Pakistani police have launched more raids on suspected al-Qaeda hideouts, arresting another 16 mostly Arab men. "We have taken into custody 16 foreigners, mostly Arabs. They had come from Afghanistan and they were hiding in Lahore," said Lahore police chief Javed Noor. "There was no resistance. We caught them by surprise. They were hiding in houses in the Township neighbourhood in the southern part of the city. These people had been living in Afghanistan, that is for sure. We are interrogating them to find out their identities and their background." Official sources said the detainees included three Saudis, three Libyans, one Yemeni and two other unidentified Arabs, and they had been sharing a house with members of an outlawed Pakistani Islamic militant group.
More activity? What brought this on? Did they fire Chief Inspector Fatty Arbuckle? |