Information About Incident 19611-33077-75281 in Gujarat Pakistan

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Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, who was wanted in connection with the 1998 bombings of US embassies in east Africa that killed more than 200 people, was arrested after a shootout in Gujarat on July 27, 2004.

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A top Al Qaeda operative from Tanzania was handed over to US authorities shortly after his arrest in Pakistan last July, a senior intelligence official stated on January 25. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, who was wanted in connection with the 1998 bombings of US embassies in east Africa that killed more than 200 people, was arrested after a shootout in Gujarat on July 27, 2004. "A week after the arrest, he was handed over to the Americans," a senior intelligence official said. However, no senior government official has confirmed if Pakistan had handed over Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani to the US authorities last year.

Event ID Date Country Storyhead
19611-33077-75281 1/26/2005 Pakistan Al Qaeda suspect handed over to United States, indicates reports

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