"Malawi Deports Five Suspected Al Qaeda Members"
Fox News ^ | June 23, 2003 | Associated Press
Posted on 06/24/2003 12:56 PM PDT by Owl_Eagle
Malawi Deports Five Suspected Al Qaeda Members
Monday, June 23, 2003
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BLANTYRE, Malawi — Five men suspected of running charities that funneled money to Al Qaeda have been arrested in Malawi and were to be deported from the southern African nation, intelligence officials said Monday.
The men, all foreigners, were arrested Sunday night in the southern city of Blantyre in a joint operation involving the CIA and Malawi's National Intelligence Bureau, the intelligence officials said.
An attorney for the men, Shabir Latif, said the CIA plans to take custody of the men and transfer them to the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay (search), Cuba. The claim could not be immediately confirmed.
Richard Matiya, a senior immigration official, confirmed the arrests.
The intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the men ran charities that supplied money for Al Qaeda operations in Africa and elsewhere."
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