Abu Faraj al-Libbi

Abu Faraj al - Libi (Arabic أبو فرج الليبي, DMG Abū al - Libi Faraǧ ) is a suspected member of the terrorist organization al - Qaeda, Ayman Al -Zawahiri and after one of the highest ranking members of the organization.

Life

After the arrest of Khalid Sheikh Muhammad al - Libi in March 2003 to have ascended to the chief planner and military chief of the organization. He was among the five most wanted terrorists in Pakistan, as it is believed that he was mastermind of two failed attacks in 2003 to the President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf. On his head a reward of 260,000 euros was suspended in Pakistan, in addition to a $ 5 million dollar high bounty from the U.S..

According to data from Pakistani security circles al - Libi was captured on the first weekend of May 2005 in Mardan in the North Waziristan tribal region, some 150 kilometers southwest of the capital Islamabad, along with five other al -Qaeda members.

Whether the arrested Abu Faraj al - Libi (also: Abou Faradj al - Libbi or al - Liby ) actually belongs to the upper management level of al - Qaeda, or whether it has been confused due to a name similarity to the actual number 3 of al - Qaeda, has not yet been clarified.