Pakistan says al-Qaida suspect handed to US

Pakistan has handed to the US the senior al-Qaida suspect Abu Farraj al-Libbi who was wanted for two assassination attempts against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani confirmed a reported comment by Musharraf published in a newspaper in the United Arab Emirates today that al-Libbi had been handed over, but gave no further details.