Pakistani's family shocked by Al Qaeda arrest

ABC News ^ | Sunday, March 2, 2003. | Unknown

[Pro-Bush]

Some analysts questioned whether Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had actually been arrested on Saturday and speculated he may have been held for some time.

"I think he was arrested several months ago in the shootout in Karachi," one expert on Pakistan who declined to be identified said, referring to a gunbattle in September in the southern port city that netted another Al Qaeda figure, Ahmed Omar Abdel Rahman, known as Binalshibh.

"My brother was the only man in the house when the raid took place," his sister Qudsia Khanum said.

"He was taken away while his wife and kids were herded into a room and locked in.

"They didn't even know when they took him... or where.

"My brother has never been involved in any bad things.

"Actually, he's a bit slow, he's not very clever, so I can't even begin to imagine that he could be involved with any terrorist organisation.

"He does not have any links with any terrorist organisation.

"They're saying such strange things about him in the press.

[Pro-Bush]

Open Question: Did we get Khalid Sheikh Mohammed months ago?

[ConservativeMan55]

Pakistan has had the guy for a couple months. They didn't mention it to us though. They were busy collecting info from him.

[thepitts]

Strange.

[ConservativeMan55]

Who wears a white shirt so thin in the middle of winter??? Especially not a fat guy like that!

[honway]

http://www.saag.org/papers6/paper520.html

South Asia Analysis Group

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi bin Alshibh along with eight others were nabbed in Karachi on September 11, 2002. Only a week earlier, speaking from a hideout for an interview to Al Jazeera television network, the duo had boasted that they had planned the attacks in New York and Washington. It was also reported in the interview that Al Qaeda had planned to strike American nuclear plants, but fearing it would go out of control they dropped the idea.

[honway]

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

[Arkinsaw]

Who wears a white shirt so thin in the middle of winter??? Especially not a fat guy like that!

They were saying that they woke him up with the raid. Its probably his nightshirt.

[homeagain balkansvet]

Pakistani's family shocked by Al Qaeda arrest

Translation:

Pakistani's family shocked, shocked by Al Qaeda arrest

[BOBWADE]

They should let the IDF have a crack at interogating him first. They seem to be pretty good at gaining cooperation from their prisoners. ;^)

[honway]

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

[BOBWADE]

They should let the IDF have a crack at interogating him first. They seem to be pretty good at gaining cooperation from their prisoners. ;^)

[The Great Satan]

Did we get Khalid Sheikh Mohammed months ago?

I wondered about that after I heard of the arrest, and it is intriguing that that is now being raised as possibility. The government knows some stuff about KSM that they are no particular hurry to tell the rest of us. That has been evident for some time. It would make a lot of sense for them to only release the news of his arrest at a time of their own chosing, to be coordinated with the wider operational plan. So, in a nutshell, it wouldn't surprise me a bit.

[honway]

fyi

[honway]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/792592/posts

Moussaoui Linked to 9/11 Mastermind

[Pro-Bush]

Thanks for posting the link that backs up ABC's assertion.

[The Great Satan]

It would be interesting if the timing of this is connected to the end-game in the UN.

[honway]

[honway]

Are the photos in reply #17 pictures of the same man?

[patriciaruth]

In the first picture he looks like a repressed nerd, and in the second one he looks like a depressed t***.

That could be "thug."

[MJY1288]

"Open Question: Did we get Khalid Sheikh Mohammed months ago?"

Let me get my tinfoil on and I'll get back to ya :-)