[iwar] [fc:British.security.sources.raise.doubts.over.US.claims.about.'dirty.bomber']

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Date: 2002-06-12 05:45:16

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British security sources raise doubts over US claims about 'dirty bomber'

By Kim Sengupta and Andrew Buncombe in Washington
The Independent
12 June 2002

British and European security officials are highly sceptical of 
American claims that the alleged "dirty bomb" plotter, Abdullah 
al-Muhajir, was preparing to unleash a radioactive attack.

British sources point out that despite extensive inquiries, no 
evidence has been produced to show that he had access to the 
radioactive material needed to build the bomb, or indeed that he had 
even worked out a time or place to launch the attack.

The most that could be said about Mr Muhajir, a former member of a 
Chicago street gang now allegedly working for al-Qa'ida, is that he 
had the "intention" of launching such an attack, security sources 
said.

President Bush announced yesterday that a "full-scale manhunt" was 
under way across the United States for accomplices of Mr Muhajir. "We 
will run down every lead, every hint. We're in for a long struggle in 
this war on terror. And there are people that still want to harm 
America."

Before his arrest at Chicago's O'Hare airport on 8 May, Mr Muhajir - 
who changed his name from Jose Padilla - stopped in Zurich on the way 
from Pakistan, where he collected $10,500 (Ł7,000).

Despite claims by the Attorney General, John Ashcroft, that the FBI 
had disrupted a plan to launch a radioactive attack against 
Washington, other officials conceded yesterday that there was no 
evidence that any such plot had progressed beyond the most basic 
stages.

British security sources, who believe Mr Muhajir might have been 
acting as a courier, said the Americans investigated Mr Muhajir's 
activities and tried to find a terrorist network he may have been 
involved with inside the US. The highly publicised announcement of 
the arrest only came after the failure to find anything more 
incriminating.

In Washington there was a growing suspicion that the arrest was 
seized on by the Bush administration in dramatic fashion for 
political ends. British and European security agencies do believe, 
however, that there is still a real threat of a possible attack.

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