EFL - this issue has been brought up in the State Department Daily Press Brief for comment two days running by a Mr. Lambros. Aris might be able to comment on whether Kathimerini is a credible source
Cyprus’s chief of police has confirmed a newspaper article claiming that a Pakistani Al Qaeda suspect has been arrested on the island, a report from Nicosia said yesterday. According to the Athens News Agency, chief Tassos Panayiotou said the suspect, who has been deported to an unspecified destination, was a member of Saudi Osama bin Laden’s Muslim fundamentalist group. The ANA quoted Panayiotou as confirming a report on the matter in yesterday’s Machi newspaper, but offered no further details. The newspaper had claimed that the Pakistani man, aged about 45, was arrested a few days ago in cooperation with American agents who had been watching the suspect. According to Machi, the man whom the paper described as a leading Al Qaeda operative had been planning terrorist attacks against US-connected buildings in countries close to Cyprus.
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