Pakistan & U.S. Confirm Capture of Abu Musab al-Suri, a.k.a. Mustafa Setmarian Nasar (updated)
By Andrew Cochran
UPDATE: Pakistan and U.S. authorities confirm the capture of top Al Qaeda operative Mustafa Setmarian Nasar, better known as Abu Musab al-Suri (a.k.a. Omar Abdel Hakim), last November and his transfer to U.S. custody. Nasar is one of the senior theorists and operatives in Al Qaeda, and our interrogation of him could be as or more fruitful as that of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed since his capture in March 2003. I wrote a post about him at the time of his capture, which links to other posts by Lorenzo Vidino and Evan Kohlmann. Evan has also written the following posts here with additional information about him: A Chilling Final Threat from Abu Musab al-Suri: "O' Sleeper Cells, Wake Up Now!" -- Alleged London Bombings Suspect Threatens to Use Dirty Bombs Against America and Abu Khabab al-Masri: A Master of Terror. Jeffrey Cozzens wrote on Dr Brynjar Lia's "The al-Qaida Strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri: A Profile" last week.
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