A photo of Mahmoud Afif Abdeljalil when he stayed in the Philippines in 2003 (Photo: EPA-EFE) Hanoi (VNA) – Philippine competent agencies have arrested a Jordanian tagged as aformer henchman of Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law, said the Bureau ofImmigration on August 1.
Xinhua newsagency reported that Mahmoud Afif Abdeljalil, 51, is being detained after hisarrest on July 4 in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.
Abdeljalil assumeda fictitious name and resorted to misrepresentation and falsification of publicdocuments which enabled him to reside in the country.
Authoritiesstarted monitoring Abdeljalil's activities when he and his unidentifiedAlgerian companion were flagged down at a military checkpoint in Zamboanga inAugust last year. He is going to be deported for being an illegal entrant as hehas no record of arrival.
Abdeljalil wasarrested in 2003 and deported for his alleged involvement in financingoperations for the al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah terror networks.
During his arrestin 2003, authorities tagged Abdeljalil as al-Qaeda operative and closeassociate of Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law, Mohammed Khalifa, who spread binLaden's influence in southern Philippines during the 1990s.
Duringquestioning, Abdeljalil claimed that he returned to the Southeast Asian countryin 2007.
Abdeljalil isthe second al-Qaeda suspect arrested in the Philippines this year. Last month,Philippine police also arrested a Kenyan man, Cholo Abdi Abdullah, in Iba townin Zambales, northwest of Manila. Police alleged that Abdullah is affiliatedwith the al-Qaeda terror group called Al Shabaab Group operating in East Africawhere he has been a member since 2012.-VNA
Xinhua newsagency reported that Mahmoud Afif Abdeljalil, 51, is being detained after hisarrest on July 4 in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.
Abdeljalil assumeda fictitious name and resorted to misrepresentation and falsification of publicdocuments which enabled him to reside in the country.
Authoritiesstarted monitoring Abdeljalil's activities when he and his unidentifiedAlgerian companion were flagged down at a military checkpoint in Zamboanga inAugust last year. He is going to be deported for being an illegal entrant as hehas no record of arrival.
Abdeljalil wasarrested in 2003 and deported for his alleged involvement in financingoperations for the al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah terror networks.
During his arrestin 2003, authorities tagged Abdeljalil as al-Qaeda operative and closeassociate of Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law, Mohammed Khalifa, who spread binLaden's influence in southern Philippines during the 1990s.
Duringquestioning, Abdeljalil claimed that he returned to the Southeast Asian countryin 2007.
Abdeljalil isthe second al-Qaeda suspect arrested in the Philippines this year. Last month,Philippine police also arrested a Kenyan man, Cholo Abdi Abdullah, in Iba townin Zambales, northwest of Manila. Police alleged that Abdullah is affiliatedwith the al-Qaeda terror group called Al Shabaab Group operating in East Africawhere he has been a member since 2012.-VNA
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