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Posted on 08/20/2004 6:24:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Libyan now believed responsible for U.S., & U.K. terrorist plans
Pakistani officials are seeking a man they and U.S. officials believe has taken over responsibility for planning al-Qaida attacks on the United States. They say he is the new No. 3 man in the terrorist network and may know the general whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri — al-Qaida's No. 2 man.
Abu Faraj al Libi, a Libyan citizen who has long worked with bin Laden, is believed to have taken over the No. 3 job with the capture of his mentor, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, in March 2003, a senior U.S. official told NBC News. Like all of the officials interviewed for this story, the official spoke on condition of anonymity.
As Mohammed's top deputy, Abu Faraj is believed to have played a role in organizing the 9/11 attacks.
Today, he is believed to be in charge of all al-Qaida's U.S. and United Kingdom operations, including any current plots. Abu Faraj is also believed to know at least the general whereabouts of bin Laden and al Zawahiri, and to be the mastermind of the Dec. 14 and 25 assassination attempts against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
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We nabbed bin Laden's chef; hasn't al Qaeda collapsed yet?
Keep track of all your favorites with the Terrorist Scorecard.
Interestingly, MSMBC quotes someone as saying this guy is "unfamiliar with the west".
Note his photo in the top, upper right. He looks the most western of them all.
If he's caught. Do we get to take his head to a taxidermist and get it mounted?
There doesn't seem to be much job security in being Osama's number 3 man.
You could apply that right on down the line!
Not that they are my "favorites" it's just I can't keep up with who the heck is who. I never can figure out who we are looking for and who we've got. Well, except for Saddam and bin Laden.
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