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He led the Al Khaldan training camp in Afghanistan, the facility where Zacarias Moussaoui and Ahmed Ressam trained.

He is a close associate of Abu Zubaydah.

He was on the September 26, 2002 list of terrorists released by the U.S. government following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. The list detailed individuals and organizations whose assets were to be immediately frozen.

He was captured by Pakistani officials at the end of 2001 or beginning of 2002 as he attempted to flee Afghanistan following the collapse of the Taliban ensuing the 2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan.

He was then turned over to U.S. officials and held at a detention center at the Kandahar airport. In the second week of January 2002, he was flown to the USS Bataan in the northern Arabian SeaThe Arabian Sea was, and still is the part of the Indian Ocean between the Arabian Peninsula and India. The maximum width of the Arabian Sea is stipulated to 2,400 km, and its maximum depth is about 5,000 metres. The Indus River is the largest stream flow, the ship which is being used to hold eight other important prisoners, including John Walker LindhJohn Phillip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is an American citizen of European heritage who was captured in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom while fighting for the Taliban. His capture made worldwide headlines, and the media dubbed him.

His capture was first reported by NBC NewsNBC News is one of the 'big three' nationwide air and cable television news networks in the United States. As of 2004, NBC News shows include Early Today and Today weekday mornings, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw in the early evening, and the prime time in the evening of January 4January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 361 days remaining (362 in leap years). Events 871 Battle of Reading Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army 1493 Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first, 2002.

Al-Libi has been identified as the source of misinformation regarding the connection between Iraq and al Qaeda that the Bush Administration used to justify the invasion of Iraq. Specifically, he told interrogators that Iraq provided training to al Qaeda in the area of weapons of mass destruction. In Cincinnati in October 2002, Bush informed the public: "Iraq has trained Al Qaeda members in bomb making and poisons and gases." Libi has since recanted on the claim, and while U.S. officials caution that they do not know which of his stories is correct, his recantation is backed up by evidence from the interrogation of other top al Qaeda officials. Some speculate that Libi deliberately misled interrogators in order to draw the U.S. into an attack on Iraq, which al Qaeda believes will lead to a global jihadJihad is an Arabic word which comes from the Arabic root word "jahada"; which means "exerting utmost effort" or "to strive. The word connotes a wide range of meanings, from an inward spiritual struggle to attain perfect faith to an outward material strugg.