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Nasar confirmed captured? |
2005-11-04 |
A key figure in al-Qaidaâs terror network in Europe is under arrest, U.S. counterterrorism officials tell NBC News. Two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, say that the alleged terrorist, Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, also known as Abu Musab al-Suri, was recently arrested in Pakistan. Pakistani government officials Nasar is an expert in explosives and chemicals who trained recruits at al-Qaida terror camps in Afghanistan before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, according to counterterror officials and Nasar's wanted poster on the State Department's Rewards for Justice Web site. Nasar was born in Syria but is married to a Spanish woman and has Spanish nationality. He has traveled extensively in Europe and has militant connections in Europe, Pakistan and elsewhere, and security experts believe his arrest could prove to be an intelligence bonanza for the CIA and other U.S. and European counterterrorism agencies. Nasar is known inside the US intelligence world as the âpen jihadistâ, a prolific writer whose communiques carry great weight in the militant underworld. He has written extensively on the Internet of his desire to use chemical or biological weapons against the United States, an effort he has described as âdirty bombs for a dirty nation." Last year, the U.S. government announced a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Nasar. In September 2003, Nasar was among 35 people named in an indictment handed down by a Spanish magistrate for terrorist activities connected to al-Qaida. Nasar's name has been linked in the press to the July 7 terror bombings in London and to the deadly Madrid bombings in 2004, but US intelligence officials say they are not clear what role, if any, Nasar played in those attacks. The Associated Press reported Thursday morning that a man believed to be Nasar was captured in a raid this week in Quetta, the capital of Pakistanâs southwestern Baluchistan province. A second suspect, identified as Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Pakistani Islamic militant group allegedly linked to al-Qaida, also was arrested and a third suspect, a Saudi named Shaikh Ali Mohammed al-Salim, were shot and killed during the raid, AP reported. But U.S. counterterrorism officials tell NBC News that Nasar was arrested prior to the Quetta raid, and say it is unclear if the Quetta arrests are even connected at all to Nasar's arrest. Nasar's wanted poster on the Rewards for Justice Web site reports: "Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, also known as Abu Musab al-Suri, is an al-Qaida member and former trainer at the Derunta and al-Ghuraba terrorist camps in Afghanistan. Born in Aleppo, Syria in 1958, Nasar was a member of the radical Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. He fled Syria in the 1980s and traveled widely throughout the Middle East and North Africa, before associating with the Algerian Islamic Group. He settled in Madrid in 1987 and gained Spanish citizenship through marriage. |
Posted by:Dan Darling |
#5 When we say we have him in custody I will believe it. Not until then. |
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-11-04 23:50 |
#4 GS: kill him as painfully as possible. Too much work. How would you hire people to do this kind of work? Would you bother torturing roaches? Just weigh him down with concrete overshoes and drop him in the ocean. Instant squid food. Eliminate him and move on to the next guy. |
Posted by: Elmenter Snineque1852 2005-11-04 21:26 |
#3 Grill him for all he's worth then kill him as painfully as possible. Before he dies though, let him know that his body will be greased with pig fat and fed to a pack of dogs. No virgins for that scumbag POS |
Posted by: mac 2005-11-04 18:28 |
#2 He's even been seen in Venezuela! http://www.canf.org/2005/1es/noticias-de-Cuba/2005-sep-30-importantes-declaraciones.htm |
Posted by: SwissTex 2005-11-04 17:55 |
#1 How long do you think we have had him in custody? |
Posted by: Grins Sluper5274 2005-11-04 16:58 |