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Al-Qaeda Top Computer Expert Arrested
Pakistani law enforcement officers arrested Friday, May 16, a group of alleged terrorists from southern city of Hyderabad on charges of links with Al-Qaeda, including its top computer expert who allegedly worked closely with Osama bin Laden. Safwan Ul Hasham was taken into custody from a Karachi-bound passenger bus near Hyderabad, a police spokesman told reporters. Later police raided an apartment in a nearby locality and recovered compact disks and other computer-related material and arrested ten companions of Hasham. Some of the arrested were said to be Arabs. Police sources said the confiscated material had undated video images of bin Laden. âIt appeared that Hasham was preparing a local language version of Osamaâs lectures to distribute among the followersâ a senior police officer told IslamOnline.net over the phone from Hyderabad. Hasham, a Saudi, was known to be Al-Qaedaâs top computer expert and was also in charge of intra organizational communications.
Posted by: Paul Moloney 2003-05-17 |
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