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Six More Suspected Al-Qaida Operatives Arrested
Source: NNIPakistani intelligence agents have seized six more suspected Al Qaeda militants in the east of the country as their crackdown on the organisation gathers pace. The six arrests since Sunday night were made thanks to information gleaned since the arrest of Al Qaeda communications and logistics expert Yasir al-Jaziri this weekend and included his brother-in-law, the intelligence sources told reporters. Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said he had not received word of the reported arrests, but sources said they also included a Qatari national and at least three Afghans. âSecurity agencies arrested a relative of al-Jaziri from Gujranwala last night,â said one intelligence source. âThe arrested person is a brother-in-law of al-Jaziri.â Two other intelligence sources said more arrests were made in the early hours of Monday in Lahore where al-Jaziri was picked up on Saturday. One intelligence source said investigators believed al-Jaziri had played a role in disseminating audio and videotapes of Osama Bin Laden to the media. We already heard about the guy's brother-in-law. I don't think we heard about the other five. Sounds like he's singing like a canary... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-21 |
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