Top 5 Al Qaeda-linked militants Pakistan has captured

A look at Al Qaeda militants captured by Pakistani authorities over the past decade.

4. Abu Zubadeh

Abu Zubadeh was captured March 28, 2002, in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Pakistani military intelligence was accompanied by American CIA and FBI personnel during the massive raid on his compound, according to the TIME article, "Anatomy of a Raid."

"Zubaydah and three other Arabs grabbed money and fake Saudi passports and raced up the central staircase to the roof, with the police in hot pursuit. The al-Qaeda men were cornered. Then Zubaydah and his companions pulled off a move that would have impressed any Hollywood stuntman. With a running start, they leaped off the cottage roof, sailed over the barbed-wire fencing and tumbled onto the neighboring villa's roof – a drop of 8 m. They were immediately grabbed by four Pakistani cops waiting for them."

He is now a detainee at Guantánamo Bay. He is alleged to have "managed a network of training camps" and been "involved in every major terrorist operation carried out by Al Qaeda," according to a 2002 legal opinion.

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