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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!
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posted on
05/04/2005 4:48:08 AM PDT
by
alnitak
To: alnitak
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posted on
05/04/2005 4:50:42 AM PDT
by
ChuckShick
(He's clerking for me...)
To: alnitak
Senior Libyan al-Qaeda suspect Abu Faraj al-Libbi THIS IS HUGE!!!
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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.)
To: Dog
I was about to ping you. I should have known you'd be here. ;-)
Good morning.
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posted on
05/04/2005 4:52:24 AM PDT
by
lysie
(Equal rights as well as equal wrongs.)
To: DevSix; Cap Huff; Coop; Straight Vermonter; Boot Hill; jeffers; nuconvert; Ernest_at_the_Beach
al-Libbi will know where Binny is...
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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.)
To: Dog
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posted on
05/04/2005 4:53:32 AM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(Some stories have more spin cycles than my Kenmore washer!)
To: Dog
Premier news hound.... winner of a Silver Sow....:-)
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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.)
To: alnitak
al-Qaeda suspect Abu Faraj al-Libbi Ever notice that these mopes are never named "al-Conservi"?
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posted on
05/04/2005 4:55:51 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(</doireallyneedtoaddasarcasmtag>)
To: Dog
Get Jack Bauer started on him. ;-)
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posted on
05/04/2005 4:56:08 AM PDT
by
BlessedBeGod
(Pope Benedict XVI: Continuing to put the smackdown on heresy since 1981.)
To: Dog
Out him on the Rack....then he'll tell us where his buddy is.
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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 ,)
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!
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posted on
05/04/2005 4:58:59 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: martin_fierro
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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.)
To: Dog
Big catch!
The Pakistanis have been successful in getting people to talk. Now we wait..................
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:00:31 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
To: mewzilla
This capture is on par with getting Zawahiri ...Binny's number 2.... Al-Libi ran the day to day stuff..
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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.)
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.
To: nuconvert
Caught Monday...today is Wednesday....he is already singing ...:-)
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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.)
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.
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:02:46 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: Dog
WOW! I didn't realize how "big" this capture is!
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posted on
05/04/2005 5:03:26 AM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(Some stories have more spin cycles than my Kenmore washer!)
To: Jim Robinson; Admin Moderator
Can you place this story in Breaking News..
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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.)
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")
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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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