At 20:20 27-12-01 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: <snip>
>George Fergusson of the British Consulate in Boston said officials believe >Reid was >British-born and that his British passport "so far as we are concerned" is >legitimate. >He said he does not have any further information about the suspect's >background or >his parents. From: The Volkskrant (Dutch newspaper) (translated from Dutch, and summarised) Following a request from the FBI, Dutch authorities in Amsterdam have started investigating Reid. He supposedly purchased (for NLG 500) the explosives from right-wing extremists in Amsterdam, where he stayed for three months, and constructed the bomb himself. The FBI has also asked Belgium, the UK and France to investigate the matter. According to the FBI, Reid stayed in Brussels from Dec. 5 through Dec. 14. There he claimed his passport had been stolen; he subsequently obtained a new one from the British embassy. He then returned to Amsterdam, picked up the explosives, and took the train to Paris on Dec. 16, where he purchased an airline ticket (for well over NLG 4000) to Antigua by way of Miami. Yesterday an Israeli newspaper wrote that Reid was in Israel in June, where he was briefly interrogated by security personnel. Reid supposedly went to Israel to observe the security measures of Israeli airline El Al. A week later he went to Egypt. Full article (in Dutch): http://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws/nederland/1009434303034.html Reid, BTW, was described by acquintances of his as "a not too bright criminal", which lead the authorities to believe he must have had help. There is some more info in the article, but that was already covered in the article Ronn posted, so I have not repeated it here. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
