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Captured Pakistani Al-Qaida Operative Leads to Arrests in the U.K.
Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Thursday, 05 August 2004 06:24
Analysis of computers and documents seized during the capture of Pakistani Al-Qaida operative Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan has led to increased terror alerts both in the U.S. and the U.K., where British authorities have detained a dozen individuals suspected of plotting an imminent act of terrorism, perhaps directed at London's Heathrow International Airport. According to the British Daily Telegraph, Khan was in contact with a ringleader known as "Abu Eisa al-Hindi"--reputed to be "the head of Al-Qaida operations in Britain." It is likely that the pseudonym "Abu Eisa al-Hindi" refers to the same extremist leader who wrote the infamous jihad text, The Army of Madinah in Kashmir. According to that book, "Esa al-Hindi" was born in the U.K. as a Hindu, but later converted to Islam and fought alongside Muslim militants in Kashmir. After working as a combat trainer at a mujahideen terror camp in Afghanistan, al-Hindi moved to southern Thailand in 1998 and married a local woman there.
