Rashid Rauf was a dual citizen of Britain and Pakistan who was arrested in Bhawalpur, Pakistan in connection with the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot in August 2006, a day before some arrests were made in Britain.
12 Facts About Rashid Rauf
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Rashid Rauf was identified as one of the ringleaders of the alleged plot.
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Rashid Rauf was born in England to Pakistani parents, and brought up in Birmingham where his father was a baker.
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Rashid Rauf was married to a relative of Maulana Masood Azhar, who is the head and founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed, an Islamist militant group in Pakistan.
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Rashid Rauf was reportedly killed by a US drone attack in Pakistan on 22 November 2008, carried out by the CIA's Special Activities Division.
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On 11 August 2009, Asia Times Online claimed that Rashid Rauf was alive and living in North Waziristan.
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Rashid Rauf never had a chance to defend or explain himself.
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Rashid Rauf was accused of some heinous crimes and without any trial, judge or jury he was blown to pieces by a unmanned Predator drone aircraft controlled by a soldier sitting thousands of miles away in the US.
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Rashid Rauf is believed to have left the UK after his uncle was killed in 2002.
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Rashid Rauf was not charged over the murder, which has never been solved.
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One document was assessed as being written by Rashid Rauf, regarding Operation Overt.
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Rashid Rauf did not offer any evidence to back up his claim.