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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was in U.S. custody and has been taken out of Pakistan for interrogation following his capture over the weekend, a U.S. official said on Monday. There have been some conflicting reports over whether Mohammed was still in Pakistan and being questioned by Pakistani as well as U.S. authorities. A U.S. official told Reuters that Pakistan had handed Mohammed over to U.S. authorities and that he was solely in U.S. custody and had been taken out of Pakistan to an undisclosed location for questioning. Analysts have described Mohammed as a pivotal figure...

Hunt for captured al-Qaida fugitive started with narrow escape in southwestern Pakistan RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - The stunning arrest of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed by Pakistani intelligence and CIA agents began with a near miss last month in a dusty border town and became a feverish chase fueled by communications intercepts and suspects' interrogations, security officials said Sunday. Mohammed, an unidentified man of Middle Eastern origin and Pakistani Ahmed Abdul Qadus were arrested early Saturday in Rawalpindi, a bustling city adjacent to the capital. Mohammed and the unidentified man were handed over to U.S. authorities and spirited...

<p>Khalid Shaikh Mohammed shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan on Saturday.</p>

Copyright 2002 by Patrick B. Briley Witnesses saw a black man at very close range (within several feet) with a group of two other John Does who visited at the Travelers Aid on April 18, 1995 the day before the OKC bombing. The Travelers Aid is one block west of the Murrah building. The men were also observed driving McVeigh’s yellow Mercury Marquee which had been parked across the street from the Travelers Aid. The other two John Does who were Caucasians have been identified by name from photographs and sketches. This was reported to the Attorney General John Ashcroft...

ACCUSED September 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was carrying the names and phone numbers of members of al-Qaeda sleeper cells in North America when he was arrested, intelligence officials have said. His detention in Pakistan could disrupt acts of terror in the planning stages, authorities in Washington said. Vincent Cannistraro, a former counter-terrorism chief for the CIA, said Mohammed would likely be interrogated "with some urgency" about al-Qaeda attacks that might be imminent. Western intelligence officials have said Mohammed actively recruited terrorists for a new wave of attacks against Americans at home and abroad. He is also alleged to have...

Sept 11 suspect 'gives up cell members' March 02 2003 at 08:40PM Washington - When captured in Pakistan on Saturday, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was carrying the names and phone numbers of members of al-Qaeda sleeper cells in North America, according to intelligence officials. His arrest could disrupt acts of terror in the planning stages, authorities said. Vincent Cannistraro, a former counter terrorism chief for the CIA, said Mohammed likely would be interrogated "with some urgency" about al-Qaeda attacks that might be imminent. Western intelligence officials said Mohammed actively recruited terrorists for a new wave of attacks against Americans at home...

<p>RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — The stunning arrest of reputed September 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed by Pakistani intelligence and CIA agents began with a near miss last month in a dusty border town and became a feverish chase fueled by communications intercepts and suspects' interrogations.</p>