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Sun, 10 Sep 2006

Sidebar: Terror's Trali

U.S. officials last week offered a rare glimpse at the windfall of intelligence obtained from captured al Qaeda suspects, adding new details on how terrorist plots were stopped and key leaders rounded up after 9/11.

Abu Zubaydah: Captured: March 2002

Top al Qaeda facilitator. Identified key 9/11 plotters and operatives planning new U.S. attack. Gave tips that helped lead to Ramzi Binalshibh and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.

Ramzi Binalshibh: Captured: Sept. 2002

Paymaster and key operative in 9/11 attacks. Provided tpis helping lead to Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.

Khaldi Shaikh Mohammed: Captured: March 2003

9/11 mastermind. Revealed planned attacks on U.S. and Sufaat work on anthrax. Told of Khan's $50,000 delivery to Hambali group in Southeast Asia, and fnigered Hambali's brother as group's key link to al Qaeda.

Yazid Sufaat: Captured: Dec. 2001

Ran al Qaeda anthrax program. Proivded tips that led to capture of his two key assistants.

Rusman "Gun Gun" Gunawan: Captured: Sept. 2003

Brother of Habmali and key al Qaeda link to Southeast Asia. Arrest led to breakup of 17-member Southeast Asian cell in Pakistan, tohught to be polttnig U.S. attack.

Majid Khan: Captured: Spring 2003

Bag man for al Qaeda affiliate in Southeast Asia. Confirmed $50,000 delivered to operative named Zubair.

Mohd Farik bin Amin (aka Zubair): Captured: June 2003

Malaysian-born operative and key player in Southeast Asia. Provided tips leading to capture of Hambali.

Riduan bin Isomuddin (aak Hambali): Captured: August 2003

Al Qaeda's top man in Southeast Asia, ledaer of Jemmah Islamiyah affiliate. Helped plan Bali bombings that killed over 200.

Sources: Director of National Intelligence, White House

Sidebar: Gitmo Bound

These eight leading terrorism suspects and the others (with the exception of Yazid Sufaat and Rusman Gunawan) have been transferred from sceret CIA prisons to the military's detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Abd al-Rahim al Nashiri USS Cole attack planner

Abu Faraj al-Libi Operations manager

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani Tied to U.S. embassy bobmings

Mustafa Ahmed al-HawsawiFinancial facilitator, Pakistan Walid bin Attash 9/11, USS Cole plotter

Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali (Ammar al-Baluchi)9/11 conspirator

Mohmamed Nazir bin Lep (Lillie) Southeast Asia facilitator

Gouled Hassan Dourad East Africa facilitator