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| Pakistan Hunts Al Qaeda Suspect in Tribal Area | |
| 2003-08-15 | |
| Pakistani authorities were hunting a suspected al Qaeda operative on Friday who escaped a raid on a house in which a man was killed and a woman arrested, a senior security official said. The official said the man who escaped was believed to be an Egyptian national called Suleman. He added that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation had offered $100,000 for information leading to his capture. He escaped some time on Thursday during a firefight in an upmarket area of Peshawar between police and occupants of a house in the provincial capital of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province that borders Afghanistan. "upmarket area of Peshawar", no living in the slums for holy warriors, they’re too important. Security officials said they had discovered that the man killed in the gunbattle was a Libyan national, Abdul Rehman, and the wounded woman was his 13-year-old Pakistani wife. Thirteen? All the young one’s must have been taken. They had originally said on Thursday that both the arrested woman and the man were of Afghan origin. One of the officers who took part in the raid told Reuters Suleman had refused to surrender, saying he would do anything to avoid going to Guantanamo Bay, the prison camp in Cuba where the U.S. is holding al Qaeda suspects. All tremble in fear of the camp who’s name we dare not speak! Security officials said they were now hunting Suleman in the remote tribal belt of the country bordering Afghanistan after he escaped there overnight. How do you say "Fat chance" in Pakistani? A bit more, from Dawn... Security forces have launched a massive manhunt for at least three al-Qaeda suspects who escaped after a clash overnight that left one of their companions dead, officials said today. "Paramilitary soldiers, police commandoes and plain-clothed intelligence officials are combing the area," a security official told AFP. "Our focus is Bara and Jamrud towns" located in the tribal belt running along the eastern Afghan district of Jalalabad, he said. Officials said security had been beefed up at all roads leading to the semi-autonomous region following a six-hour encounter in Peshawar city's suburban neighbourhood of Hayatabad. One al-Qaeda suspect, identified as Libyan national Abdul Rehman, was killed in the clash that erupted after security forces surrounded a house in Hayatabad and advised the fugitives to surrender. Those holed up inside responded with a volley of bullets and grenades, triggering the gunbattle. Security officials said the Libyan, killed when a grenade exploded in his hand, appeared to be a "well-trained militant."
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 heh heh ...a while ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-15 3:44:23 PM |
| #3 :) |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-8-15 2:05:39 PM |
| #2 LOL--How long have you been waiting for that setup, Frank?! |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-8-15 1:27:25 PM |
| #1 Peshawar.....oops |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-15 12:30:17 PM |