Omar al-Farouq

[kornholio]

has "escaped" from the prison at Bagram air base. He evidently escaped on July 10. Video of him boasting about his escape appeared on Al-Arabiyah on October 18, but the story just broke in the US press in the last day or two, when it came out that he couldn't testify in the trial of the reservist accused of abusing him in captivity because he was, er, gone.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104AP_Afghan_Al_Qaida_Escape.html">seattlepi.nwsource.com/na...scape.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br> <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=9999">www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin...ce_id=9999</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>I recall coming across suggestions that al-Farouq was a US double agent while reading about Jemaah Islamiyah a while back. I couldn't find any references to this today, though.<br><br>Does anyone have links to such information? Has this been discussed around here?<br><br>Thanks. <p></p><i></i>

[hmm]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>"It was an amazing breakout. How they did it exactly I still don't know."<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>it is amazing all things considered...<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110101423.html">www.washingtonpost.com/wp...01423.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Al-Farouq could have been the first detainee to testify against a soldier in the Afghanistan prisoner abuse case.<br>~snip~<br>In earlier cases of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, the alleged victims either were dead or unidentified. Other alleged victims in Driver's case also cannot testify. One was released from custody and cannot be found, and the other has died.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>