Topic: Terror - on March 13, 2003 at 10:45:31 AM CET
Egyptian gets $27 million for Mohammed's arrest tip
An Egyptian radical will get $27 million as a reward for giving the United States information that led authorities to alleged September 11, 2001, mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, government sources said Wednesday.
The sources, confirming a story previously reported in a British paper and in Newsweek, said the unnamed Egyptian was captured during a raid in Quetta, Pakistan, last month. The Egyptian was described as an al Qaeda foot soldier.
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Topic: - on March 11, 2003 at 6:57:45 PM CET
Al-Qaida newly suspected in 8 cities
Information seized during the capture of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, has triggered new investigations of possible al-Qaida operatives in eight U.S. cities, including New York and Detroit, U.S. officials told NBC News.
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Topic: - on March 11, 2003 at 6:37:38 PM CET
How mobile phones and an £18m bribe trapped 9/11 mastermind
The electronic surveillance network Echelon played a key role in the capture of the alleged September 11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, it was reported yesterday - as did a $27m (£18m) payment to an "al-Qaida foot soldier", who may be planning to relocate to Britain.
The new details of the arrest were emerging as Pakistan's main intelligence agency held an unprecedented briefing on the capture for foreign journalists in Islamabad.
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Topic: - on March 9, 2003 at 7:19:07 PM CET
Terroristen verstecken Botschaften angeblich in IP-Headern
Als Beispiel führte der Italiener an, dass die Planer von Attentaten ihre Botschaften verkapselt in den IP-Headern von übers Netz geleiteten Datenpaketen austauschen würden. Diese Kopfteile sind eigentlich nicht für Nutzdaten vorgesehen, also nicht für den menschlichen Informationsaustausch. Sie enthalten Verwaltungs- und Steuerungsinformationen wie Adress- und Kennungsangaben, und stellen sicher, dass die in einzelne Bündel aufgeteilten Daten ihren Weg von einem Ursprungs- zum Zielrechner finden. Laut Rapetto kodieren nun Terroristen aber beispielsweise die 16 Bit umfassenden Identifikationsfelder der Header derart, dass der eingeweihte Empfänger jeweils einen einzelnen Buchstaben daraus entschlüsseln kann. Denn jede dieser "Seriennummer" aufeinander folgender Pakete ließe sich einem ASCII-Zeichen gleichsetzen und sich so im Endeffekt eine ganze Nachricht unkonventionell übermitteln.
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Topic: - on March 9, 2003 at 12:08:37 PM CET
Großer Schlag
CIA-Spezialisten landen Erfolge bei der Jagd auf die Top-Leute der Qaida - auch dank der Hilfe pakistanischer Geheimdienstler.
Für seine amerikanischen Freunde ist Chalid Scheich Mohammed einfach nur ein feiner, lustiger, weltläufiger Kerl. Der Pakistaner spricht fließend Arabisch, Englisch und Urdu, reißt gern Witze und kommt angeblich mit Charme bei Frauen an. Er lebte einige Jahre in den USA, studierte Ingenieurwissenschaften an einer Universität in North Carolina - das Musterbeispiel eines kulturell anpassungsfähigen Terroristen, ganz wie die Attentäter des 11. September.
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Topic: - on March 9, 2003 at 11:55:59 AM CET
Hunting in the Barren Hills
As investigators sift evidence from a major arrest, hopes of nabbing bin Laden intensify
Pakistan’s Baluchistan province, a stark, hilly stretch of dirt and desert along the untamed border with Afghanistan, is a well-worn route for bandits and drug smugglers. Day and night, they make their way over the rough terrain on camelback, or rattle over the dirt trails in pickup trucks. Few people pay the travelers much mind. But late last week the province was alive with tantalizing reports that a well-known visitor was among those passing through. Local officials told reporters that a large caravan of men had been spotted in the region, and it was believed that Osama bin Laden was with them.
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Topic: - on March 7, 2003 at 11:42:01 PM CET
Possibility of 'Dirty Bomb' in Nigerian Theft
Halliburton Co., the world's No. 2 oil field services firm, said on Thursday it has started a probe involving U.S. and Nigerian government officials over theft of a radioactive device used at its Nigerian operations.
A report by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday said officials were concerned that the device's radioactive material could be used to create a "dirty bomb," an explosive device designed to scatter radioactivity in a densely populated area.
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Topic: - on March 7, 2003 at 11:13:42 PM CET
Feds grab Internet domain names
Federal agents routinely seize property allegedly used in the commission of a crime, anything from a drug dealer's car or speedboat to a hacker's computer.
In a series of raids in recent weeks, the Justice Department has extended such grabs to property that might seem esoteric but worry civil libertarians -- Internet domain names.
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Topic: - on March 5, 2003 at 1:08:51 PM CET
How al-Qaeda 'chief' was caught
The arrest in Pakistan of alleged terror mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed came after a series of near misses, US and Pakistani intelligence officials say.
He had narrowly eluded capture on a number of occasions - most recently just last week in the south-western city of Quetta.
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Topic: - on March 5, 2003 at 12:46:09 PM CET
Pentagon wants own spy network
The Pentagon is planning to assemble its own network of spies who will be posted around the world to collect intelligence on terrorist organizations and other military targets, moving squarely into a cloak-and-dagger realm that has traditionally been the domain of the CIA, according to Department of Defense officials familiar with the plans.
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Topic: - on March 4, 2003 at 7:36:00 PM CET
Interrogating the dead Al-Qaida, or Are we Stupid?
There are shrill cries of success and sighs of relief surrounding a news report that is being hailed as the biggest catch so far: No.3 man, Sheikh Khalid Muhammad, of the dreaded Al Qaida is captured, alive! The biggest success in the global war against terrorism. This is certainly excellent news and both the Pakistani and the American authorities deserve congratulations.
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Topic: - on March 3, 2003 at 10:29:14 AM CET
Appropriate pressure being put on al Qaeda leader
"All appropriate pressure" is being put on Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the man believed to be the key planner of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to reveal plots for any future operations, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Sunday.
The capture of the man linked to nearly every al Qaeda attack of the past five years is a "huge win," the official said.
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