Osama bin Laden attempted to communicate with al Qaeda's frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a month ago through a letter that was seized when a ground courier in Pakistan was intercepted, a counter-terrorism expert said here Monday. "About four weeks ago, we intercepted communication between Osama bin Laden and Zarqawi," which occurred when "a ground courier was intercepted," Bob Newman, director of international security and counter-terrorism services with The GeoScope Group, told an Airport, Port and Terminal Security (APTS) Middle East conference.
"We (US intelligence) intercepted the man and looked in his pockets. That's how we found out," he added.
Newman, whose Colorado-based organisation provides teams to help track down terror suspects at the planning stage, later told reporters the courier was stopped in west Pakistan, "carrying a letter."
"We believe it was authentic. But was it really an attempt at clandestine communication or was he (bin Laden) testing our ability to intercept him? We believe he may have been trying to see if we could intercept his courier," he said.
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