Abu Faraj al-Libbi

Abu Faraj al-Libi (أبو الفرج الليبي) (also transliterated al-Libbi ) is an assumed name or nom de guerre of a Libyan alleged to be a senior member of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. His real name is thought to be Mustafa al-'Uzayti. and 13 other suspects, Office of the Director of National Intelligence He was arrested by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) on May 2, 2005, in Mardan ( north of Peshawar). Finding al-Libi was a joint effort of the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Special Activities Division and Pakistan's Special Forces. He is now in American military custody in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp,, CNN, 7 September 2006

According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence he served as the third in command of al-Qaeda, from the 2003 capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to his own capture in 2005.

In approximately 2000, he was living in the Karte Parwan district of Kabul, Afghanistan.Shephard, Michelle, "Guantanamo's Child", 2008.

In August 2004 Pakistani officials stated that al-Libbi had become "number three" in al-Qaeda as "director of operations", a role once filled by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.<ref...
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