Purported Osama bin Laden''s teacher released from Pakistani jail
ISLAMABAD, June 2 (KUNA) -- A Pakistani court Saturday acquitted a purported Osama bin Laden's jihad mentor and religious teacher and the nephew of Imam-e-Madina, convicted of giving Jihadi training to the leaders of Al-Qaeda network.
Additional Session Judge, Ekhtiar Khan, in Peshawar city cleared Abdul Karim, Osama teacher and member of Jordanian royal family, and Syed Abdullah Shah Hashmi, nephew of Imam-e-Madina, of all charges in the case, said Javed Ibrahim Paracha, chairman of World Jihad Council, while talking to newsmen.
Abdul Karim and Syed Abdullah were also suspected of having links with Abdullah Azamm, founder of Al-Qaeda.
Paracha told newsmen that Abdul Karim was arrested in a military operation from Peshawar in 2003 and Syed Abdullah was arrested from tribal area of Jamrood in 2000.
He said they will be flown to Islamabad on Sunday, where they will meet the visiting Imam-e-Kaaba, Al-Sheikh Abdur Rehman Al-Sudais.
Since joining the war on terror, Pakistani security forces in a number of bloody operations have arrested more than 500 Al-Qaeda suspects including most-wanted by the US intelligence agency, FBI.
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