Matiur Rehman

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Matiur Rehman (born 1977) is a Pakistani militant and suspected al Qaeda leader. He was arrested August 2006 in Bahawalpur [1] He was thought to have frequent contacts with Ayman al-Zawahiri and to be in contact with Rashid Rauf.

Currently, GlobalSecurity.org lists that there is low confidence in Rehman's status as an al-Qaeda operative [2], perhaps since "the lion's share of the investigation of Matiur Rehman had been done by ABC News' Alexis Debat" [3], whose reporting was withdrawn in September 2007 by all news agencies following extensive evidence of frequent fabrications.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bill Roggio: "Rehman, Rauf, suspected London Airline Plotters Captured, and the Pakistani Connection." The Long War Journal, August 17, 2006
  2. ^ Matiur Rehman at GlobalSecurity.org
  3. ^ Bill Roggio: "Matiur Rehman, the London Airline Plot and the Road from Pakistan and Talibanistan" Counterterrorism Blog, August 12, 2006


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