"Al-Qaeda suspect arrested at Philippines airport"

Friday, March 18, 2005

Al-Qaeda suspect arrested at airport
Agence France-Presse

  
A SUSPECTED member of Osama bin Laden's militant Islamic al-Qaeda network
has been arrested at Manila airport on arrival in the Philippines from Saudi
Arabia.

The suspect, whose name was on a blacklist of individuals with possible
terrorist links, was detained upon disembarking from a commercial flight
from Riyadh on March 15.

The suspect's identity and nationality were not disclosed.

Immigration officials described the suspect as a trainer in terror
activities, but they would not give further details, saying this might
jeopardise the investigation.

Al-Qaeda, blamed for the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the US, has
been suspected of activities, including training, in the Philippines.

The group is said to have funded the formation of Abu Sayyaf, a group of
Islamic militants based in the southern Philippines who have been accused of
staging the worst terrorist attacks in the country's history, including mass
bombings and kidnappings.


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