Bagram Prison Escapee - Abu Nasir Al Qahtani
photo from video
Posted on 11/13/2006 12:05:15 AM PST by bd476
Yahoo! News and Reuters
Al Qaeda escapee caught in Afghanistan: report
52 minutes ago
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Afghanistan have captured an al Qaeda operative who escaped from the main U.S. military prison in the country last year, a Pakistani newspaper reported on Monday.
The man, identified as Abu Nasir al-Qahtani, was captured recently in the southeastern Afghan province of Khost, the News newspaper said, citing Taliban supporters in the Pakistani border region of North Waziristan.
The U.S. military said on November 6 a "known al Qaeda operative and five other extremists" had been captured during an operation near Khost town early that day.
It did not identify any of those captured. A U.S. military spokesman on Monday referred queries to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Al-Qahtani has been referred to in some news reports as Mohammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani.
Four Arab al Qaeda militants escaped from the heavily fortified U.S. detention center at Bagram air base, the U.S. military's main base in Afghanistan, 50 km (30 miles) north of Kabul, on July 11 last year.
At the time, the U.S. military declined to identify them but described them as "dangerous enemy combatants."
One of the escapees was one of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's top global lieutenants, Omar Faruq.
British troops in Iraq's second biggest city, Basra, shot Faruq dead on September 25 this year as he resisted arrest during a pre-dawn raid on his hideout.
U.S. leaders had described Faruq as the top al Qaeda operative in southeast Asia. He was caught in Indonesia in 2002 and was held at Bagram until his escape.
Ping.
This looks like Taliban confirmation that it was Al-Qahtani.
Stick him on a ship this time.
Stick him on a waterboard.
Or make him "walk the plank" :P
Tell us what we want to know or you get fed to those hungry sharks. :)
escaped?? wtf.
Here's another thread with more information on Al Qahtani's rank in Al Qaeda:
Al Qaeda: The Next Generation
Pelosi's fault? /sarc
Cut the guy's head off and put it under Pelosi's covers.
This definitely should not be sent over into the "Credit Pelosi" column.
Al Qahtani was captured on November 6, 2006, a day before our elections.
I was being a wise arse ;-)
Some things shouldn't be joked about though.
I like your profile, BTW.
Oh I know, Proud_Yank and you had even added a /sarc tag. Guess I'm still kinda in the cranky mode after last week's election. Laughter helps.
Thank you very much, Proud_Yank. It was fun putting it together. :-)
Thank you for the link, OrdinaryGuy!
There most likely will be a shove and a push for US to join that 'world court' so everyone will have 'fair' access.
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