would bust your asses.So how can pakistan be our allie if theyre not going to cooperate? Again i think mushariff is lying where Al Queda is and where is osama hiding.I bet he knows where Al Queda is and wheres osama hiding.Why you think pakistan officals were angry when we launched missles into northern pakistan and Killed 2 members Al Queda 8 months ago? Wanna know why they got pissed off? Cause they got something to hide.
Mystery surrounds the role played by "key suspect" Rashid Rauf, a Briton with dual Pakistani nationality who has family ties to a notorious Pakistani militant. Pakistani authorities allege Rauf communicated between an al-Qaida mastermind in
Afghanistan and the plotters in Britain.
Britain has yet to confirm al-Qaida's involvement in the plans to bomb as many as 10 U.S.-bound aircraft. On Wednesday, it released Rauf's brother Tayib without charge. The Home Office in London refused to say Thursday whether it was still seeking Rashid Rauf's extradition.
Rauf, in his mid-20s, is the only one among the at least seven suspects arrested in Pakistan to have been named. He is being interrogated at a high-walled Pakistani intelligence headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad.
It's unclear if he or the other suspects have been charged with any offense.
The lack of transparency is characteristic of terror cases in Pakistan, which has netted most of the top al-Qaida figures captured since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America. It contrasts with the legal process pursued in Britain, where despite tight control on information from the investigation, authorities named two dozen suspects soon after their arrest Aug. 10.
So far, British authorities have charged 11: eight with conspiracy to murder and preparing to commit terrorism, and three others with lesser offenses, including failing to disclose information.
Under Pakistani law, authorities can hold any terror suspect for up to a year without charge. Such a detention must be approved by a panel of judges. In practice, suspects in the custody of intelligence agencies have little or no recourse to the law.
Pakistan withholds terror suspects' info - Yahoo! News
Now if Pakistan was really our allie on the war against terror..Why are they withholding info? Now if we withhold info from the police they would bust your asses.So how can pakistan be our allie if theyre not going to cooperate? Again i think mushariff is lying where Al Queda is and where is osama hiding.I bet he knows where Al Queda is and wheres osama hiding.Why you think pakistan officals were angry when we launched missles into northern pakistan and Killed 2 members Al Queda 8 months ago? Wanna know why they got pissed off? Cause they got something to hide.
I agree!