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| Pakistan arrests senior al-Qaeda operative |
| 2011-05-17 |
| PAKISTANI security forces have arrested a senior Al-Qaeda operative, Muhammad Ali Qasim Yaqub - alias Abu Sohaib Al Makki - in the southern port city of Karachi. "According to preliminary investigations, Al Makki is a Yemeni national and has been working directly under al-Qaeda leaders along Pak-Afghan borders," the military's media wing said yesterday. "The arrest of Al Makki is a major development in unravelling the Al-Qaeda network operating in the region," it said. |
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