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| Kenya attacks suspect sent to US | |
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| The US says a man suspected of planning twin terror attacks in Kenya in 2002 has been transferred to its detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. | The US says a man suspected of planning twin terror attacks in Kenya in 2002 has been transferred to its detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. |
| A Pentagon spokesman said Abdul Malik was arrested in East Africa and admitted a role in the Mombasa attacks. | A Pentagon spokesman said Abdul Malik was arrested in East Africa and admitted a role in the Mombasa attacks. |
| A suicide attack on a Mombasa tourist hotel frequented by Israelis killed 15 people in November 2002. | A suicide attack on a Mombasa tourist hotel frequented by Israelis killed 15 people in November 2002. |
| An Israeli airliner leaving Mombasa was targeted by a missile attack shortly afterwards, but not damaged. | An Israeli airliner leaving Mombasa was targeted by a missile attack shortly afterwards, but not damaged. |
| The spokesman said Mr Malik was transferred into Guantanamo Bay at the weekend. | |
| Few details | |
| "He was captured as a result of our ongoing armed conflict against al-Qaeda and was involved in terrorist attacks in East Africa," spokesman Bryan Whitman said. | |
| "Due to the significant threat that this terror suspects represents he has been transferred to Guantanamo." | |
| The spokesman offered no details about how Abdul Malik was captured, how he came into US custody or his nationality. | |
| "Success in the global war on terror requires us to work closely as well as quietly with many of our allies in the region," Mr Whitman said. | |
| Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged al-Qaeda mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was reported earlier this month to have told a US military tribunal that the Mombasa attacks were among 31 plots he was involved in before his capture. |