Intelligence that helped crack the ink bomb plot may have come from a leading member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who turned himself in, accordning to American sources. Jabir Jubran al-Fayfi surrendered to Saudi authorities last month, and he is believed to have “changed sides” at least twice.
| Because it's necessary to reveal such things, lest others be tempted to help us in the future... or because Saudi Arabia wants him killed. |
One of the Afghan Arabs with Al Qaeda before 9/11, he fled via Tora Bora to Pakistan, which naturally sold him to the Americans and sent to Guantanamo Bay. By 2006 he'd tired of the lazy life, and was sent home to Saudi Arabia, where he graduated from their de-radicalization program. Not long thereafter, he fled to Yemen and Al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula. Only two weeks ago he contacted the Saudis to surrender and return home again.` |