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Terror Networks
Sudan nabs al-Qaeda Big
2002-03-16
  • A man named by President Bush as one of the 22 most dangerous in the world has been captured in Sudan. Abu Anas Al-Liby, described as a senior al Qaeda thug, was being held at a high-security prison in Khartoum.

    Abu Anas was accused of plotting the 1998 American embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. "He is one of nine militants seized in Khartoum and now being handed over to U.S. authorities," the Sunday Times quoted a source close to the CIA as saying. The newspaper said that in the days after the September 11 attacks on the United States, between 30 and 40 al Qaeda members were secretly rounded up in Sudan and flown to Egypt. A further 10 were arrested last month, including Abu Anas.

    The suspect lived in Manchester, northern England, before fleeing Britain two years ago as an arrest warrant was issued for him by the United States, the paper said.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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