are now being interrogated to determine the nature of
their relations with Al-Qaeda and its leader Osama bin Laden,
who is quite dead."
Posted on 08/25/2002 6:44:16 AM PDT by knighthawk
The Omani authorities have broken up an Al-Qaeda cell and extradited several suspects to the United States where they are under interrogation, a London-based Arabic newspaper reported on Sunday.
Asharq Al-Awsat quoted American security sources saying "they were transferred to the United States where they are now being interrogated to determine the nature of their relations with Al-Qaeda and its leader Osama bin Laden."
The Saudi-owned daily said the suspects arrived from Pakistan, but gave no dates for their arrest, the number of men involved or their nationalities.
The sources praised the Omani authorities for breaking up what was reportedly the first such cell discovered in the Gulf sultanate, a strategic US ally, since the September 11 suicide attacks in New York and Washington.
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