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| Bin Yousaf had Euro maps on his labtop |
| 2005-08-10 |
| The alleged al-Qaeda operative who was arrested in Pakistan on Sunday had in his laptop, maps of cities in Italy and Germany. According to Pakistani intelligence sources, Osama bin Yousaf, 33, confessed on Tuesday to his participation within the al-Qaeda terrorist network and maps of Italy, Germany, Pakistan and Britain were also found in his home. According to the Pakistani newspaper, The Daily Times, bin Yousaf is also said to have been in contact with al-Qaeda operatives in Pakistan and Europe. âBin Yousaf confessed to being part of the al-Qaeda network and to have provided logistic support to militants,â according to officials quoted in the Daily Times. The intelligence officials also said that his cell phone numbers were found in the telephone index of Abu Faraj al-Libbiâs - a senior al-Qaeda leader who was arrested in Pakistan in May - after which American and Pakistani intelligence agencies put him on their watch list. Bin Yousaf was arrested after the authorities in Pakistan tracked phone calls made by him from several locations around Pakistan to Italy, Germany and Britain. âHe called someone in the UK on Thursday, called someone else in Italy on Friday and made two long phone calls to somebody in Germany on Saturday,â said the officials quoted in the daily. Through the calls the police managed to track his location and eventually arrested bin Yousaf in Faisalabad, a city 350 kilometres from the Pakistani capital Islamabad. During his interrogation, bin Yousaf described how he had travelled to Afghanistan in 1992 where he received guerrilla training and was injured in fighting a year later after which he returned to Pakistan. He travelled back to Afghanistan in 1995 where he was introduced to al-Qaeda leaders. Intelligence officials in Pakistan have described bin Yousaf as being a close aide of al-Libbi and Amjad Hussain Farooqi, the, who was killed by pakistani security forces in September 2004. In addition to the maps, officials also found, three credit cards, a computer, dozens of CDs, three grenades, two AK-47s and hundreds of bullets in bin Yousaf's possession. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 Let us not be so suspicious {Wink} Bin Yousaf might have just had a yen for a BigMac! Map From my paternal grandfather's hometown to a McDonald's in Exeter, Devonshire, England... The nearest city to where my mother's side of the family came from.... Easily available on the web... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-10 19:35 |
| #1 In addition to the maps, officials also found, three credit cards, a computer, dozens of CDs, three grenades, two AK-47s and hundreds of bullets in bin Yousaf's possession. You know a man could have a purdy good time in Karachi with all this stuff. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-10 16:33 |