Obama Seeks Delay in case of 'Enemy Combatant' Held in US

AFP ^ | Jan. 22, 2009 | AFP

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This is also interesting in that it brings up the very important but in the press much ignored story of the A Q Khan nuclear proliferation network in relation to KSM's capture:

MARCH 1, 2003 : (KSM IS CAPTURED IN PAKISTAN-- AND WILL BE QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS SAFE HOUSE OPERATOR WHO IS ALSO CONNECTED TO PAKISTANI NUCLEAR SCIENTIST A Q KHAN) Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the No. 3 leader of al-Qaeda, who was captured in Pakistan on March 1, has been questioned extensively about his relationship with Osama bin Laden and the 9/11 hijackers. But his U.S. interrogators have also grilled him about another figure of much concern to Washington: Abdul Qadeer Khan, the maverick Pakistani scientist who has been called the father of the Islamic Bomb. U.S. intelligence, according to one official, has information that the al-Qaeda man and the nuclear scientist had connections with the same safe-house operator and may have crossed paths. They were "reported to be at the same place at approximately the same time," the official said. Under questioning, according to the source, Mohammed denied seeing Khan and downplayed any usefulness Khan may have had to al-Qaeda. Khan declined repeated requests from TIME to comment on the accusations. - "Al-Qaeda's Nuclear Contact?," by TIM BURGER AND TIM MCGIRK, Time , Monday, May. 19, 2003
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* KSM : Snake Sheikh's Rise and Fall, posted on 03/02/2003 6:08 AM EST by kattracks. 10 posted on 03/02/2003 5:23 AM PST by First_Salute
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* He is known to have travelled on forged passports to the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. ...If [KSM]... talks, he could provide fresh leads into terrorist operations in the Australian region, including the Bali bombings, and derail any planned attacks. "If he is offered total immunity he may talk, but if not then I don't think he'll spill the beans," said Professor Amin Saikal, head of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University. - "Then There Were Two: Al-Qaeda Planner Caught," by Christopher Kremmer, Sydney Morning Herald, News And Features; Pg. 1 , March 3, 2003 Monday

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If the third guy they captured in that raid was Saif al Adel then it gets even more interesting because he leads to Hezbollah and Iran. He may not be Adel - other articles say he was still loose in 2006. I haven't looked into him in such a long while his status is unknown to me:

Saif al Adel himself, the officials said, got help from the Iranian-backed Hezbollah after a suicide boat attack against the U.S. Navy destroyer The Sullivans went awry in Yemen in January 2000. Armed with new plastic explosives and a better bomb design, al-Qaida attacked the USS Cole in Yemen that October, killing 17 Americans.- "U.S. checking whether Saudi bombings were planned in Iran," By JOHN WALCOTT, Knight Ridder Newspapers via The Mercury News, Posted on Wed, May. 14, 2003, http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/5861884.htm

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it is very sad this is getting no news hype.

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That it is. Al-Marri’s a very interesting figure.