Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Al-Libbi to be Deported to US

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Pakistan has extracted all the information they've wanted from bin-Laden deputy Abu Faraj al-Libbi:

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan May 31, 2005 — Senior al-Qaida militant Abu Faraj al-Libbi will be handed over to the United States for prosecution, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Tuesday, ending speculation the military ruler would seek to try the Libyan-born terror suspect here for two assassination attempts.

"We are obviously going to deport him," Musharraf told a CNN conference in Atlanta, speaking via video hookup from Islamabad. "We don't want him in Pakistan," Musharraf said of al-Libbi.

He said al-Libbi, believed to be a close confidant of Osama bin Laden and described by U.S. officials as the terror network's No. 3 operative, did not provide any leads on bin Laden's whereabouts during his interrogation.


I'm sure he'll be well received at Gitmo.

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