Reuters reports Muhammad Rahim, a suspected al Qaeda member with close ties to Osama bin Laden, is in U.S. custody and has been transferred to Guantanamo Bay.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Rahim helped prepare the Tora Bora caves used as a hideout for bin Laden in Afghanistan in 2001, and also attempted to procure chemicals for a plan to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan
Whitman would not say when, where or how Rahim was initially detained.
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