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Posted on 12/09/2003 8:38:31 PM PST by nuconvert
Iran gives names of al-Qaeda captives to UN
Financial Times By Mark Huband, Security Correspondent, in London Published: October 25 2003 5:00 |
Iran has for the first time revealed the names and number of alleged members of the al-Qaeda terrorist network that it is holding, after giving a list of 240 names to the United Nations Security Council, a senior Iranian official revealed yesterday.
The list was given to the Security Council's al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee on Wednesday, a UN spokeswoman confirmed yesterday.
Iran has been accused by US officials of harbouring al-Qaeda members and allowing them to operate from Iran. This has been denied by Tehran, which aims to prosecute some of those it is holding on charges of planning terrorist attacks inside Iran.
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