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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20099061-601,00.htmlPakistan's military intelligence service also provided valuable information, and MI6, which deals with foreign security threats, consulted counter-intelligence agencies in Europe and northern Africa. US officials claimed yesterday that large sums of money were sent to leaders of the group from Pakistan to allow them to buy airline tickets.
British officials said several of the men had large sums of money in their bank accounts that could not be explained by their normal incomes.
Intelligence agents were adamant that the plotters had been within two days of conducting a test run to see if they could carry liquid explosives and detonating devices on to commercial fights to the US, and if they had succeeded, they would have quickly gone ahead with the mission itself.
There were conflicting reports on whether the plan was to destroy five, 10 or 12 jets, and whether they were to be brought down over US cities to maximise casualties or over the sea so that the method of explosion could not be detected. 
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