Pakistani Authorities Seize Computer With Information on Anthrax, Dirty Bombs From Suspected Militant

Pakistani authorities recovered a computer containing information on dirty bombs and anthrax from a suspected Islamic militant arrested last month, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, Aug. 18, 2003).

The suspect, 25-year-old Mohammed Jamil Memon, is believed to be a member of Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen Al-Almi, AP reported. He is suspected of involvement in an April 2002 assassination attempt against Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and a June 2002 bombing that killed 14 Pakistanis near the U.S. Consulate in the city of Karachi.

The WMD information on Memon’s computer “seemed to have been downloaded from the Internet,” said Ataullah Wazir, a local police chief in the Swat district, where Memon was arrested on Dec. 19 (Sadaqat Jan, Associated Press/Yahoo!News, Jan. 18)

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