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LeT trainer arrested
LAHORE: Intelligence agents in Lahore on Monday detained a man who headed a camp for training militants for banned group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LT) in Kashmir, an intelligence official said. Mohammed Shahbaz was taken into custody after agents driving a pickup truck intercepted a car carrying Shahbaz in a street in Lahore, the official said. The official did not have any further details about why Shahbaz may have been detained. Shahbaz was a member of Lashkar-e-Taiaba but severed links with the group in 2003 and set up an Islamic charity, Khairun Nas Trust, or People's Welfare Trust, trust spokesman Mohammed Amir said."It's a really easy transition from hard-boy to charity maven. For one thing, the money's better." | Amir said Shahbaz was picked up by several men in plainclothes. In an interview with an Associated Press reporter in Lahore more than a year ago, Shahbaz said that he led a Lashkar-e-Taiaba militant training base in Kashmir. In 2001 Pakistan banned Lashkar-e-Taiaba after India accused it of involvement in a deadly attack on its parliament.
Posted by: Fred 2006-07-25 |
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