US detains 'top al-Qaeda figure' - BBC

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US detains 'top al-Qaeda figure'

A top al-Qaeda figure suspected of having close ties to Osama Bin Laden has been taken to the US-run Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the Pentagon says.

The man, named as Muhammad Rahim, helped arrange Bin Laden's escape from his Tora Bora hideout in Afghanistan in 2001, US officials say. He was transferred
to the Pentagon from CIA custody, a Pentagon spokesman said. It is not yet clear when or where the CIA captured him, or how long he has been in US custody.

'Most trusted'

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Rahim was a close associate of Bin Laden and had ties to al-Qaeda groups throughout the Middle East. "He is one of
[Osama Bin Laden's] most trusted facilitators and procurement specialists," Mr Whitman said. "He helped prepare Tora Bora as a hideout for Osama Bin Laden.
He assisted al-Qaeda's exodus from the area in late 2001."

US forces are believed to have come closest to trapping Bin Laden in a complex of caves in the mountainous Tora Bora region near the Pakistani border. The hunt
for him began following the 11 September, 2001, terror attacks on the US by al-Qaeda operatives.

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Bin Laden associate transferred from CIA to Gitmo

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military has put a close associate of Osama bin Laden in prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said Friday.

Muhammed Rahim, an Afghan and high-level member of al Qaeda, was delivered to the U.S. military after being held by the CIA for an undisclosed amount of time,
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said. Rahim prepared Tora Bora as a hiding place for bin Laden and helped plan the exit strategy for al Qaeda fighters and bin
Laden in 2001 as the U.S. military closed in, Whitman said. He would not disclose where Rahim was captured or how long he has been held.

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According to the conspiracy podcast "Black Op Radio" 9/11 was all a big conspiracy by the US government. Osama and his minions had nothing to do with it. Its interesting listening, but the guys that produce it may have their tin foil hats on too tight....oh and "Black Op Radio" is a Canadian proudction out of Vancouver. Look for it on I Tunes.