U.S. posts wrong photo of ‘al-Qaida operative’
After year and a half, wrong man's photo removed from wanted page
Lisa Myers
WASHINGTON - United States intelligence agencies have been hunting for one of al-Qaida's most notorious members - an expert in poisons and lethal chemicals. But NBC News has learned they have been trying to find him by using a photo of the wrong man on his wanted poster
For a year and a half, the U.S. government has been asking for the public's help in finding Midhat Mursi al-Sayid 'Umar, also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, a dangerous al-Qaida operative. But now intelligence officials admit to NBC News they were using a photo of a different man.
Abu Khabab is allegedly bin Laden's expert on poisons. He was shown on a State Deparment “Rewards for Justice” Web site, with a $5 million bounty on his head.....
Thursday, January 26, 2006
wrong man bush
Posted by audacious at 26.1.06
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