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US authorities fly suspected Laden`s aide out of Pak
Peshawar, July 14: A suspected longtime aide to Osama bin Laden has been handed over to American authorities and flown out of Pakistan, a Pakistani official said today.
Peshawar, July 14: A suspected longtime aide to Osama bin Laden has been handed over to American authorities and flown out of Pakistan, a Pakistani official said today.
Adil al-Jazeeri was blindfolded with his hands tied behind his back while he was taken to an American plane in Peshawar late last night in Peshawar, the intelligence official said on the condition of anonymity.
The official said he believed the al-Qaeda suspect was flown to Bagram, an American forces base in neighbouring Afghanistan. Pakistan officials believe al-Jazeeri, arrested in Pakistan last month, is a ranking member of bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network.
``He was interrogated here. He is among the important people of al-Qaida. Useful information can be obtained from him during further investigation,'' the official said.
Al-Jazeeri, an Algerian national, was arrested in the upscale residential district of Hayatabad in Peshawar, which borders Afghanistan. Another al-Qaida suspect, Abu Naseem of Tunisia, was also arrested near Peshawar the same day al-Jazeeri was caught.
Neither al-Jazeeri nor Abu Naseem appear on the American FBI's most wanted terrorists list.
Nearly 500 al-Qaida suspects have been arrested in Pakistan and most of them have been handed over to the United States.
Pakistan is a key US ally in the war against terrorism.
Bureau Report
The official said he believed the al-Qaeda suspect was flown to Bagram, an American forces base in neighbouring Afghanistan. Pakistan officials believe al-Jazeeri, arrested in Pakistan last month, is a ranking member of bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network.
``He was interrogated here. He is among the important people of al-Qaida. Useful information can be obtained from him during further investigation,'' the official said.
Al-Jazeeri, an Algerian national, was arrested in the upscale residential district of Hayatabad in Peshawar, which borders Afghanistan. Another al-Qaida suspect, Abu Naseem of Tunisia, was also arrested near Peshawar the same day al-Jazeeri was caught.
Neither al-Jazeeri nor Abu Naseem appear on the American FBI's most wanted terrorists list.
Nearly 500 al-Qaida suspects have been arrested in Pakistan and most of them have been handed over to the United States.
Pakistan is a key US ally in the war against terrorism.
Bureau Report