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Afghanistan/South Asia
Senior Al Qaeda Leader's Notebook Seized
2005-05-07
U.S. officials are working feverishly to decipher numbers and apparent codes in a notebook retrieved from suspected al Qaeda leader Abu Faraj al-Libbi, ABC News has learned. Al-Libbi -- believed to be third in command of al Qaeda leader after Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri -- was arrested by Pakistani authorities on Monday. He is suspected of leading two failed assassination attempts on the life of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.

Sources said officials believe al-Libbi's seized notebook contains "hot" contact information. They said officials are hopeful the notebook contains useful information because al-Libbi was stunned when he was captured. One senior official described al-Libbi as "shocked" and enraged. "He thought he was invincible," the source said. "He was caught with his pants down. This was not the time and place of his choosing." Al-Libbi was trying to destroy the notebook when he was apprehended, multiple sources said.
Posted by:Fred

#18  Scrawled on the cover:

Faraj loves Osama

Mrs. Faraj bin Laden
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2005-05-07 23:58  

#17  Just another pinto with big-assed lips...
Posted by: Fred   2005-05-07 22:51  

#16  with a bit of pavarotti thrown in

Depends on whether or not he's singing.
Posted by: Captain America   2005-05-07 22:30  

#15  Didn't he play 'third alien' in an episode of Star Trek.
Posted by: DMFD   2005-05-07 18:10  

#14  Pak ISI warning their compadres?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-05-07 17:27  

#13  If we really seized a notebook that is this valuable, why are we letting this info out? The capture and decoding of the Enigma in WW2 was so effective for the fact that is was kept secret. Someone screwed up realeasing this info IMO.
Posted by: Charles   2005-05-07 17:12  

#12  prolly a Richard Reid shoe bomb to destro the notebook....doesn't light well with shaking wet hands
Posted by: Frank G   2005-05-07 16:35  

#11  or some matches...
Posted by: Shistos Shistadogloo   2005-05-07 16:20  

#10  ." Al-Libbi was trying to destroy the notebook when he was apprehended, multiple sources said.

Al Qaeda No3 can't destroy a notebook.....mmm TNT springs to mind.
Posted by: Shistos Shistadogloo   2005-05-07 16:16  

#9  Could be.
Posted by: Spemble667 Across the Street   2005-05-07 15:05  

#8  B-a-R - the mark of the Beast?
Posted by: Hupiting Crereng3731   2005-05-07 14:59  

#7  What's up with that pink skin?
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-05-07 14:18  

#6  Paul Begala...yeah....except better looking.
Posted by: anymouse   2005-05-07 14:11  

#5  same lightbulb forehead, beady eyes...yep, Begalaoid
Posted by: Frank G   2005-05-07 11:15  

#4  Or Johnny Mathis... The Tracks of my Tears...
Posted by: .com   2005-05-07 10:58  

#3  ooohh and i bet he's singing like pavorotti too :p
Posted by: MacNails   2005-05-07 10:40  

#2  reminds me of a cross between hitler and saddam , with a bit of pavarotti thrown in .
Posted by: MacNails   2005-05-07 10:26  

#1  Does this guy look like Paul Begala or am I imaging that?
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2005-05-07 10:23  

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