Suspected al-Qaeda member planned to blow up Panama Canal
Thursday, July 1, 2004
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP): A man believed
to be a member of al-Qaeda plotted to blow up the Panama Canal, a spokesman
for the Honduran security ministry told AFP Wednesday.
Leonel Sauceda confirmed Security Minister Oscar Alvarez's comments to local
media that the 38-year-old suspect -- identified as Adnan Guishar El
Shukrijumah, or Jafar al-Tayar, who was in Honduras late last month --
"planned to plant explosives in the Panama Canal to hamper boat traffic in the
area." Alvarez's remarks were published in
the daily La Tribuna on Wednesday, along with four photos of the suspect.
International intelligence officials have offered a five-million-dollar reward
for information leading to his capture.
Alvarez did not say when Shukrijumah entered or left the country, nor through
which country he had traveled. But Sauceda said he was in Honduras on May 27.
Shukrijumah holds passports from Trinidad and Tobago, Canada and Guyana,
according to the authorities.
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