Author: Agencies
Publication: DAWN.com
Date: October 7, 2010
URL: http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/briton-killed-by-drone-was-to-be-terror-chief-700
A British terror suspect killed in a drone
strike in Pakistan last month was being groomed to head a new Al Qaeda splinter
group in Britain tasked with attacking Europe, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
Abdul Jabbar, a British citizen living in
Pakistan, was being prepared to lead the new group which was to be called
the 'Islamic Army of Great Britain', the BBC said, citing a senior security
source.
Intelligence agencies monitored a meeting
of 300 militants three months ago in North Waziristan, attended by Jabbar
and members of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, said the BBC.
