[TS] THREATS AND RESPONSES: TERROR TRAIL; Qaeda Suspect Was Taking Flight Training Last Month
December 22nd, 2002
CIA reports that Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, reputed chief of operations for Al Qaeda in Persian Gulf region, was taking flight lessons near strategic shipping lanes in Strait of Hormuz when he was arrested by authorities of United Arab Emirates and turned over to agency; says interrogation of Nashiri has thus far yielded no information about Qaeda plans or clues to whereabouts of Osama bin Laden; photo (M)...
