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| Seven nabbed in US consulate attack |
| 2003-03-02 |
| The law enforcing agencies, police and rangers Saturday arrested seven including three Arabic speaking men on the information of arrested Zulfiqar Ali who attacked US consulate yesterday [killing] two police officers and injuring other six. "In a joint operation of the law enforcing agencies, Police and Rangers, three men of Arab origin have been booked when a house at Maripur locality was raided on the information of Zulfiqar Ali," the police chief of Karachi told the reporters. "Hey, Ahmed! Look what happens when I hit him here!" "Pretty neat, Mahmoud. Lemme see that again!" His father, two brothers and a prayer leader of a mosque have been also arrested. FBI agents have been assisting Pakistani authorities in investigating Zulfiqar Ali and also participated in raiding the house of Arabs at Maripur besides confiscating computer disks, CPU and literature in Arabic language. Inspector General Police Syed Kamal Shah has said that the accused Zulfiqar Ali might be having backing of a terrorist group "and we are investigating on these lines." Or, it being Pakland, he could be just a freelance nutcake... Meanwhile, Anti Terrorism Court judge Justice Shabbir Ahmed has sent the accused on a week long remand for investigation his firing on the US consulate and killing two police officials. Of the six injured in the picket firing, one is told breathing very hard in the hospital. Does that mean he's on life support? That'd be my guess... Zulfiqar Ali according to the investigators, has said in his first statement that he wanted to punish the Pakistani Police officials who are providing security to the Americans, killers of innocent Muslims. "Killing innocent Muslims is my job, dammit!" Zulfiqar Ali (30), a resident of Zakaria Colony, Multan believed of having affiliations with a banned Jehadi group, the police source informed. The accused is unmarried and traveled from Multan to Karachi some 14 years back for a job. He is a hardliner Muslim and told the investigators that he has been committed to fight against the American interests. He also shouted in favour of Iraq during investigation asking the investigators that every Muslim should support Iraq against America, an investigator said. A map of the US Consulate and a suicide note was also found from the attacker. What a sad specimen he is. My guess would be that there's nothing behind him. He sounds like a nut, with his nuttiness stoked by frequent attendance at Qazi's rallies... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |