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Pakistan Hands Over al-Qaida Suspect to US
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Islamabad alleges Abu Farraj al-Libbi was mastermind of two attempts
on life of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf





Pakistan's Interior Ministry, shows senior al-Qaida suspect Abu Faraj
al-Libbi on May 4, 2005 in Islamabad, PakistanPakistan says it has
handed over to the United States senior al-Qaida operative Abu Farraj
al-Libbi, who was arrested in Pakistan last month.

In remarks published in the Arab newspaper al-Ittihad Monday,
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said the man was recently handed
over to U.S. authorities.

Later, a Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman, Jalil Abbas Jilani,
confirmed General Musharraf's remarks, but gave no further details.



General Musharraf told CNN television last week that Pakistan has
extracted all it could from al-Qaida's alleged number three man, and
that he had not given interrogators any clues on the whereabouts of
al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.

Pakistan alleges Abu Farraj al-Libbi was the mastermind of two
attempts on General Musharraf's life.

Some information for this report provided by AP and Reuters.


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