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| Pakistan: Al Qaeda Suspect Is Cooperating | ||
| 2003-03-17 | ||
An Al Qaeda suspect nabbed during a recent raid in Lahore has started cooperating and is "giving some leads" to his Pakistani and American interrogators, a security official said Monday. Yassir al-Jaziri, allegedly in charge of communications for Usama bin Laden's terrorist network, was arrested on Saturday. Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed disclosed on Monday that a man believed to be al-Jaziri's brother-in-law is also in custody. "He was arrested the same day when al-Jaziri was caught," Ahmed said. A third man, an Afghan national named Gul Zeb, was arrested with al-Jaziri, but was regarded as less important.
Since being a Islamo-terror-nutbag seems to run in families, it's a good bet. The official said the brother-in-law was arrested based on information given to them by al-Jaziri. "He has started talking and is giving some leads to us, and on this basis we have arrested his close relative," said the security official. "Pakistani and U.S. security officials are interrogating him to find out how Al Qaeda is operating." "Ouch, put that down! I'll cooperate, just don't let him do that any more." Court documents describe al-Jaziri as an Algerian-Moroccan dual national responsible for Al Qaeda's business interests. Financial advisor, or did he run front companies?
Notice how everyone has messages from Binny, but no one has had a face-to-face with him? Investigators hope to learn more from al-Jaziri about where bin Laden and other top Al Qaeda leaders may be hiding in Afghanistan or Pakistan. Ahmed said al-Jaziri is being questioned by Pakistani and American interrogators at an undisclosed location within Pakistan. Ah, yes. The famous "undisclosed location". Al-Jaziri is not on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists, but he is believed to be an important second-tier operative in the Al Qaeda organization. His capture was made possible by information gleaned from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, who was arrested on March 1 from a home in an upscale neighborhood of Rawalpindi. Mohammed has also been talking to interrogators, U.S. and Pakistani officials have said. Al-Jaziri's name emerged in January. Prosecutor Sher Zaman said in Lahore that al-Jaziri was an Al Qaeda terrorist who had been in contact with Dr. Ahmad Javed Khawaja, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in the city, and eight family members who were arrested in December on charges of harboring Al Qaeda operatives. Two of Khawaja's sons, also doctors, and some other family members have since been released. But one of his brothers said Sunday that no one had questioned the family about al-Jaziri or his arrest. "We know nothing about al-Jaziri," said Ahmad Nadeem Khawaja, a younger brother of the doctor who was detained briefly and released last December. "And as for the allegation that we harbored him, it's a pack of lies." Lies, all lies! | ||
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Our Pakistan "ally" has now replaced common law rules-of-evidence with Sharia. Which means: rape becomes de facto legal; honor killings are de jure legal. Ergo: female and kaffir truth are now Islamic lies. http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2003-daily/17-03-2002/oped/o5.htm Nuclear diplomatic policy of the next government of Pakistan, after Musharaf and his "Legal Framework Order" are driven into exile, next month: http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2003-daily/17-03-2003/main/main14.htm |
| Posted by: Anonon 2003-03-17 16:47:20 |