"Clues gained after Khan's arrest helped British investigators nab Dhiren Barot, a confessed al-Qaida terrorist sentenced last year to life imprisonment for plots to bomb U.S. financial targets such as the New York Stock Exchange and London hotels and train stations." International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: A Pakistani accused of using his computer skills to help al-Qaida has been released after three years in custody, a government official and the man's lawyer said Monday.
Pakistani officials have said that information from freed suspect Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan quickly led them to a Tanzanian wanted for his alleged role in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, which killed more than 200 people.
Khan, who was captured in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore in July 2004, has also been linked with terror plots in the U.S. and Britain, and to the arrests of suspects in Britain.
(More [...])http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/20/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Terror-Suspect.php Information from those captured, including maps and photos found on their computers, helped prompt the U.S. government to issue a warning about a possible al-Qaida attack on financial institutions in New York and Washington.
Clues gained after Khan's arrest helped British investigators nab Dhiren Barot, a confessed al-Qaida terrorist sentenced last year to life imprisonment for plots to bomb U.S. financial targets such as the New York Stock Exchange and London hotels and train stations.
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Background Info
Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan (Excerpted)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan (Urdu: ???? ???? ??? ???) is an alleged Al-Qaeda operative and computer expert. Arrested in Pakistan on July 13, 2004, files found on his laptop contained details of a terrorist plot to attack U.S. financial buildings and locations in the UK, including Heathrow airport.
Khan's arrest was attributed to leads arising from the arrest of Musaad Aruchi a month earlier.[1] Following his arrest, Khan agreed to cooperate with investigators, and continued to communicate with Al-Qaeda as part of a sting operation.
Following the publication of Khan's name, British authorities moved quickly to arrest 13 members of the British terrorist cell with which Khan had been communicating (the so-called Luton cell). Evidence gathering may not have yet been completed and other plotters may have escaped due to the need to make the arrests quickly.
On July 14, 2005, ABC News revealed that Mohammad Sidique Khan, one of the suspected perpetrators of the 7 July London bombings, had been in contact with members of the Luton cell that was broken up.
Khan is an alumnus of NED University and Adamjee Science College in Karachi, Pakistan.
Human Rights Watch lists Khan as one of detainees in CIA custody.[2], though he was released on monday august 20 2007, without charge.[3]
Identity leaked
On August 2, 2004, the New York Times published Khan's name, stating that "An account provided by a Pakistani intelligence official made clear that the crucial capture in recent weeks had been that of Mr. Khan." [4]
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