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| Confusion about identity of Al-Shibah mars the hype for his arrest |
| 2002-09-17 |
| The much trumpeted arrest of an Al-Qaeda leader in Karachi last week turned out to be hoax conceived by the military regime of General Pervez Musharraf to get good media coverage in the US media during the General’s visit to United States. You wish...! It is surprising that the top intelligence agencies of Pakistan and United States were still unable to confirm the identity of the person which they suspect is Ramzi bin al-Shibah – the person who had allegedly masterminded the September 11 terror attacks in New York and Washington. Unable to confirm it only to the satisfaction of the jihadi press, which still doesn't admit, usually, that Binny was behind 9-11... Some mujahideen sources had denied the arrest of Ramzi Bin Al-Shibah soon after the US media started trumpeting the arrest in Karachi. They said that Ramzi was safe and sound and was not living at the apartment where the extra-smart officials of ISI had raided to get alms from FBI and CIA. "Nope. Somebody else. And all those dead guys? They're still alive. That was somebody else, too..." Later, a spokesman of the foreign office also confirmed that it was not hundred percent certain that the person arrested from Karachi was Ramzi bin Al-Shibah. He however said that according to the intelligence available about the suspects, the arrested person was known as Ramzi Al-Shibah. "It's not one hundred percent certain, but that's the name on his birth certificate. But he's an Arab, so that's prob'ly forged..." The family of Ramzi has also rejected the notion that the photograph published by the newspapers was of Ramzi Bin Al-Shibah. His brother said that there was no resemblance in the photograph and his brother. He also stated that the family has learned through credible sources that Ramzi is safe and he was not among those who were arrested in Karachi. I think this is the process they call "denial"... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |