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U.S. transfers suspected senior al Qaeda member to Mauritania
Source: Reuters
U.S. transfers suspected senior al Qaeda member to Mauritania
By Laurent Prieur
NOUAKCHOTT | Sat Jun 1, 2013 6:04pm EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. authorities have transferred Younis al-Mauritani, a suspected senior member of al Qaeda previously held in Afghanistan, to Mauritania, officials in the West African nation said on Saturday.
Pakistan said in September 2011 it arrested al-Mauritani, better known in his homeland Mauritania as Youssouf Al Mauritani, during a joint operation with U.S. intelligence services.
Witnesses at the airport in Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott, saw a U.S. military plane deliver a prisoner late on Friday.
Mauritanian authorities confirmed al-Mauritani's identity, adding that he had been transferred from the U.S. military base in Bagram, Afghanistan.
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By Laurent Prieur
NOUAKCHOTT | Sat Jun 1, 2013 6:04pm EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. authorities have transferred Younis al-Mauritani, a suspected senior member of al Qaeda previously held in Afghanistan, to Mauritania, officials in the West African nation said on Saturday.
Pakistan said in September 2011 it arrested al-Mauritani, better known in his homeland Mauritania as Youssouf Al Mauritani, during a joint operation with U.S. intelligence services.
Witnesses at the airport in Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott, saw a U.S. military plane deliver a prisoner late on Friday.
Mauritanian authorities confirmed al-Mauritani's identity, adding that he had been transferred from the U.S. military base in Bagram, Afghanistan.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/01/us-mauritania-us-qaeda-idUSBRE9500ER20130601
