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43 posted on 11/01/2005 9:01:46 PM PST by Cindy
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Pentagon: Top al-Qaida Operative Escaped
AP ^ | 11/01/05 | ALICIA A. CALDWELL

Posted on 11/01/2005 8:33:35 PM PST by jdsteel

FORT BLISS, Texas - A man once considered a top al-Qaida operative escaped from a U.S.-run detention facility in Afghanistan and cannot testify against the soldier who allegedly mistreated him, a defense lawyer involved in a prison abuse case said Tuesday.

Omar al-Farouq was one of Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants in Southeast Asia until Indonesian authorities captured him in the summer of 2002 and turned him over to the United States.

A Pentagon official in Washington confirmed Tuesday evening that al-Farouq escaped from a U.S. detention facility in Bagram, Afghanistan, on July 10...

Capt. John B. Parker, a prosecutor, said al-Farouq and three others escaped from the Bagram detention center and have not been found.

"If we find him ... we will make him available," Parker said.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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