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Pastimes : Terrorist Attacks -- NEWS UPDATES ONLY

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To: Susan G who wrote (358)11/4/2001 7:35:14 PM
From: mr.mark of 602
 
Possible Al-Qaida Operative Detained

Sun, Nov 04 5:38 PM EST


By JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - A suspected Al-Qaida operative observed meeting with hijacker
Khalid Almihdhar in Malaysia in 2000 has been detained in the Middle East for questioning in
connection with prior terrorist attacks, officials said Sunday.

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"He said he was a U.S. citizen when indeed he was a citizen of Pakistan," Clower said.

During a detention hearing last week in Detroit, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jane Terbush said
the government had information that linked Siddiqui to at least two of the hijackers.

Terbush said the government considers it a "very, very serious matter."

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