Bomb-plot planner still alive, claims al-Qa’ida
Bruce Loudon, South Asia correspondent | The Australian
THE alleged al-Qa’ida mastermind of the plot to bomb trans-Atlantic aircraft, Briton Rashid Rauf, is still alive, his lawyer claimed last night, amid reports that the terrorist organisation’s leaders are being forced to flee to new hideouts in Pakistan because of US unmanned drone attacks.
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Western diplomats were quoted as saying a recent drone strike was launched after intelligence was received that Osama bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was in the area.



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