Posted on 11/26/2003 1:50:06 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:17:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
November 26, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - A suspected mastermind of the USS Cole bombing was arrested by security forces in Yemen, and officials say he could provide tips about ongoing terror plots on the Arabian Peninsula. "He's a big fish. He's a logistics guy in al Qaeda. He'll know about cell operations," a U.S. official said. "He's the most prominent al Qaeda facilitator in Yemen."
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What anyone want to bet that Mr. l-Ahdal's location was pointed out to the Yemens by the CIA that chose rather than to take him out with a missile from a Predator drone (as they did to Abu Ali), the CIA had him picked up by the Yemens to see what kind of information they could get out of him?
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