Airline terror pilot suspect gives 'vital clues'

A key suspect being held in Pakistan in connection with the alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic flights from the UK has given interrogators “vital clues,” a Pakistani government minister said today.

Rashid Rauf, a British Muslim of Pakistani origin who was caught in Pakistan on August 9, has been described as a “key person” by Pakistan’s government, which says he had contacts with an Afghanistan-based al-Qaida operative.