'Direct threat' to US removed

2005-05-04 16:51

Undated photograph of senior al-Qaeda suspect Abu Faraj al-Libbi published in Pakistani newspapers. (BK Bangash, AP)

Washington - US President George W Bush on Wednesday said that the capture of al-Qaeda's number three, Abu Faraj al-Libbi, in Pakistan, had removed "a direct threat" to the United States.

"Today's report of the capture of a top al-Qaeda operative, Abu Faraj al-Libbi, represents a critical victory in the war on terror," declared after Osama bin Laden's network carried out the September 11 attacks, said Bush.

- AFP