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Airline terror suspects used eBay for operation's funding
2006-10-13
Suspects in an alleged plot to blow up flights from Britain to the United States helped finance their operation by buying and selling items on Internet auction site eBay, US television reported. An intelligence report cited by the US television network ABC News says that a suspect, Assad Sarwar, 26, "used eBay extensively" to raise funds for the plot. "It is believed they would sell and purchase items to make a profit to fund (the) plot," it said. According to ABC News, the report says Sarwar also surfed the Internet to price and purchase supplies, including 20 liters of hydrogen peroxide bought online from a hydroponic gardening center. Hydrogen peroxide is a critical ingredient in several types of homemade explosives. British authorities arrested two-dozen people in an August raid to foil the alleged plot to bomb airliners using liquid explosives. According to the intelligence report, ABC News reported, the suspects hollowed out AA batteries and experimented with filling them with a small amount of homemade explosives and other components. Several AA batteries were seized at a house in High Wycombe, Britain, that investigators describe as "the bomb factory," ABC News said. The intelligence report says video secretly recorded at that location allegedly shows two suspects drilling small holes in the bottom of plastic juice drinks. "They would then drain the liquid and replace this with (a homemade explosive) mixture," the intelligence document says. Seventeen people who were arrested in the August raid have been charged with terrorism-related offenses in connection with the alleged plot, while the remaining eight have been released. Muzi.com News
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