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- Ahmed Khalifan Ghailani, a/k/a "Foopie," is a diminutive Tanzanian with an Uzbeki wife, six children and a deep hatred of America and Western culture in general. A devout Muslim who plays a mean game of soccer but never learned to drive a car, Ghailani is also believed to be a key al Qaeda player who U.S. agents think is involved in a percolating terror plot aimed at disrupting America's upcoming elections. He had a $25 million price on his head as the FBI's No. 7 most-wanted terrorist - the same amount as the bounty for the capture of Osama...

Al-Qaeda ace may have been arrested in UK By Peter Fray, Herald Correspondent in London, and agencies August 6, 2004 British authorities are believed to have foiled a well-developed plot to bomb Heathrow Airport by one of al-Qaeda's most senior operatives in Europe. The agent, known as Abu Eisa al Hindi, is believed to be among 13 men arrested by anti-terrorism police in Britain this week. Twelve of the men, aged 19 to 32, are still being questioned by Scotland Yard detectives on suspicion of being involved in the "preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism". Police have declined to...

Al Qaeda Arrest In June Opened Valuable Leads By Kamran Khan Special to The Washington Post Tuesday, August 3, 2004; Page A01 KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug. 2 -- The arrest of a senior al Qaeda operative in June and his subsequent interrogation enabled U.S. and Pakistani intelligence agents to gather documents, e-mail addresses and cell-phone text messages that suggested al Qaeda planned to strike targets in New York and Washington, according to Pakistani intelligence officials. The al Qaeda operative, Musaad Aruchi, was arrested here on June 12 by Pakistani paramilitary forces in an operation supervised by the CIA, officials said. According...

Pakistan Arrests Al Qaeda Suspect, Eight Militants Sun Jun 13, 2004 01:16 PM ET ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan arrested an al Qaeda suspect with a $1 million reward on his head and eight other militants suspected of ambushing Karachi's military commander last week, the information minister said on Sunday. Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told Reuters that an Arab national, an important member of the al Qaeda network, had been arrested. He was identified as Musaad Aruchi."The al Qaeda person is the nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed," the minister said.Khalid was the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks...