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South Africa concedes detained citizens were with al-Qaeda
SOUTH African officials have had "very limited access" to two South African men being held in Pakistan on suspicion of being al-Qaeda operatives, but it has been confirmed that they were in the company of the terrorist organisation at the time of their arrest, Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils said yesterday. Earlier this month government struck out at the media for the way in which the arrest of Feroz Abu Bakar Ganchi, a doctor, and Zubair Ismail, a student, was reported in the domestic press. It was described as being dangerous and irresponsible to report that South African sites could be targets for attack.Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-08-27 |
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