Report: General Security Detains Qaida-Linked Jordanian

The General Security Department detained a Jordanian called Abdulmalek Mohammed Youssef Othman Abdulsalam, who is linked to al-Qaida, the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported on Monday.

Abdulsalam was extradited by the Iranian authorities to Syria in the past few months, and then he entered Lebanon and was arrested when he was on his way to the Rafik Hariri International Airport.

According to the daily, the Jordanian man plays a logistic role in al-Qaida and admitted that he received money from several figures in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

Abdulsalam said that he had received $20 million from a Qatari Sheikh from al-Atiyah family, who underwent a kidney transplant in Lebanon a few weeks ago and was spending his recovery period at a well-known hotel in Beirut.

The Qatari Sheikh was detained and transferred to al-Hayat hospital under tight security measures.

Investigations revealed that Abdulsalam had continuous contacts with al-Qaida-linked figures in Afghanistan.