August 01, 2005

Haroon, friend of "The Hook" off the hook?

Although police would not say how far they had come to finding links to those higher up the chain, they sought to play down the role of Haroon Rashid Aswat, a Briton of Indian descent who was arrested last month in Zambia and once suspected of having a co-ordinating role. Zambian officials have agreed to extradite Mr Aswat, whose telephone reportedly received calls from the July 7 bombers, but British officials said they were no longer interested in interrogating him.
(FT.com)

So to recount:

There was a worldwide terror hunt for this guy, who was Abu Hamza's "Top Aide".

Then he was allegedly arrested in Pakistan "carrying a belt packed with explosives, a British passport and a substantial amount of cash when he was seized".

Then:

"We have no information about Haroon Rashid Aswat. He has not been arrested in Pakistan,'' said Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed .

The Americans chipped in with:

Aswat and the other men were in Bly to scout a location for a terrorist training camp, according to a law enforcement source and court documents.

Then he turns up in Zambia
and is arrested.

A man wanted in connection with the London bombings on July 7 has been arrested in Zambia... British authorities are looking into whether he had been in close contact with the suicide bombers involved in the blasts, which killed 52 people as well as the four perpetrators...Investigators discovered some 20 calls had been made from his mobile phone to two of the four men, according to reports.

Now the Zambians agree to deport him British officials are "no longer interested in interrogating him".

So what the fuck is happening?

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