From AP, so here are highlights. Note in the article the alternate spelling of Maulvi Omar as Maulvi Umar.
Maulvi Omar acknowledged death of Baitullah Mehsud in the recent U.S. missile strike.
Mualvi Omar captured with two henchmen while driving Monday night through the village of Khawazeo in the Mohmand tribal region toward South Waziristan. Local tribal elders told the army of his whereabouts.
The previous day, militant commander Qari Saifullah, another close Mehsud aide, was arrested undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Islamabad after being wounded in an American missile strike.
Picked up with Qari Saifullah was his younger brother and aide, Zaid Ikram, wanted for involvement in the 2004 bomb attack on Islamabad's Marriott hotel. |
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