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"Al-Qaida agent held over plot
Fiona Hudson, in London"
August 13, 2006 12:00am

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "THE foiled plot to blow up passenger flights between Britain and the US was linked yesterday to al-Qaida.

This came with the arrest in Pakistan of Rashid Rauf, 26, a member of the terrorist organisation, over allegations he organised to commit mass murder with liquid chemical bombs hidden in hand luggage on jets.

Pakistani officials revealed British-born Rauf had been seized near the Afghanistan border on Wednesday.

He was arrested outside an internet cafe after Pakistani intelligence agents noticed he was sending and making an unusually high number of emails and phone calls to Britain.

Rauf was understood to have lived in Pakistan since leaving Britain after the 2002 murder of his uncle, Mohammed Saeed, 54.

The stabbing murder was never solved and Rauf was wanted for questioning.

A Pakistani security official said Rauf had been put under surveillance after Britain's Secret Service had told Islamabad he was in Pakistan.

Pakistan described Rauf as a "key person" in the aborted plot.

"He is a British citizen of Pakistani origin. He is an al-Qaida operative with linkages in Afghanistan," Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said.

Mr Sherpao said Rauf's arrest had led to Thursday's raids in Britain that headed off the plot."

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Real IRA admits city bomb attacks
BBC ^ | Friday, 11 August 2006

Posted on 08/11/2006 10:58:01 AM PDT by Jack2006

The dissident republican Real IRA has claimed responsibility for the firebomb attacks on stores in Newry this week. Firebombs destroyed JJB Sports and CarpetRight stores in the town whilst a TK Maxx store and MFI outlet were among those badly damaged on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the cross-border railway line between Newry and Dundalk has been closed while police carry out a search. It follows the Real IRA's warning in its statement that there may be unexploded devices on the line.

The firebomb attacks earlier this week are estimated to have caused damage worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. Newry's SDLP mayor Michael Carr said: "The Real IRA should examine their motives. "Their cause is not a blow for Ireland, but a blow against their own communities."

Mr Carr added that the businesses which had been targeted would be given every support, including an effort to have them temporarily re-located.