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Senior al-Qaeda suspect arrested in Pakistan May 4, 2005 - 9:19PM Abu Farraj al-Libbi, a senior al-Qaeda suspect wanted over two attempts to assassinate President General Pervez Musharraf, has been arrested in Pakistan, the government said on Wednesday. Al-Libbi, a native of Libya with a $US1 million ($1.3 million) bounty on his head, was arrested earlier this week, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said. "This is a very important day for us," Ahmed said. He would provide no details on where al-Libbi was captured, or where he is being held. Officials said earlier on Wednesday that they were questioning two foreigners on suspicion of links with al-Qaeda. Two security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the suspects were captured after a shootout on Monday in Mardan, about 50 kilometres north of Peshawar, capital of the deeply conservative North West Frontier Province. "They are in the custody of a Pakistani intelligence agency," one official said. He declined to give more details, including the suspects' nationalities. Advertisement Advertisement Al-Libbi is accused of masterminding two bombings against President Musharraf in December 2003. The military leader escaped injury but 17 others were killed. Musharraf, a key ally in the US-led war on terrorism, has said the Libyan was the chief suspect in the bombings against him. Security officials have described Al-Libbi as al-Qaeda's operational commander in Pakistan. Al-Libbi was among six suspects identified as Pakistan's Most Wanted Terrorists in a poster campaign last year. AP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
