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  • United Arab Emirates hands over major Al Qaida leader to U.S.

    12/26/2002 11:09:17 PM PST · by JohnHuang2 · 3 replies · 238+ views
    WorldTribune via WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, December 27, 2002
    ABU DHABI ? The United Arab Emirates has officially acknowledged that it captured a major Al Qaida leader and transferred him to U.S. custody. Al Nashiri, 36, was one of the leading fugitives in the Al Qaida network. He is believed to have directed or participated in the suicide attack on a French oil tanker off the Yemeni coast in October, the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 and the bombing of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Officials said Abu Dhabi relayed Abdul Rahim Al Nashiri to U.S. authorities last month, Middle East...