Top AlQaeda Operative busted
The US Defence Department has taken one of al Qaeda's most senior and most experienced operatives into custody. The suspect has been named as Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said. He was handed over to the the Pentagon by the CIA, Whitman said. Whitman said the suspect was responsible for plotting cross-border attacks from Pakistan on US forces in Afghanistan. He is being held in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Apologies if old news - been away for a week.
Posted by: Howard UK 2007-04-27 |