Secret Files: Algerian Double Agent was on British, Canadian Payroll

Secret Files: Algerian Involved in US Consulate Attack in Peshawar was on British, Canadian Payroll Wednesday, 27 April 2011 06:34Joseph Hannan

At least one Guantanamo Bay detainee discovered to be involved in a plot to attack the US Consulate in Peshawar and believed to have carried out a string of bombings in Pakistan in 2002, was also on the payroll for British and Canadian intelligence services, according to secret files on detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

Algerian detainee Adil Hadi al Jazairi bin Hamili, linked with the Algerian Armed Islamic Group and the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, confessed that he had worked for the Taliban’s foreign ministry and intelligence services as well.

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Pics of the Day!

Pictures of the Day

Bengal Governor R C Casey with his wife and pet in 1943

The Founder's Portrait in Lincoln's Inn The portrait hangs in the Great Hall of Lincoln's Inn

The Founder lands in Peshawar, June 1948 Followed by Ms Jinnah, Sir Ambrose Dundas Governor and Abdul Qayyum Khan Chief Minister of NWFP and Major General Nazir Ahmed.  Gen Nazir Ahmed was much senior to Ayub Khan. Ayub Khan was only a Colonel or just promoted as Brigadier at that time.   Gen Nazir Ahmed was tall and a man of natural authority. His only son lives in Toronto, Canada. The history of Pakistan might have been different if such an officer had succeeded Douglas Gracey.  

The Founder in the Constituent Assembly Just before delivering his historic speech on 11 August 1947. The Establishment later distorted and censored his speech.

The Founder in London, December 1946 Talking to the media with Jawaharlal Nehru

Cyber attackers posing as White House official target Whitehall

Hackers posing as a White House official attempted to steal the bank details of hundreds of British civil servants in one of the latest cyber attacks on the Government.

Cyber attackers posing as a White House official are said to have targeted Whitehall civil servants Photo: ALAMY
By John Bingham

04 Feb 2011

Fraudsters posing as a top Washington aide emailed staff in Whitehall inviting them to click on a link which would have triggered a computer bug.
The sophisticated programme was designed to steal their personal data from a “large number” of civil servants.
Details of the foiled attack are expected to be outlined by William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, at an international security summit in Munich, Germany, attended by Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, David Cameron, Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and other world leaders.
Other examples of cyber attacks on the British state he is expected to disclose include an attempt by a “hostile” power to plant a virus in Foreign Office IT systems, The Sun reported.
Three diplomats are said to have received an email supposedly from a colleague which contained a code to attack their computers.
James Brokenshire, the junior Home Office minister, announced on Thursday that Britain is to opt into new EU rules designed to target cyber criminals.
The Directive on Attacks Against Information Systems requires police across Europe to work more closely together to identify cyber crime suspects and gather evidence.
It contains a set of agreed minimum rules on online crimes and penalties that EU states must build into domestic law, requiring them to respond quickly to overseas requests for help in cyber crime cases.
In Munich, the EastWest Institute, an influential US-based think-tank, is expected to set out proposals to adapt the Geneva Convention to provide “rules of engagement” for “cyber war”.