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Afghanistan/South Asia |
Pakistan Kills Two Al Qaeda Suspects, Arrests 11 |
2005-03-05 |
It was not immediately known whether any al Qaeda leaders were among the dead or the arrested men. Witnesses said that troops moved into the small village after midnight and surrounded a mud-and-brick house, where the militants were hiding. "But the shootout started early in the morning which lasted for more than two hours," one witness said. "One woman and at least three security personnel also suffered minor wounds," he said. Another official, who also asked not to be named, said that the two dead al Qaeda suspects appeared to be Arabs. "The arrested men include two Sudanese and one Qatari national," he added. "The rest are locals." The arrested men were hand-cuffed and swiftly moved to an undisclosed location for interrogation, witnesses said. |
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