Abu Faraj al-Libbi captured
Counterterrorism Detention| Event Details | |||
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 | Primary Organization | Al-Qaeda | |
| Capturing Agency | Pakistani authorities | ||
| Location of Capture | Mardan, Pakistan | |
| Time of Capture | May 2, 2005 | |
| Captured | Abu Faraj al-Libbi | |
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| Narrative and Notes | |||
| Reliable | Five others were detained with al-Libbi, a senior al-Qaeda figure, after a gun battle near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. He was later handed over to U.S. custody.1 | |
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| 1"Who's who in al-Qaeda." BBC: Sept. 25, 2006. | |||
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