Charity a potential link in terrorist attack in Britain

London, Aug 19 (UNI) A charity linked to the Pakistan earthquake appeal has emerged as a potential link between some of the terror suspects arrested over the alleged plot to destroy transatlantic aircrafts using liquid bombs.

According to 'The Times', a charity founded to help orphans and disaster victims provides a connection between some individuals being questioned by police on suspicion of plotting the bombing.

'Crescent Relief London' was created by Abdul Rauf, from Birmingham. Two of his sons are among the 23 suspects still being held by police after the alleged attempt to bomb the planes flying between London and the United States.

The Charity Commission is looking at reports of links between several British charities and the alleged bomb plot. The public gave 30 million pounds for earthquake relief, much of it raised in mosques, and donated to locally based charities.

The charity was operating in High Wycombe when all five suspects from the Buckinghamshire town were enthusiastically helping with the earthquake relief effort, The Times claimed.

As many as thousand tents were sent by High Wycombe to Pakistan through Crescent Relief London. An article in the Bucks Free Press said readers wishing to donate to the organisation should contact Khuram Ali and gave a mobile phone number. Mr Ali is one of the five High Wycombe suspects being held by the police.

The mobile number is now obsolete but it was previously used to advertise a salvaged Mercedes from High Wycombe on the eBay auction website. Mr Ali is a self-employed car dealer.

Mr Rauf was reported yesterday to have been detained in Pakistan where officials described his son Rashid as a ''key person'' in the alleged conspiracy. Abdul Rauf, 52, a baker from Birmingham, was detained before boarding an international flight at Islamabad.

He was questioned but has not been charged yet and will be freed to fly home. The British High Commission in Islamabad has discovered that he is a dual UK-Pakistan national, which may complicate attempts to extradite him to Britain. Another of Rauf's son, Tayib, 22, was seized from the family home in Ward End, Birmingham.

In another report the BBC claimed, quoting sources, that martyrdom videos had been discovered on at least six laptops during searches by police investigating the alleged plot.

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