Rashid Rauf is escorted into custody by Pakistani police. He escaped in 2007 but was killed by a US missile on Saturday (Photo from The Independent)From The Independent:
Heads of American and Pakistani security colluded in plot to kill Rashid Rauf
A secret meeting on board an American aircraft carrier between the US General David Petraeus and the head of the Pakistani military laid the foundation for the killing of Britain's most wanted terrorist.
The Independent learnt that talks held on board the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf three months ago led to General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani pledging to provide information on "high-value" targets such as Rashid Rauf, who died in a missile strike inside Pakistan on Saturday.
Senior UK security sources insisted that the lethal attack in North Waziristan on the 27-year-old Birmingham-born Rauf – accused of being involved in the plot to plant liquid bombs aboard transatlantic airliners – was "a unilateral American action" without any British involvement.
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Update #1: MPs seek answers as CIA kills British terror suspect Rashid Rauf -- Times Online
Update #2: Rashid Rauf was linked to al-Qaeda's number two Ayman al-Zawahiri -- The Telegraph
My Comment: I am not going to shed a tear for this guy.