THE bomb plot suspect dubbed Mr Talibrum met an al-Qaeda chief in Pakistan shortly before his arrest, officials claim.
Rashid Rauf, 25, from Birmingham, had talks with one of Osama bin Laden’s agents in Afghanistan, say Pakistani security sources.
Detained terror suspects last night said al-Qaeda top leaders — No2 Ayman al-Zawahri — approved the plot.
Rauf is one of 17 people held in Pakistan over the bottle-bomb jet plot.
A source said: "The plot had the support of an al-Qaeda figure in Afghanistan."
Rauf was seized on August 9 — two days before cops swooped on 23 suspects in Britain.
Computer gear and false passports were allegedly found at his home in Bhawalpur, east Pakistan.
Rauf is said to have organised suicide-bomber training. Yesterday it emerged he has links with outlawed Pakistani group Jaish-e-Mohammed and is related by marriage to its leader.
Rauf is wanted for questioning over the murder of his uncle in Birmingham in 2002.
Pakistan authorities are also hunting a British Muslim of Afghan origin, an Eritrean and a Pakistani over the plot.
In Britain 23 people are being held. Security chiefs expect to charge a "substantial number with serious offences".
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