Al Qaeda third in command is running terror cells

September 18, 2004

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A Libyan hunted by Pakistan because of his senior role in the al Qa’eda terrorist network has taken charge of its sleeper cells in Britain and the United States, Pakistani intelligence officials believe.

Abu Faraj al Libbi, said to have taken over as third in command of al Qa’eda when his mentor, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, was captured last year, has sent coded messages to “several” Islamic militants in Britain over the past 10 months, according to Pakistani officials.

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