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| 2004-08-27 | |
| Captured Al Qaeda suspects have consistently named a Libyan, Abu Faraj Farj, as the man who gave them instructions for attacks, including two attempts to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf late last year, two senior intelligence officials said Thursday. The suspects also say they believe the Libyan is in direct contact with Bin Laden and his chief lieutenant, Ayman Zawahiri, said the intelligence sources, who spoke on condition that they not be named. Farj, also known as Abu Faraj Libbi and Dr. Taufeeq, also has been based in the Pushtun tribal areas of South Waziristan, on Pakistan's northwestern border with Afghanistan, the intelligence sources said. "According to our information, he's the "We feel he has been a mastermind, and a direct link between Al Qaeda and Pakistani elements, which are an extension of Al Qaeda, and which are responsible for the assassination attempts on President Musharraf," he said. It is possible that Farj "may have slipped out of this region altogether, or he may have gone deep underground," one of the officials added.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |