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NO PEEP OUT OF QAEDA CREEP

By NILES LATHEM Post Correspondent

May 6, 2005 -- WASHINGTON — Pakistani cops are subjecting recently captured al Qaeda leader Abu Faraj al-Libbi to an intense grilling, but so far, the No. 3 terrorist is refusing to reveal details about possible terror plots, it was revealed yesterday.

"Only two questions are being asked over and over and in different shifts: 'Where is bin Laden?' and 'What were your plans?' " a senior Pakistani intelligence official said.

A U.S. official briefed on the interrogation said al Qaeda's No. 3 man has wept but has not given up much useful information so far other than to admit his identity and that he is a member of al Qaeda.

Al-Libbi was arrested Monday in northwest Pakistan. On Tuesday and Wednesday, security forces raided two homes in the tribal region and another in Lahore, nabbing 17 more al Qaeda suspects who are believed to have worked with al-Libbi.

Information gleaned from satellite phone and "a high frequency wireless" seized during this week's raids indicate that al-Libbi and his underlings were in contact with operatives in New York, although authorities said it is unclear whether there was an active terror cell in New York or whether the contacts were al Qaeda supporters involved in fundraising.

Officials are also investigating ties between al-Libbi and a group of fanatics who conducted surveillance of several New York landmarks and financial buildings and who may have been involved in a possible pre-election plot late last year.

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