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U.S. to Interrogate Al-Qaida Chief
I love that headline. What'd they think we were gonna do with him? Invite him to tea?U.S. counterterrorism authorities hope their interrogation of the newly captured chief of al-Qaida's Persian Gulf operations, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, will shed light on terror plots still in the works, officials said. Y'might say that... Al-Nashiri, a Saudi, was captured earlier this month in an undisclosed foreign country and is now in U.S. custody, U.S. officials said Thursday, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Oh, he's a Soddy? Wotta surprise... A close associate of Osama bin Laden, al-Nashiri is a suspected mastermind of the USS Cole bombing in October 2000. After his capture, he was held briefly in Afghanistan before being flown to an undisclosed location, sources said. The "undisclosed location" is populated by large men with moustachios and truncheons. It's a land of exotic beauty — postcards often show the silohuettes of camels in the setting sun, with giggle juice wells in the background, busily pumping... Officials declined to comment on the circumstances or location of his capture. He had last been reported in Yemen. And it could well be there that he was captured... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-11-22 |
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