FILE-PAKISTAN-BRITAIN-ATTACKS

(FILES) In this picture taken on December 22, 2006, Rashid Rauf, a Briton allegedly involved in a plot to blow up transatlantic jets is escorted by Pakistani officials as he leaves court after an appearance in Rawalpindi. The alleged mastermind of a 2006 transatlantic airplane bombing plot was killed in a US missile attack in northwest Pakistan early November 22, 2008, officials said. "The transatlantic bombing plot alleged mastermind Rahsid Rauf was killed along with an Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative in the US missile strike in North Waziristan early Saturday," a senior security official told AFP. Rashid Rauf escaped in 2007 from Pakistani police custody. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM/FILES