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Countries must take responsibility for bringing ISIS returnees to justice

The National 19 Feb 2019

But it was his omissions that most instructive ... As with Saajid Badat from Gloucester, England, who backtracked from his plan to blow up a US-bound passenger plane in 2001 and co-operated with authorities, securing the convictions of Al Qaeda operatives, Ms Begum’s evidence could help jail other extremists and even foil atrocities ... Updated ... SHARE . .

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Seeking employment: Terrorist who flipped on al-Qaida

Hindustan Times 13 May 2017

One rare example is Saajid Muhammad Badat, the British man who was picked by al-Qaida along with Richard Reid to carry out the failed “shoe bomb” plot in 2001 ... Badat backed out and pleaded guilty in a deal that got him an early release from prison in 2010.

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US sanctions Haqqani’s brother

Dawn 26 Aug 2015

Separately, the US Treasury Department removed sanctions on Saajid Badat, a UK-born former Al Qaeda operative of Pakistani-origin, who was sentenced to prison for a shoe-bomb plot ... Mr Badat served his time in prison for his involvement with Al Qaeda, has renounced violence ...

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Plane bad travel plan

Toronto Sun 31 Dec 2014

Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and the federal government have announced changes that could endanger air travellers.   ... The transportation minister announced eased passenger security for certain categories of traveller at specific Canadian airports ... Saajid Badat was sentenced in 2005 for plotting to detonate his shoe on a Netherlands-U.S.

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CIA Torture Report: The three British plots that the CIA falsely cited to justify torture

The Independent 10 Dec 2014

The report says the CIA similarly tried to hold up the arrest and conviction in Britain of shoebomber Saajid Badat as fruit of their work at the black sites ... efforts, and US military reporting resulted in the identification and arrest of Saajid Badat,” the report stated.

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CIA interrogations report: David Cameron says UK claims 'dealt with'

BBC News 10 Dec 2014

The report also highlighted what it said were "inaccurate" claims of the CIA techniques' effectiveness in relation to shoe-bomb plotter Saajid Badat, who was sentenced to 13 years in jail in 2005 for planning to blow up a passenger plane. Badat had been arrested ...

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CIA tactics 'a criminal conspiracy'

Belfast Telegraph 10 Dec 2014

The capture of al Qaida UK operative Dhiren Barot and the arrest of British would-be shoe-bomber Saajid Badat were also among the CIA's eight most frequently cited examples of how using torture methods "saved lives" ... resulted in the identification and arrest of Saajid Badat.".

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CIA lied to defend torture of inmates, US inquiry finds

Belfast Telegraph 10 Dec 2014

The capture of al Qaida UK operative Dhiren Barot and the arrest of British would-be shoe-bomber Saajid Badat were also among the Agency's eight most frequently cited examples of how using torture methods "saved lives" ... But Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat and the committee chairman, said ... "This is a wake-up call to the USA ... Most Viewed Videos ... .

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Torture: British role suppressed

The Guardian 10 Dec 2014

The CIA also lied about its role in the seizure in Britain of two other convicted terror plotters, Dhiren Barot and Saajid Badat. Eliza Manningham-Buller, head of MI5 at the time, revealed years later that the British government protested to the US over the torture of terror suspects ... The committee noted ... It hasn't." ... Cameron changed his mind ... .

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CIA torture: Calls to prosecute US officials involved in 'brutal' interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects

The Independent 10 Dec 2014

They were found to have used examples of thwarted UK plots, such as a plan by 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to hijack planes and attack Heathrow airport and Canary Wharf, the capture of al Qaida UK operative Dhiren Barot and the arrest of attempted British shoe-bomber Saajid Badat, as proof that torture methods had "saved lives".

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CIA 'Lied' Over Torture And UK Terror Plots

Orange News 09 Dec 2014

Other UK-based examples of how CIA torture had "saved lives" included the arrest of Saajid Badat, who was planning to blow up a transatlantic flight with a bomb hidden in his shoe ... However, the committee said the CIA was also wrong to claim it had helped stop Badat and Mohammed ...

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UK terror plot probe claims 'false'

Belfast Telegraph 09 Dec 2014

In a long-awaited report, the Senate Intelligence Committee said the capture of al Qaida UK operative Dhiren Barot, arrest of shoe-bomber Saajid Badat and disruption of plans by 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to attack Heathrow and Canary Wharf were among the CIA's eight ...

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CIA accused over 'brutal' methods

Belfast Telegraph 09 Dec 2014

The capture of al Qaida UK operative Dhiren Barot and the arrest of British would-be shoe-bomber Saajid Badat were also among the Agency's eight most f requently cited examples of how using torture methods "saved lives" ... resulted in the identification and arrest of Saajid Badat.".

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CIA torture report: US authorities falsely used UK terror plot to justify illegal interrogation tactics

London Evening Standard 09 Dec 2014

... and arrest of Badat to support its controversial practices ... "UK domestic investigative efforts, reporting from foreign intelligence services, international law enforcement efforts, and US military reporting resulted in the identification and arrest of Saajid Badat.".

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Babar Ahmad: The godfather of internet jihad?

BBC News 17 Jul 2014

In 2001 Saajid Badat, a former grammar school boy from Gloucester, trained in Afghanistan to blow up a plane with an al-Qaeda shoe bomb ... Badat told investigators that he had been ... Saajid Badat - the supergrass - provided evidence to support what Ahmad told me in that interview.