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| Paks nab 12 Harkat gunnies in Peshawar... |
| 2002-08-30 |
| Police arrested a dozen members of the banned Islamic militant group Harkatul Mujahideen from a secret hideout in Peshawar, suspected to have links with Al Qaeda sources said on Wednesday. A senior Crimes Investigation Department (CID) Police official said that a few of the arrested were foreign nationals, including an Afghan and an Iranian. "They are being interrogated and we hope information retrieved will lead us to more terrorists," he said on condition of anonymity. We do, too... The CID police commandos, on a tip-off, raided the banned Harkatul Mujahideen's former office in Danishabad locality in the University Town area, but are not disclosing when the raid took place. Among the seized materials was a CD on building bombs and other explosive materials. Other materials included 12 time bombs, unspecified number of detonators, 2 Russian-made Kalashnikovs, pistols and small explosives. The suspects were arrested from the office basement. So they were banned, their office closed, and they waited until the heat was off and just moved back in, arms, ammunition, and everything. Sounds like the fix might have been in... "Initial interrogation suggests the suspects belong to Al Qaeda," the official said, adding that the arrested men kept shuttling between Pakistan and Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 I wonder how much hard currency would make the suspects "not al Qaeda"? |
| Posted by: Tom Roberts 2002-08-30 14:54:02 |