Al Qaeda Kingpin Had British Cell
Charles Johnson
Thu May 5, 2005 at 7:20 pm PDT • Views: 265
According to the London Times, the Al Qaeda kingpin caught recently in Pakistan had a network of terror operatives in Britain. (Hat tip: Havoc.)
AL-QAEDA’S third-in-command, being interrogated after his capture in Pakistan, was in close contact with ten militants working for him in Britain, according to investigators.
So far Abu Farj al-Libbi has refused to reveal the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and his key accomplices. His British cell is said to include a radical cleric and a terror suspect awaiting trial but the eight other men are still at large.
Their role was allegedly to carry cash around the world for the network using a number of aliases. Counter-terror officials are not certain of the identity of the eight suspects, who are said to be of Pakistani and North African origin. British officials hope that they will eventually be allowed to question al-Libbi.
Officials say that one of al-Libbi’s couriers unwittingly led the CIA and Pakistani security officials to the Libyan-born mastermind in a town close to the Afghan border. He and four close aides were hiding at a shrine on a hilltop outside Mardan, near Peshawar.
Witnesses described yesterday how armed undercover agents in burkas ambushed al-Libbi on Monday as he rode pillion on a motorcycle through a graveyard. Al-Libbi, who was disguised as a woman, shot at his pursuers.
So the agents who caught him were disguised in burqas, which we knew, but al-Libbi himself was also clad in transsexual clothing.
Well.
Frank says: