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Pakistan Nabs al-Qaida Money Leader's Aide
A Yemeni national arrested this week during a routine security check at a roadblock in eastern Pakistan is believed to be an aide of captured al-Qaida financial manager Abu Zubaydah. The man, identified only as Abu Saleh, was arrested Monday along with a fellow Yemeni and a Pakistani in Faisalabad when police stopped their car at a checkpoint as they left the city. Abu Saleh worked closely with Abu Zubaydah, a senior lieutenant of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden who was captured in March 2002 in Faisalabad. The Pakistani arrested at the checkpoint, identified as Mohammed Javed, disclosed Saleh's name and said he was linked with Zubaydah. The second Yemeni was identified as Adnan, alias Hasanat. Javed has ties with the outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Javed, an expert in assembling bombs, met the Yemenis in Afghanistan during the U.S.-led coalition war against the Taliban in 2001, the official said. Police found two Kalashnikov rifles in a Faisalabad house where the three suspects lived.Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-10-23 |
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