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Al Qaeda's Money Man: Investigators hope the arrest of a key 'paymaster' may provide clues to the terrorist-funding trail.(Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi)
Publication: Newsweek Publication Date: 24-MAR-03 Author: Hosenball, Mark ; Isikoff, Michael |
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Byline: Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff
When Pakistani agents burst into a Rawalpindi apartment earlier this month and hauled away Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, they could hardly believe their good luck. Not only had they finally nabbed one of the most-sought-after Qaeda fugitives--the mug shot of the suspected 9-11 mastermind, eyes dazed, hair askew, became an instant icon--but the apartment itself was filled with incriminating computer files and documents.
As it turned out, their luck was just beginning. The authorities also arrested another man in the apartment, a 34-year-old Saudi they couldn't immediately identify. It wasn't until the next day that they discovered he...
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