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Al Qaida ‘Planned Attack on Heathrow’
A senior al Qaida agent planning an attack on Heathrow Airport was reportedly among twelve men arrested in anti-terror raids across England on Tuesday.
The man was detained as a result of intelligence gathered after a recent raid in Pakistan, according to media reports.
The al Qaida figure was said to be in the advanced planning stages for an attack on Heathrow.
Last month’s raid in Pakistan led to the arrest of 25-year-old computer expert Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan and the seizure of his computer files.
The files included what appeared to be plans to attack targets in Britain and the United States.
Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN that Khan revealed to them the existence of a terror network in Britain.
He told them he often relayed messages from Pakistan to the leader of the British cell, who was a top al Qaida agent, who went by the codename Bilal.
Pakistani officials reportedly said the intelligence led to the arrests on Tuesday, and that the alleged senior British al Qaida figure was among those detained.
The same sources told CNN that Khan’s father worked for Pakistan’s state-run airline and had obtained five tickets in his son’s name for travel between Pakistan and London over the past four to five years.
Khan was said to have used some trips abroad to evaluate targets, including some of the most famous buildings in New York and Washington.
Key financial centres in those two cities are currently on high “orange alert” following the discovery of the information on Khan’s computer
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