Posted on 07/12/2004 4:21:31 AM PDT by Dog
South Korea Told Suspected Al-Qaeda Terrorist Headed Its Way July 12 (Bloomberg) -- South Korean aviation authorities received a letter sent by e-mail saying a suspected terrorist linked to the al-Qaeda network plans to board a plane bound for the Asian country.
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority said the Korea Air Traffic Control Center received an e-mail saying a suspect named as Abdul Rajak will come to Seoul today with an invitation to attend a Christian event. It didn't say who sent the e-mail or from which country the aircraft is flying.
Safety authorities have increased security checks on all non- Koreans boarding flights to Seoul, as well as on cargo and luggage, said an official at the aviation agency, who declined to be identified.
South Korea has heightened security at its airports since terrorist groups linked to al-Qaeda warned of retaliation for the nation's decision to deploy 3,000 additional troops in Iraq, making it the third-largest presence after the U.S. and the U.K.
Last month, terrorists in Iraq executed Kim Sun Il, a South Korean interpreter working for a trading company in Iraq, after demanding South Korea withdraws its troops.
Sorry I meant ....Abdur Rajak...I misspelled it also..
Kind of a strange way to get a tip. But stranger tips have occurred. Let's hope it's legit and they nab the scumbag. [fingers crossed]
ping
would stick out like a turd in a punch bowl.....I am sure south koreans can PROFILE
That's assuming the suspect is Middle Eastern in origin...Don't forget there are huge Asian Islamic groups, Malaysia for example....big terrorist problems there too and they do not look Middle Eastern.....
Thanks for the ping, granny.
Anyone know if this Abdul Rajak is the former leader of ABU SAYYAF?
Wasn't he killed 6 years or so ago?
Don't know. Some of these names start to blur on me :(
That name is "dot" though. Anyone who would select it for themselves probably has grand designs.
Look up the name Abdur Rajak.
Both MNLF and MILF have strong contacts with radical Muslim groups, particularly in the Middle East and Malaysia. Some of their cadres have trained with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Members of all Moro groups, among them Abdur Rajak and Abubakar Jan Jalani (founder and the leader of Abu Sayyaf until 1998), participated in the Afghan war against the Russians. Contacts once established have been maintained after the Russians left Afghanistan and the brigade returned home. In this manner, connections were also established with Osama bin Laden and with those responsible for the World Trade Center bombing. Support also comes from countries that had formerly supported the MNLF as well: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Ok, so that is a different one than the Filipeno contact than, right?
Thanks.
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