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| Brits nab al-Qaeda mouthpiece |
| 2001-10-24 |
British police have arrested Yasser al-Sirri, described as "the mouthpiece of al Qaeda in Britain," the Times of London reports. Al-Sirri, who now runs an outfit called the Islamic Observation Centre, was convicted in Egypt and sentenced to death for a bomb attack that killed a 12-year-old girl, but he fled to Britain and has been seeking asylum. "He denies any involvement with any terrorist groups and describes himself as a journalist with good contacts in Afghanistan," the Times reports. "But his IOC website, which is decorated with missiles and dripping blood, carried the latest threat from one of bin Laden's closest aides, Muhammad Atef, who is al-Qaeda's military commander and is believed to be in hiding with his leader in the Afghan mountains." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |