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| Sudan gives the US al-Qaeda dossiers |
| 2005-06-20 |
| The Sudanese government is said to have turned over to the US a series of dossiers regarding the leaders of the al-Qaeda network, who lived in the African country until 1995, according to a leading Islamic terrorist expert interviewed by the pan-Arab daily, al Sharq al-Awsat. According to Hani al-Sebai, director of the London-based al-Maqrizi Institute for Historical Studies, the dossiers are the reason that the number two of al-Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahiri, attacked the Sudanese government for the first time, in his latest message broadcast by the al-Jazeera satellite television network last Friday. Al-Sebai said he had received information that Sudan had handed over to the US authorities dossiers on the al-Qaeda leadership, which contain photos of most of the leaders of the network and members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad members who lived in the Sudanese capital until 1995. Under pressure from the US and Saudi Arabia, Khartoum later expelled the al-Qaeda leaders residing in the east African country. Al-Sebai, a former Egyptian Jihad activist who spent time in a Cairo jail with Dr. Zawahiri, also confirmed that the Sudanese security services knew most of the fundamentalists who lived in Khartoum, even if they were living under false names and with false passports, following a deal reached with Islamic groups. It is for this reason, he argued, that in his video message the al-Qaeda number two, Egyptain doctor Ayman Al-Zaawahiri, attacked the Sudanese, Saudi Arabian and Egyptian governments. Bin Laden who lived in Khartoum from about 1991 until 1995. While under protection from the Sudanese government he is reported to have set up camps to train al-Qaeda members and opened multimillion-dollar businesses that funded and provided cover for al-Qaeda activities. Before expelling bin Laden, Sudan offered to arrest him and extradite him to Saudi Arabia. However, the Saudis, who stripped bin Laden of his citizenship in 1994, feared having him back in the country, even as a prisoner, rejected Khartoum's offer. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 Instead of dossiers, we could have had the Real Deal himself, if only Bubba hadn't treated the whole matter as a law enforcement issue.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-20 20:53 |
| #1 OK... we give you dossiers and now you stop all bad press OK? Darfur your eyes only. |
| Posted by: Flavins Flineque6690 2005-06-20 13:18 |