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Pakistan Finds Passports Linked to 9/11

Discovery suggests suspects hiding in South Waziristan

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 29, 2009 6:16 PM CDT
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(AP) – Pakistani soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to 9/11 suspects. One is a German document belonging to a man named Said Bahaji, believed to be a member of the Hamburg cell that conceived the attacks. The passport indicates he arrived in Karachi on Sept. 4, 2001.

Another, from Spain, bears the name of Raquel Burgos Garcia. She is reportedly married to Amer Azizi, an al-Qaeda member suspected in both the 9/11 attacks and the Madrid train bombings. The US has long charged that the South Waziristan region has sheltered 9/11 suspects, and Hillary Clinton today blasted Pakistan for not doing enough. "I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to."

Seized weapons and ammunition recovered during Pakistani military operations.
Seized weapons and ammunition recovered during Pakistani military operations.   (NICOLAS ASFOURI)
A seized Moroccan document of Spanish citizen Raquel Burgos Garcia.
A seized Moroccan document of Spanish citizen Raquel Burgos Garcia.   (NICOLAS ASFOURI)
The passport of Spanish citizen Raquel Burgos Garcia, believed to be married to an al-Qaeda member suspected in the 9/11 attacks.
The passport of Spanish citizen Raquel Burgos Garcia, believed to be married to an al-Qaeda member suspected in the 9/11 attacks.   (NICOLAS ASFOURI)
Seized photos and passport of Spanish citizen Raquel Burgos Garcia recovered during military operations against Taliban militants are displayed by Pakistani forces on a table at the Sherwangi Tor village in South Waziristan, on Thursday Oct 29, 2009. The authenticity of the documents could not be verified. Garcia Burgos, whose...
Seized photos and passport of Spanish citizen Raquel Burgos Garcia recovered during military operations against Taliban militants are displayed by Pakistani forces on a table at the Sherwangi Tor village...   (NICOLAS ASFOURI)
Seized photos, documents and ammunition recovered during Pakistani military operations.
Seized photos, documents and ammunition recovered during Pakistani military operations.   (NICOLAS ASFOURI)
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COMMENTS
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tomodachi
Oct 30, 2009 12:42 PM CDT
it's worse than that... they have nuclear weapons... if the Taliban Al Queda take over Pakistan... they'll have their nukes.
JonmarkP
Oct 30, 2009 1:01 AM CDT
Oh, I thought maybe more of them had fallen out of one of the 9/11 planes, and were just now discovered completely intact on a Manhattan street. You know, like before, on 9/12.
Spudsy
Oct 29, 2009 11:49 AM CDT
I think she is done talking to the corrupt government of Pakistan and was speaking to the people of Pakistan who might not want to become part of a taliban controlled Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • Madrid bombings • Taliban • Pakistan • al-Qaeda • South Waziristan • 9/11 attacks • Amer Azizi • Said Bahaji • passports

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