AP Wire | 04/25/2003 | Captured Iraq spy may have al-Qaida link Captured Iraq spy may have al-Qaida link
Associated Press
Later in the decade, Hijazi entered the diplomatic corps -Farouk Hijazi was not among the U.S. military's 55 most-wanted Iraqis, but as a one-time spy for Saddam Hussein's regime, he may hold key information: Some call him the main link between Saddam and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network.
The former intelligence chief, whose capture was announced Friday, is suspected of meeting bin Laden in Afghanistan before the Sept. 11 terror attacks, according to Washington officials.
He also may be linked to an Iraqi plot to assassinate former President George Bush in Kuwait in 1993.
Former CIA director James Woolsey said Hijazi was a "big catch."
"This man was involved in a number of contacts with al-Qaida," Woolsey told CNN.
Associated Press
Later in the decade, Hijazi entered the diplomatic corps -Farouk Hijazi was not among the U.S. military's 55 most-wanted Iraqis, but as a one-time spy for Saddam Hussein's regime, he may hold key information: Some call him the main link between Saddam and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network.
The former intelligence chief, whose capture was announced Friday, is suspected of meeting bin Laden in Afghanistan before the Sept. 11 terror attacks, according to Washington officials.
He also may be linked to an Iraqi plot to assassinate former President George Bush in Kuwait in 1993.
Former CIA director James Woolsey said Hijazi was a "big catch."
"This man was involved in a number of contacts with al-Qaida," Woolsey told CNN.
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