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http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=1750228
U.S. Captures Senior Al Qaeda Leader
Last Updated: November 15, 2002 04:14 PM ET
By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the top two-dozen al Qaeda leaders sought by
the United States in its war on terrorism was captured recently and is in American
custody, U.S. government sources said on Friday.
The sources declined to name the operative for Osama bin Laden's network who
was caught in the past week or so. But it was neither top lieutenant Ayman al-
Zawahri, operational leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, nor bin Laden's son Saad.
The United States has vowed to destroy bin Laden and his al Qaeda network in
retaliation for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America that killed about 3,000 people.
Roughly half of the top two-dozen al Qaeda leaders have either been killed or
captured since the United States launched its war on terrorism after the attacks.
But bin Laden has still not been found and apparently survived the U.S.-led bombing
on Afghanistan. U.S. officials believe an audiotape broadcast earlier this week on
the Qatar-based al-Jazeera television channel is bin Laden praising recent attacks
and making fresh threats.
The U.S. military and intelligence agencies have scoured the border region of
Afghanistan and Pakistan for signs of bin Laden and his followers.
Senior al Qaeda leaders in U.S. custody include Abu Zubaydah and Ramzi
Binalshibh, who were caught in separate operations in Pakistan earlier this year.
They are being interrogated at an undisclosed location.
"There have been a number of -- numerous senior leaders of al Qaeda that have
either been eliminated, incarcerated or detained someplace," national security
adviser Condoleezza Rice said without elaborating.
U.S. authorities have become increasingly concerned this week that al Qaeda was
planning new violence. The FBI said the network may favor "spectacular attacks"
that result in mass casualties and severe damage to the U.S. economy in selecting
its next targets.
The audiotape contributed to that concern because past bin Laden tapes have
sometimes been followed by attacks. Also an increased level of "chatter," or
communications between al Qaeda operatives picked up by intelligence agencies,
was similar to the months leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks.
President Bush said earlier this week, in response to a question about the audio
tape: "We'll chase these people down one at a time. It doesn't matter how long it
takes, we'll find them and bring them to justice."
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