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DAWN.com
December 25, 2017
Investigators also point to a possible link with Abu Faraj al-Libbi, an al-Qaeda operative of Libyan origin recently arrested by Pakistani security personnel from Mardan on May 4. Investigators suspect al-Libbi of being involved in reactivating the al-Qaeda-linked 'jihadi' network in Pakistan to eliminate theÃâà...
New York Observer
December 18, 2012
After long, drawn-out scenes depicting the capture of Abu Faraj al-Libbi and the track bombing that destroyed the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, the film catalogues both al Qaeda and American fatalities, including a mother of three played by the marvelous Jennifer Ehle. It takes a lot of time before the thrillingÃâà...
Express.co.uk
May 4, 2011
Neither Khalid Sheikh Mohammed nor Abu Faraj al-Libbi gave the courier's name away out of a desire to help. They had been worn down by imprisonment and torture. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had been captured on March 1, 2003, and was transferred to Guantanamo in September 2006. After six monthsÃâà...
TIME (blog)
May 4, 2011
Jose Rodriguez ran the CIA's Counterterrorism Center from 2002 to 2005, the period when top al-Qaeda leaders Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) and Abu Faraj al-Libbi were taken into custody and subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques” (EITs) at secret prisons overseas. KSM was subjected toÃâà...
Channel 4 News
May 3, 2011
(Pictured: Abu Faraj al-Libbi, the former number three of al-Qaeda who was captured in 2005). On Monday US intelligence officials revealed that the heavily fortified compound in Abbottabad, northern Pakistan, where bin Laden was hiding was identified by tracking the movements of his most trusted courierÃâà...
TIME
May 8, 2005
Even more remarkable than how the burqa bust came about was the identity of the operative that Pakistani officials announced they had netted: Abu Faraj al-Libbi, 40, a Libyan believed to be al-Qaeda's third-highest-ranking official--and one of the few individuals who counterterrorism experts believe mayÃâà...
BBC News
May 6, 2005
Abu Faraj al-Libbi, arrested in Pakistan this week, is a Libyan described by Pakistani officials as the key al-Qaeda operative in the country. But until a year ago, he was a relatively unknown figure in the hierarchy of alleged militants on the run since 11 September. Libbi's name was first made public inÃâà...
Pakistan Dawn
May 6, 2005
ISLAMABAD, May 4: Security forces have arrested top Al Qaeda leader Abu Faraj Al Libbi, who was allegedly behind two assassination attempts against President Gen Pervez Musharraf in 2003, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said here on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference at his residence, theÃâà...
BBC News
May 6, 2005
Pakistan has arrested senior Libyan al-Qaeda suspect Abu Faraj al-Libbi, the government says. Libbi is said to have been third in al-Qaeda and is wanted over attempts on the life of Pakistan's president. US President George W Bush described the reported capture as "a critical victory in the war on terror".
