Does anyone else think the terrorist passports that have shown up suddenly in Pakistan are a CIA plant? Isn’t it suspicious that these people would just leave their passports behind? Where are the bodies?
Does anyone else think the terrorist passports that have shown up suddenly in Pakistan are a CIA plant? Isn’t it suspicious that these people would just leave their passports behind? Where are the bodies? [see text]
As the Pakistani Army presses on toward a key strategic Taliban stronghold in its nearly two-week-old offensive in the restive tribal region of South Waziristan, security forces found the passport of an alleged member of the Hamburg cell involved in plotting the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (Wall Street Journal, CNN, Reuters, Dawn, Times of London, Dawn, BBC). The passport, which shows that Said Bahaji, a German citizen and associate of the lead 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta has been in Pakistan since early September 2001, is a clear demonstration that some al Qaeda militants have taken refuge among the Taliban in Pakistan. Jane Perlez and Mark Mazzetti have today’s must-read on this and the wider situation in Waziristan (New York Times).
Another passport was recently recovered in South Waziristan, belonging to Raquel Burgos Garcia, which media have reported is the name of a woman married to Amer Azizi, an alleged Moroccan al Qaeda member implicated in the 2004 Madrid train bombings (AP, Sky News, Guardian, Telegraph). The passports displayed were part of a guided tour for foreign and local journalists, who for the first time since the offensive started on October 17, were allowed by the Pakistani military to visit the war zone (AP, Guardian, Independent, Wall Street Journal)
