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'Zawahiri aide arrested, shifted to Islamabad'
 Intelligence agencies have arrested a close aide of Al Qaeda's number two Ayman al-Zawahiri from Gujranwala and shifted him to Islamabad to investigate the Marriott Hotel suicide attack, Samaa TV reported on Monday. According to the channel, Mursaleen was arrested from a mosque in Gujranwala late on Sunday, where he was living under the name of Jamshed. The channel said Mursaleen was an important leader of the banned militant organisation Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and his arrest carried a reward of Rs 50 million. He was also on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation's list of most wanted people, the channel added. According to the channel, Mursaleen masterminded several acts of terrorism, including attacks on former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf at Nishtar Park in Rawalpindi and Maulana Hassan Turrabi in Karachi. Posted by: Fred 2008-09-23 |
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