Ex-Gitmo Detainees Infiltrate Al-Qaida ; Spy Agencies Have Infiltrated Al-Quida with the Help of Former Guantanamo Prisoners As Seen in the Recent Foiling of the Yemeni Mail Bomb Plot.

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Months after he was released from Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rahman was back in the company of terrorist leaders along the Pakistan- Afghanistan border. But he was a double agent, providing Taliban and al-Qaida secrets to Pakistani intelligence, which then shared the tips with Western counterparts.

The ruse cost him his life, according to a former Pakistani military intelligence official, Mahmood Shah. The Taliban began to suspect him and executed him after multiple interrogations. The case of Rahman is in line with a key aspect of the fight against terror -- Western intelligence agencies, with help from Islamic allies, are placing moles and informants inside al-Qaida and the Taliban. The program seems to be bearing fruit, even as many infiltrators like Rahman are discovered and killed.

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Ex-Gitmo Detainees Infiltrate Al-Qaida ; Spy Agencies Have Infiltrated Al-Quida with the Help of Former Guantanamo Prisoners As Seen in the Recent Foiling of the Yemeni Mail Bomb Plot.

It was a tip from an al-Qaida militant-turned-informant that led international authorities last week to find explosives hidden in printer cartridges shipped aboard cargo planes from Yemen for U.S. ...

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