https://freerepublic.com/tag/binladenscook/ en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2004 00:47:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1181331/posts Pakistan says it has arrested a key suspect in the bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in 1998. He has been named as Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, an al-Qaeda militant who has a $5m American bounty on his head. Pakistan Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat said the Tanzanian was captured during a raid in a small town in central Pakistan on Sunday. Mr Ghailani was held with at least a dozen others after a shoot-out lasting several hours, the minister said. His Uzbek wife and two South African nationals were among those arrested with him, Mr Hayat added.... BBC News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1181331/posts#comment Fri, 30 Jul 2004 00:47:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1180071/posts Surrendered militants suspected to Omar's associates Islamabad, July 26. (PTI): Four al Qaeda militants, who surrendered along with their family members at Pakistan's Gujarat town, were suspected to be close associates of Taliban Chief Mullah Omar.Police yesterday raided a house in Gujarat town after a tip off that some foreigners resided there. The four men of Kenyan, Sudan, South African and Pakistani origin surrendered along with three women and six children. One of the surrendered woman was an Afghan. The arrested were suspected key Al Qaeda activists and some of the close associates of Mullah Omar, media reports here said... Hindunet https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1180071/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:20:58 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1184846/posts - 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... Scripps Howard News Service https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1184846/posts#comment Wed, 4 Aug 2004 15:13:05 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356234/posts Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has decided not to seek the death penalty against a former Guantánamo detainee who was ordered by President Obama to face trial in a civilian court in New York. Mr. Holder communicated the decision to federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Friday, and they in turn informed the federal judge who is presiding in the case. “You are authorized and directed not to seek the death penalty against Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani,” Mr. Holder wrote to Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Ghailani faces federal charges of conspiring... The New York Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356234/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:43:48 GMT