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| India-Pakistan |
| Net closing in on key Al Qaeda leader: Pakistan |
| 2002-09-21 |
| Pakistani Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said on Thursday that Pakistani police and paramilitary forces would soon arrest another key leader of Al Qaeda, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, who is hiding somewhere in Karachi. "Pakistani investigators are probing (five) other Al Qaeda suspects. Moreover, two adopted children of Khalid Sheikh are also in the custody of the authorities in Karachi," the minister told reporters. Khalid Sheikh, believed to be a Kuwaiti national according to intelligence sources, is the chief of the Al Qaeda’s military wing. Pakistani investigators are searching his latest hideout with the help of his adopted children. Sounds like it's just a matter of time. Usually, when that happens they drop off the face of the earth for five years, to pop up again in Mauretania or someplace equally as unlikely... Rejecting the claims of Al Qaeda and other jihadis on the Internet that Ramzi Bin Al Shaiba had not been arrested by Pakistani authorities, Mr Haider said Al Shaiba was amongst those extradited to the US authorities. "Wanna see one of his ears?" Regarding the assistance of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), he said, "Some of these militants were not using Pakistani cellular phone connections and were using e-mails or international satellite telephonic channels. We don’t have the technology or facilities to trace them. So, US FBI help was sought in this connection." The minister also said that the seven Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Al Aalmi men had been arrested during an independent operation by Pakistani police and rangers. "No help of the US was sought in this operation," he said. He could be speaking truly. Perv probably doesn't think highly at having antitank guns pointed in his direction... He said that out of atotal 57 suspects of Al Aalmi, 19 have already been arrested, adding, "And we are confident of arresting other members of this extremist group in the very near future." And there we have it. A little bigger than November 17th, but not by that much. Except for some Rent-a-Muscle, the entire Vast Criminal Conspiracy® consists of 57 guys, give or take a dozen. It's comforting to be reminded periodically that there aren't vast Armies of the Night® arrayed against us, but a bunch of pick-up teams, often family affairs, that number a few dozen... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |