Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Yemen: Al-Qaeda insider told Saudis of bomb plot - World - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News

Yemen: Al-Qaeda insider told Saudis of bomb plot - World - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News: "Information that helped thwart the plot of US-bound mail bombs wired to explode on cargo planes came from an al-Qaeda insider who was secreted out of Yemen after surrendering to Saudi authorities, Yemeni security officials said Monday.

The tip reflects how Saudi Arabia has worked aggressively for years to infiltrate al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which is operating in the unruly, impoverished nation on its southern doorstep.

The tip came from Jabir al-Fayfi, a Saudi who was held for years at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and was released to Saudi Arabia in 2007. Soon after, he fled Saudi Arabia and joined the al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen, until he turned himself in to Saudi authorities in late September.

Yemeni security officials said they believe al-Fayfi may have been a double agent, planted by Saudi Arabia in Yemen among al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants to uncover their plots. The officials said that after his return to the kingdom, he told authorities that al-Qaeda was planning to send bomb-laden packages."

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