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Senior al Qaeda captive fled US prison
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| News Date | Wednesday, November 2, 2005 09:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Omar al-Faruq, one of al Qaeda's most senior global operatives, escaped from an American military prison in Afghanistan in July, U.S. defense officials said on Wednesday.
The Kuwaiti man, who was captured in Indonesia in 2002 and turned over to the United States, was among four prisoners who fled heavily fortified Bagram Air Base prison on July 10, the officials said. He remains at large.
The officials, who asked not to be identified, did not explain why the United States did not reveal Faruq was among the four men until pressed by lawyers this week at a military trial in Texas of an Army sergeant charged with maltreating detainees in Afghanistan.
At the time of his capture in June 2002, Faruq was al Qaeda's most senior operative in Southeast Asia, according to intelligence officials. |
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