Hasan Qayad

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Born in 1963, Hasan Qayad (also known as Abu Yahya al-Libi) is an Islamic scholar, and an alleged member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group.[1],

He was captured by ISAF forces in the Invasion of Afghanistan, but is believed to have escaped. He speaks Urdu, Pashto and Arabic.[1]

Early reports on the 2005 escape from Bagram Airbase included Qayad's name as one of the escapees.[2]

Posters around the airbase identified "the Libyan, Mohammad Hassan Abu Bakar" as one of the escapees, but did not mention high-ranking al-Qaeda leader Omar al-Faruq as one of the escapees.[3] - later reports removed the Libyan from the list of escapes and inserted al-Faruq.[4]

Image released by US Military.
Image released by US Military.

On November 4 2005, he appeared in a Ramadan video on the Arabic television station al-Arabiya, and mentioned that he had escaped from Bagram.[2]

He was re-listed as an escapee, and as of October 2006 was listed among the Department of Defense's "Most Wanted", and a Terrorist Recognition Card repeated the earlier claim that he was indeed among the four escapees.[1] In addition, the name off the Airbase posters was added as an "alias".[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Terrorist Recognition cards: Afghanistan/Pakistan
  2. ^ a b BBC News: Key 'al-Qaeda militant' surfaces
  3. ^ 4 terror suspects escape from U.S. base in Afghanistan
  4. ^ Details Emerge on a Brazen Escape in Afghanistan - New York Times


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