DAR AL HARB-U.K.: BRITISH MOSLEM DENIES BEING PART OF THE "EXPLODE THE JETS OVER AMERICA" PLOT...

Brit Muslim denies bomb plot
John Smith

A BRITISH Muslim arrested in Pakistan has denied accusations that he was involved in an alleged plot to blow up passenger jets flying from London to the US this summer.

Rashid Rauf, who is of Pakistani origin, was detained by Pakistani agents in August after they uncovered the plot to assemble and detonate improvised explosives on board up to 10 US-bound planes.

On December 13, an anti-terrorism court dropped terrorism charges against him, and transferred the case to a regular criminal court.

After appearing before Kamil Khan, the judge of a session court in Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, Rauf made his first public comment and told reporters that the accusations against him were wrong.

"This is wrong and an injustice," he said.

"They (police) keep shifting me from one court to another," he said as police whisked him away.
Earlier, Rauf, who was wearing a traditional Pakistani loose robe, briefly appeared before the judge, who adjourned the hearing until January 5 on the request of his lawyer, Hashmat Habib.

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