Another bin Laden aide in custody after raid

times online ^ | 9/16/02

[knak]

A SECOND senior aide of Osama bin Laden arrested during last week’s raid on al-Qaeda hideouts in Karachi is being interrogated by American investigators at a secret location in Pakistan.

The revelation came yesterday as the United States said that it was seeking the extradition of Ramzi bin al-Shibh, who was captured after a shoot-out last week.

The Pakistani authorities said that the arrest of the two senior al-Qaeda leaders and ten other foreign militants was the most serious blow so far to the al-Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden, which has been trying to regroup in Pakistan.

Pakistan has refused to identify the second al-Qaeda figure, but speculation is focused on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of bin Laden’s chief lieutenants, who was interviewed recently in Karachi along with bin al-Shibh by al-Jazeera, the Arab cable television station.

The authorities said that they were awaiting details about the man’s family origins before confirming his identity. Some other reports suggested that the man was a media adviser to bin Laden.

Pakistani authorities said that more arrests were expected based on information obtained from documents seized from the suspects. Several laptop computers and satellite telephones were seized from their hideouts.

“We have captured from bin al-Shibh addresses and other information about other members of al-Qaeda who had taken sanctuary in Karachi. The other raids were made on the basis of that information,” an intelligence source said.

Pakistani officials admitted that a number of Yemenis had been arrested. At least one Yemeni was allegedly involved in the murder of Daniel Pearl, an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal. A Yemeni is believed to have cut Mr Pearl’s throat. A senior police source said that a guard at the compound where Mr Pearl had been held identified the man as one of the two Yemenis who killed the journalist. He said that the second suspect could also be among those arrested.

Sheikh Ahmed Saeed Omar, a British-born Islamic militant, was sentenced to death earlier this year by an anti-terrorism court for his role in Mr Pearl’s kidnap and murder.

Bin al-Shibh and other al-Qaeda operatives remained under interrogation by Pakistani and US intelligence agencies, four days after they were captured in a shoot-out in a residential neighbourhood of Karachi. American authorities were primarily responsible for questioning them, but officials said that technically they remained in Pakistani custody.

The FBI believes that bin al-Shibh was to have been the twentieth hijacker in the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington but did not take part after he was denied entry into the United States. Bin al-Shibh has claimed to be the co-ordinator of the four simultaneous hijackings.

Moinuddin Haider, the Interior Minister, said that Pakistan was willing to extradite them to the United States, but he did not say when they would be flown out. Last night Germany dropped a request for the extradition of bin al-Shibh for his part in a Hamburg-based al-Qaeda cell that planned the September 11 attacks.

Though no public indictment has been issued against bin al-Shibh in the United States, he has been named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the case of Zacharias Moussaoui, the so-called twentieth hijacker, who was arrested before September 11.

[Arkinsaw]

He's makin a list, he's checkin it twice.

[Howlin]

Bush has a list, you know; keeps it right on his desk. Scott Pelley asked him if he makes them off when they are caught; Bush just smiled and said, "Well, maybe a little checkmark."

This is EXCELLENT.

[Dialup Llama]

Note how many times the word Yemeni appears in that article. Wonder what other addresses of Yemenis have been found?

[vbmoneyspender]

Larry Johnson was saying on Fox News this morning that if the Pakistanis have captured Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and turn him over to us, this is huge because this guy is the main operations planner for Al Qaeda.

[Dialup Llama]

>Pakistani officials admitted that a number of Yemenis had been arrested. At least one Yemeni was allegedly involved in the murder of Daniel Pearl, an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal. A Yemeni is believed to have cut Mr Pearl’s throat.

[rintense]

Exactly! The five YEMENIS in the US and now in Pakistan...

[Dog Gone]

They keep asking this guy his name and poking him with a cattle prod, but all he says is "Allahdammit."

[Jalapeno]

CONSPIRACY TO KILL NATIONALS OF THE UNITED STATES

 

KHALID SHAIKH MOHAMMED

 

Aliases:

Ashraf Refaat Nabith Henin, Khalid Adbul Wadood, Salem Ali, Fahd Bin Adballah Bin Khalid

DESCRIPTION

Dates of Birth Used:	April 14, 1965; March 1, 1964	Hair:	Black
Place of Birth:	Kuwait	Eyes:	Brown
Height:	Medium	Sex:	Male
Weight:	Slightly Overweight	Complexion:	Olive
Build:	Unknown
Language:	Unknown
Scars and Marks:	None known
Remarks:	Mohammed is known to wear either a full beard or a trimmed beard, or he may be clean shaven. He has been known to wear glasses.

CAUTION

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is wanted for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy plot, based in Manila, The Philippines, to bomb commercial United States airliners flying routes to the United States from Southeast Asia in January of 1995. He was indicted in the Southern District of New York in January of 1996.

REWARD

The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $25 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.

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[Dialup Llama]

We don't want him quite yet. As was explained by the Pakistani security agents who came to Gitmo for a friendly visit a few months back- They have effective methods of information extraction.

[vbmoneyspender]

Pakistan has refused to identify the second al-Qaeda figure, but speculation is focused on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of bin Laden's chief lieutenants, who was interviewed recently in Karachi along with bin al-Shibh by al-Jazeera, the Arab cable television station. We need to thank Al Jezeera for their unintended help on this if it turns out that both of these guys were captured cuz it sure seems like that Al Jezeera reporter may have had more on him that a reporter's notepad.

[finnman69]

How come Semenstain could never catch these guys in 8 years?

HMMMMMMMMM!

[Illbay]

Excellent, excellent, excellent.

BTW, do we have a problem with Pakistan vis a vis extradition, as we do with Europe and Mexico?

You know, where they won't extradite if there's even the slimmest chance the bad guy could get fried?

[Dog Gone]

Pakistan has been extraditing to us without even giving the suspects a hearing.

[Catspaw]

Although we don't have an extradition treaty with Pakistan, Pakistan turned over Ramzi Yousef to us. They'll turn them over to us when the time is right.

[Dialup Llama]

>They'll turn them over to us when the time is right.

The time is not yet right. There is normally an initial period of softening up which can only take place in Pakistan. Once the singing lessons have been completed, they audition with the FBI.

[GVnana]

Can hardly wait to find out who this guy is. Sure feels good to up the captured perp count.

[blam]

“We have captured from bin al-Shibh addresses and other information about other members of al-Qaeda who had taken sanctuary in Karachi. The other raids were made on the basis of that information,” an intelligence source said."

Expect more suprise arrests in the next few days. All these guys worldwide are afraid now and will have to be on the move, that means we'll be watching and we'll get them.

[The Great Satan]

Larry Johnson was saying on Fox News this morning that if the Pakistanis have captured Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and turn him over to us, this is huge because this guy is the main operations planner for Al Qaeda.

Huge would be an understatement. Khalid knows everything. Fingers crossed it's him.

[Rumierules]

Yes. He'd be a bigger catch than Abu Zubaydah.