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To: From: "Tefft, Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mailing-List: list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:29:27 -0400 Subject: [osint] al-Qaeda with fake NZealand passports Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2891243a6000,00.html Al Qaeda fear as fake NZ passports seized 29 April 2004 New Zealand officials are investigating reports of 11 fake New Zealand passports with possible al Qaeda links being found by Thai police. The discovery followed the detention a month ago of a Pakistan national who, when arrested, was found with 12 fake Kiwi passports, the Bangkok Post newspaper reported. On Monday night, Thai police arrested a Thai man and a Pakistani man for allegedly producing forged passports which might have been used by al Qaeda-linked terrorist suspects arrested in Europe, the newspaper said. The two men were arrested with 23 fake passports, including "11 fake passports being passed off as New Zealand documents and 10 as French". The two men, named as Decha Kaeoprakhong, 31, and Mohammad Iqbal, 36, were arrested in an area of Bangkok frequented by overseas Muslims visiting Thailand. All the passports bore serial numbers starting with key numbers that enabled the holder to travel to many countries without requiring a visa. Crime Suppression Division commander Kosin Hinthao said New Zealand police had identified the passport identification numbers as similar to those used by human traffickers and al Qaeda terrorists in Europe. "Many terrorists arrested earlier in Europe had travelled to several nations carrying fake passports with such serial numbers," Mr Kosin said. Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry media adviser Jonathan Schwass said yesterday the New Zealand embassy in Bangkok was aware of the report. Mike Bush, a police officer attached to the embassy, had been involved in dealing with the matter. Mr Schwass said he was unsure yet how accurate the report was. The office of Internal Affairs Minister George Hawkins, whose department issues passports, said Mr Hawkins was aware of the report. Both men arrested by Thai police have denied the charges despite the arrests taking place as part of a sting operation when the men were allegedly seeking to sell the passports to undercover Thai police officers. The incident follows charges this month against two Israeli men of trying to obtain New Zealand passports fraudulently. - NZPA ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/TySplB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
