Officials: Plot suspects met alleged al Qaeda bomber

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Officials: Plot suspects met alleged al Qaeda bomber

(CNN) -- Two of the suspects held in connection with the plot to down jetliners with explosives had contact with a Pakistani suspected of being an al Qaeda operative, U.S. and British officials said Friday.

The officials allege that Matiur Rehman, described as an explosives expert in Pakistan who is now at large, met two of the British suspects in Pakistan.

But officials, who say the plot displays signs of al Qaeda participation but who are still investigating that angle, do not know whether Rehman was involved in the plot. (Watch how the plot had hallmarks of al Qaeda -- 3:19)

After the two people returned to Britain, they received a wire transfer of money from Pakistan, the officials said.