Pakistan Arrests Top Al Qaeda Member Al-Jaziri

Yahoo ^ | 3/15/2003 | Reuters

[Ol' Sox]

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities said they had arrested a leading al Qaeda member, Moroccan national Yasir al-Jaziri, in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday.

The arrest comes two weeks after the capture of another senior al Qaeda figure, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in the northern city of Rawalpindi.

Mohammed is suspected of being a leading figure behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and authorities have said his arrest brought useful leads in their efforts to track down al Qaeda members including the group's leader, Osama bin Laden (news - web sites).

"He (al-Jaziri) is less important than Khalid Sheikh Mohammed but he is quite an important person," Secretary of the Interior Ministry Tasneem Noorani told Reuters.

"This is the biggest catch since Khalid Sheikh Mohammed," an intelligence source said, adding a second man, an Afghan called Gulzeb, alias Jaffar, had also been captured.

Noorani said al-Jaziri had been picked up in the smart Gulberg suburb of Lahore on Saturday evening.

The intelligence source told Reuters the arrest had been made by four Pakistani security personnel accompanied by two "white men," and said al-Jaziri had been tracked down thanks to information received from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

He said a laptop computer and some CDs had been recovered in the raid.

The FBI (news - web sites) is helping Pakistan track down al Qaeda members who may be hiding in the country, but Pakistani authorities deny FBI agents actually take part in raids.

The Senior Superintendent of Police in Lahore said his men had not taken part in the operation.

"I didn't even know an arrest had been made, and I still don't know who has been arrested or why," Aftab Cheema told Reuters.

[Ol' Sox]

Got another one. Huzzah!

[billorites]

It's all meaningless until we count every vote.

I mean, nab Osama.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

IMHO this ought to be in Breaking News, but however you call it is fine by me.

[Dog Gone]

"I didn't even know an arrest had been made, and I still don't know who has been arrested or why," Aftab Cheema told Reuters.

Maybe there's a reason he's not in the loop.

[jwalsh07]

The intelligence source told Reuters the arrest had been made by four Pakistani security personnel accompanied by two "white men," and said al-Jaziri had been tracked down thanks to information received from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

:-} KSH must be singing like a stuck canary.

[KansasCanadian]

Wasn't Sheik Mohammad also taken into custody on a Saturday. The Pakistani authorities must like the OT pay on the weekend

[Catspaw]

He said a laptop computer and some CDs had been recovered in the raid.

Oh, goodie! I bet someone's going to be having some fun going through his laptop.

And another one caught in an upscale neighborhood? Wasn't KSM also caught in an upscale neighborhood in Islamabad?

[Dog]

Found him....!!!

Here!

Among the Al Qaeda members that the family had contacts with were Abu Yasir al-Jaziri, Sheikh Said al-Misri and Abu Faraj, Zaman said.

Al-Jaziri is described in the court documents as an Algerian Moroccan dual national responsible for Al Qaeda's business interests; al-Misri is an Egyptian alleged in the documents to be Al Qaeda's financial chief; and Abu Faraj is described as head of Al Qaeda's North African network and a deputy to Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

He is also named in an Executive Order President Bush signed...if anyone wants to read it let me know I'll go get it..

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks!

May the Versed Iv and Morphine be flowing freely in his veins.

May his mouth be anwering all questions.

Then we can see more arrests of the heads of al Queerdo!

[nicmarlo]

Thanks for the ping.....need to get offline for awhile....

[Grampa Dave]

Posting that executive order might be nice, we can email it to Da$$hole and the Hildebea$t with the arrest reports. Tell them that all who received money from these Islamofacists will be arrested someday.

[mhking]

Rack 'em & stack 'em!

[Desron13]

Before 9-11, I, as most Americans, had very little incentive to concern myself with "Muslim Affairs". Since then, and after reading extensively just what most Muslims believe, I have come to the conclusion that the Muslim community overall was better off for that lack of scrutiny. What I have learned from looking at their professed beliefs is that no true believing Muslim can ever be the friend of a "Non-Believer". It's in the Koran. Check it out for yourself. Muslims do not have the freedom to change their religion without fear of a death penalty being levied against them. This is the very definition of ternary. No religion can claim legitimacy when it's members are coerced under penalty of death to practice it.

[Dog]

OK Grampa....let me go get it..

[Samurai_Jack]

ternary

\Ter"na*ry\, a. [L. ternarius, fr. terni. See Tern, a.] 1. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.

2. (Chem.) Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.

I was following you up to that point.

[Dog]

Here is Executive Order 13224..

Here!

Scroll down the page until you get to Names of those Designated on 1-9-02 he is listed under the name Abu Bakr Jaziri..

[Angelus Errare]

Does Abu Faraj = Abu Leith al-Liby or Hamid Saadaoui?

They're al-Qaeda's attaches to the GIA and GSPC in Algeria. If they were arrested it would severely diminish al-Qaeda's ability to coordinate with their affiliates in North Africa.

[Mark17]

Rack 'em & stack 'em!

If I am not mistaken, that was said by former US Senator Fred Thompson, in one of the Die Hard movies. Am I correct? If that is correct, in the movie, he was playing an air traffic controller, which is what I did for 20 years.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks the next time the B$tch Boxer opens up her traitor mouth about GW not going after the terrorists, I will snail mail this to her.