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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was in U.S. custody and has been taken out of Pakistan for interrogation following his capture over the weekend, a U.S. official said on Monday. There have been some conflicting reports over whether Mohammed was still in Pakistan and being questioned by Pakistani as well as U.S. authorities. A U.S. official told Reuters that Pakistan had handed Mohammed over to U.S. authorities and that he was solely in U.S. custody and had been taken out of Pakistan to an undisclosed location for questioning. Analysts have described Mohammed as a pivotal figure...

Hunt for captured al-Qaida fugitive started with narrow escape in southwestern Pakistan RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - The stunning arrest of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed by Pakistani intelligence and CIA agents began with a near miss last month in a dusty border town and became a feverish chase fueled by communications intercepts and suspects' interrogations, security officials said Sunday. Mohammed, an unidentified man of Middle Eastern origin and Pakistani Ahmed Abdul Qadus were arrested early Saturday in Rawalpindi, a bustling city adjacent to the capital. Mohammed and the unidentified man were handed over to U.S. authorities and spirited...