Libyan is possible conduit to bin Laden

Security forces here are hunting a Libyan Al Qaeda leader whom senior Pakistani intelligence officials see as a possible key to finding Osama bin Laden and others in the terrorist network’s inner circle. Captured Al Qaeda suspects have consistently named a Libyan, Abu Faraj Farj, as the man who gave them instructions for attacks, including two attempts to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf late last year, two senior intelligence officials said Thursday. The suspects also say they believe the Libyan is in direct contact with bin Laden and his chief lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, said the intelligence sources, who spoke on condition that they not be identified.

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