Al Qaeda operative in U.S. custody
An Iraqi al Qaeda member accused of assassination plots against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and other attacks was transferred by the CIA to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo this week, the Pentagon said on Friday.Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi was also accused of commanding al Qaeda’s paramilitary operations in Afghanistan and launching attacks on U.S. and coalition forces from Pakistan, the Defense Department said.
Al-Hadi was detained trying to get back into Iraq to “manage al Qaeda’s affairs” there, according to Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.
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