The Observer | UK News | Police hunt 'two dozen' terror cells...
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Rashid Rauf is understood to have been watched after a UK intelligence tip-off that he was in Pakistan several weeks ago. 'He has been staying here for quite some time and has been under strict surveillance since then,' a Pakistani intelligence source said. 'His calls to Britain and internet communications have been under surveillance that helped in revealing the plot.'
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Last night, further details of Rauf's alleged terrorist links emerged. American and Pakistani officials claimed he had trained in al-Qaeda camps. He is also alleged to be affiliated to Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, a Muslim group close to al-Qaeda.
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Labelled by the US as a terrorist organisation, Lashkar has been linked to the kidnap and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Another Briton, who has not been named, was arrested with Rauf. Five other Pakistanis were also picked up, said local reports.
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Four of the suspects were detained in a Punjabi village following a tip-off from the British High Commission in Islamabad, acting on information from MI5.
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Dawn, Pakistan, via a blog: 'The part played by Pakistan in uncovering the plot to commit what a British spokesman called "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" is proof of Pakistan's deep commitment to fight terror. This should silence those, especially in Kabul and New Delhi, who allege every now and then that Islamabad is not doing enough and should "do more".'
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