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Pakistan 'catches al-Qaeda chief' (#3, not bin Laden)
BBC ^ | May 4, 2005

Posted on 05/04/2005 4:48:08 AM PDT by alnitak

Senior Libyan al-Qaeda suspect Abu Faraj al-Libbi has been arrested in Pakistan, the government says.

Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the suspect had been caught earlier in the week.

He would give no details of the arrest. Other reports said two suspects were captured in the Waziristan region of North West Frontier Province on Monday.

Libbi is said to have become third in the al-Qaeda hierarchy after Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was caught in 2003.

He is wanted in connection with two attempts on the life of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf.

More details soon.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abufarajallibbi; allibbi; alqaeda; alqaedapakistan; captured; elvisbinladen; gwot; pakistan; southasia; terror; wot
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Another one bites the dust. All we need now is a confirmation from a reputable news source :-) Have a good day!
1 posted on 05/04/2005 4:48:08 AM PDT by alnitak
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To: alnitak

AP via ABC has it now:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=726918


2 posted on 05/04/2005 4:50:42 AM PDT by ChuckShick (He's clerking for me...)
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To: alnitak
Senior Libyan al-Qaeda suspect Abu Faraj al-Libbi

THIS IS HUGE!!!

3 posted on 05/04/2005 4:51:15 AM PDT by Dog ( Premier news hound and proud member of FR's Pajama News Service...winner of several Buckeye awards.)
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To: Dog
I was about to ping you. I should have known you'd be here. ;-)

Good morning.

4 posted on 05/04/2005 4:52:24 AM PDT by lysie (Equal rights as well as equal wrongs.)
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To: DevSix; Cap Huff; Coop; Straight Vermonter; Boot Hill; jeffers; nuconvert; Ernest_at_the_Beach

al-Libbi will know where Binny is...


5 posted on 05/04/2005 4:53:03 AM PDT by Dog ( Premier news hound and proud member of FR's Pajama News Service...winner of several Buckeye awards.)
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To: Dog

Great news!


6 posted on 05/04/2005 4:53:32 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (Some stories have more spin cycles than my Kenmore washer!)
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To: Dog

Premier news hound.... winner of a Silver Sow....:-)


7 posted on 05/04/2005 4:53:54 AM PDT by Dog ( Premier news hound and proud member of FR's Pajama News Service...winner of several Buckeye awards.)
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To: alnitak
al-Qaeda suspect Abu Faraj al-Libbi

Ever notice that these mopes are never named "al-Conservi"?

8 posted on 05/04/2005 4:55:51 AM PDT by martin_fierro (</doireallyneedtoaddasarcasmtag>)
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To: Dog

Get Jack Bauer started on him. ;-)


9 posted on 05/04/2005 4:56:08 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod (Pope Benedict XVI: Continuing to put the smackdown on heresy since 1981.)
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To: Dog

Out him on the Rack....then he'll tell us where his buddy is.


10 posted on 05/04/2005 4:58:08 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: Dog
Huge? Holy cow, you ain't kidding.

Some backround on this guy for those who, like me, didn't recognize the name. Click here.

This warrants a happy dance!

11 posted on 05/04/2005 4:58:59 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: martin_fierro

al Libi..

12 posted on 05/04/2005 4:59:36 AM PDT by Dog ( Premier news hound and proud member of FR's Pajama News Service...winner of several Buckeye awards.)
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To: Dog

Big catch!
The Pakistanis have been successful in getting people to talk. Now we wait..................


13 posted on 05/04/2005 5:00:31 AM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
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To: mewzilla

This capture is on par with getting Zawahiri ...Binny's number 2.... Al-Libi ran the day to day stuff..


14 posted on 05/04/2005 5:01:05 AM PDT by Dog ( Premier news hound and proud member of FR's Pajama News Service...winner of several Buckeye awards.)
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To: Dog
Oh, good. The story has been posted.

The name meant nothing to me since as you know I have a tin ear for Arabic.

15 posted on 05/04/2005 5:01:06 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: nuconvert

Caught Monday...today is Wednesday....he is already singing ...:-)


16 posted on 05/04/2005 5:01:46 AM PDT by Dog ( Premier news hound and proud member of FR's Pajama News Service...winner of several Buckeye awards.)
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To: Miss Marple
The name meant nothing to me since as you know I have a tin ear for Arabic.

I can't tell the psychos without a scorecard.

17 posted on 05/04/2005 5:02:46 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: Dog

WOW! I didn't realize how "big" this capture is!


18 posted on 05/04/2005 5:03:26 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (Some stories have more spin cycles than my Kenmore washer!)
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To: Jim Robinson; Admin Moderator

Can you place this story in Breaking News..


19 posted on 05/04/2005 5:04:32 AM PDT by Dog ( Premier news hound and proud member of FR's Pajama News Service...winner of several Buckeye awards.)
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To: Dog
From your link:

He is now thought to be operating from the lawless tribal areas of Pakistan, one of the handful of al Qa'eda operatives who may know the whereabouts of bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Blimey! Accurate media speculation (with apologies to "Yes, Prime Minister")

20 posted on 05/04/2005 5:08:26 AM PDT by alnitak ("That kid's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver" - Foghorn Leghorn)
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