ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's president said Tuesday he will hand over senior al-Qaida terrorist suspect Abu Farraj al-Libbi to the United States for prosecution, even though the man is believed behind two assassination attempts against him and could have received the death penalty here.

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said al-Libbi was cooperating but had not provided any useful information on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, and that Pakistan has no interest in keeping him.

Al-Libbi was arrested May 2 after a shootout in northwestern Pakistan. At the time, a senior intelligence officer told The Associated Press he had been in frequent contact with bin Laden in recent months and that Pakistani interrogators were grilling him on the terrorist chief's whereabouts.

It was not clear when al-Libbi would be turned over, or where he is being held.

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the U.S. government has been discussing al-Libbi with Pakistan but there has been no decision on his extradition. "As far as where ultimately he ends up for trial or custody remains a question. I don't have an answer at this point," Boucher said in Washington.

Some officials have described al-Libbi as al-Qaida's No. 3 leader, after bin Laden and Egyptian surgeon Ayman al-Zawahri. However, he does not appear on the FBI list of the world's most-wanted terrorists, and his exact role in al-Qaida is murky.

It is not entirely clear what charges if any he might face in the United States, or if he has been indicted by any U.S. court.