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Abu Faraj al-Libbi

Al-Qaeda Terrorist Operations Planner

Details
	Importance	Very High
	Location of Detention	U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba1
	Capturing Authority	Pakistan
	Date of Capture	May 2, 2005
	Location of Capture	Mardan, Pakistan
	Affiliation	Al-Qaeda
	Role	Terrorist Operations Planner
	Supervisor	Osama bin Laden
	Full Given Name	Mustafa al-'Uzayti
	Nationality	Libyan1
	Alias(es)	Mahfuz1, Abd al-Hafiz1, 'Abd al-Hafiz1, Abu Hamada1, Tawfiq1
	Alternate Spelling(s)	Abu Faraj al-Liby, Abu Faraj al-Libi, Mustafa al-Uzayti
	Gender	Male
	History	Attended training camp in postwar Afghanistan (1990-2001)1
Narrative and Notes
	Reliable	Abu Faraj became al-Qaeda's general manager after the capture of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in 2003, reporting directly to bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Starting in August 2003, he served as a communications link between between bin Laden, in hiding, and operatives in Pakistan and elsewhere. He organized operatives for Abu Hamza Rabia and asked Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to hit targets outside of Iraq. He was suspected of plotting to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. He served as a trainer in the early 1990s and helped administer some of al-Qaeda's training camps. He was one of 14 key al-Qaeda operatives and associates transferred from CIA custody to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2006.1
Sources
1 "Detainee Biographies," press release, Director of National Intelligence, Sept. 6, 2006.
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