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Iran grounds plane with Rigi holding US-issued passport

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:46:09 GMT

Iran's security officers grounded the plane carrying the ringleader of Jundullah terrorist group Abdolmalek Rigi in one of Iran's southern ports, informed sources say.

As initial reports indicated that Iran's most wanted man was captured on a flight en-route to Kyrgyzstan from Dubai, a source talking to Press TV on condition of anonymity confirmed that Rigi and one of his deputies were captured after their plane was brought down by security forces in an airport in the Iranian Persian Gulf city of Bandar Abbas.

Iran's intelligence minister says the leader of Jundallah terrorist group was at a US base in Afghanistan 24 hours before his capture, in possession of a US-issued, forged Afghan passport.
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Iran expounds on Rigi's links with CIA, Mossad
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:55:38 GMT

Iran's Intelligence Ministry says Abdolmalek Rigi, ringleader of the terrorist group Jundallah, was at a US base 24 hours before being captured by Iranian forces.

Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar told reporters on Tuesday that Rigi was arrested outside the country as he was preparing for a new act of sabotage. He was consequently transferred to Iran.
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Moslehi said that Americans utilized an Afghan passport for Rigi, a declaration which adds to already existing evidence on Rigi's links with the US.

Moslehi said that Rigi had contacts with CIA and Mossad and had even met the NATO military chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Afghanistan in April 2008.
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The Jundallah group has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks in Iran. The group has carried out mass murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, acts of sabotage and bombings. They have targeted civilians and government officials, as well as all ranks of Iran's military.

Aus einigen Berichten geht hervor, dass Rigis Maschine im Iran zur Landung gezwungen wurde. Andere Berichte sagen, dass Rigi bereits im Ausland gestellt wurde. Auf seine Spur kam man offenbar durch seine Aufenthalte in Afghanistan und Dubai. Wie auch immer...

Damit hat die Gegenseite einen ihrer wichtigsten Leute verloren und jetzt werden ihm wohl erstmal die Ohren ordentlich lang gezogen...

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Die Bilder von seiner Festnahme (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.irinn.ir/Default.aspx?TabID=36&aid=3763">http://www.irinn.ir/Default.aspx?TabID=36&aid=3763</a><!-- m -->) deuten darauf hin, dass er vom Geheimdienst in Dubai festgenommen und mit einem Privatjet in den Iran gebracht wurde.