Regis Philbin
Aug 15th, 2006, 07:11 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/15/terror.plot/index.html
UK police probe terror money trail
Investigators believe alleged plot tied to Asian quake relief
Tuesday, August 15, 2006; Posted: 8:57 p.m. EDT (00:57 GMT)
LONDON, England (CNN) -- British investigators believe some of the money raised to help victims of last year's earthquake in Pakistan may have been used to fund the alleged airliner terror plot.
In a separate development in the case, another man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the alleged plot to blow up commercial jetliners over the Atlantic, bringing the number in custody to 24, according to London's Metropolitan Police.
A U.S. government official said Tuesday that money trails have been a "major help" in several probes.
The official said the money was collected by a front group for the Pakistani charity Jamaat al-Dawat, which supports Islamic militants. A spokesman for the group has denied the allegations.
The funds are believed to have come from the group's network in Britain, and was not sent from Pakistan, British and U.S. investigators said.
The U.S. official also said it was his understanding that the charity being investigated by the British is a front for Jamaat al-Dawat, previously known as Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Twenty-four suspects in custody in Britain are being questioned about the alleged plot to use liquid explosives to blow up commercial airliners.
Jamaat al-Dawat provided aid and relief camps for victims of the October 8 earthquake that killed more than 73,000 in northwest Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir.
The United States deems Jamaat al-Dawat to be a terrorist organization because it is considered a successor to Lashkar-e-Taiba, labeled a terrorist group by the United States, Pakistan and India.
UK police probe terror money trail
Investigators believe alleged plot tied to Asian quake relief
Tuesday, August 15, 2006; Posted: 8:57 p.m. EDT (00:57 GMT)
LONDON, England (CNN) -- British investigators believe some of the money raised to help victims of last year's earthquake in Pakistan may have been used to fund the alleged airliner terror plot.
In a separate development in the case, another man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the alleged plot to blow up commercial jetliners over the Atlantic, bringing the number in custody to 24, according to London's Metropolitan Police.
A U.S. government official said Tuesday that money trails have been a "major help" in several probes.
The official said the money was collected by a front group for the Pakistani charity Jamaat al-Dawat, which supports Islamic militants. A spokesman for the group has denied the allegations.
The funds are believed to have come from the group's network in Britain, and was not sent from Pakistan, British and U.S. investigators said.
The U.S. official also said it was his understanding that the charity being investigated by the British is a front for Jamaat al-Dawat, previously known as Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Twenty-four suspects in custody in Britain are being questioned about the alleged plot to use liquid explosives to blow up commercial airliners.
Jamaat al-Dawat provided aid and relief camps for victims of the October 8 earthquake that killed more than 73,000 in northwest Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir.
The United States deems Jamaat al-Dawat to be a terrorist organization because it is considered a successor to Lashkar-e-Taiba, labeled a terrorist group by the United States, Pakistan and India.