Musaad Aruchi

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Musaad Aruchi was a Pakistani courier who worked in connection with al Qaeda before his capture in April 2004. Some of his files, secured when he was captured, led to the capture of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, who was later released without charge.{{cite news |first=Syed Shoaib |last=Hasan |date=21 August 2007 |title=Pakistan's 'extraordinary prisoner' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6956712.stm |work=BBC News|access-date=13 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112000520/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6956712.stm |archive-date=12 November 2012 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |first=Jason |last=Burke |author-link=Jason Burke |author2=Paul Harris |author3=Martin Bright |author3-link=Martin Bright |date=8 August 2004 |title=Suspect arrested in Pakistan may hold al-Qaeda's secrets |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/aug/08/alqaida.terrorism |work=The Observer |access-date=13 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828053601/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/aug/08/alqaida.terrorism |archive-date=28 August 2013 |url-status=live}}

It was later determined that Aruchi was the nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed{{cite news |date=4 August 2004 |title=Pakistan arrests five Qaeda, militant suspects |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-08/04/content_357359.htm |work=China Daily |access-date=13 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411202930/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-08/04/content_357359.htm |archive-date=11 April 2008 |url-status=live}} and not a "senior member of the al Qaeda leadership" as previously reported.

Human Rights Watch lists Aruchi as one of detainees in CIA custody.{{cite web |url=http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/11/30/usdom12109.htm |title=List of 'Ghost Prisoners' Possibly in CIA Custody |publisher=Human Rights Watch |date=1 December 2005 |access-date=13 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110140931/http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/11/30/usdom12109.htm |archive-date=10 November 2008 |url-status=live}}