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| Police deny FBI role in arrest of Egyptian |
| 2003-02-16 |
| Police have denied the presence of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in a raid con-ducted for the arrest of an Egyptian Al Qaeda suspect in Quetta. "No FBI agent or official was present during the raid," a police spokesman said in a statement issued here on Saturday. "The police have taken into custody an Egyptian Abdul Rehman who was living here without having legal documents. Yes, we sought the help of a sensitive agency for conducting the raid, but not of the FBI." Likely the CIA passed on the location of the guy's satphone... The police were interrogating Abdul Rehman to ascertain the facts about his identification, the spokesman stated. Abdul Rehman was arrested late on Thursday night on a tip-off. "We have doubts about his identity," Dr Shoaib Suddle, Balochistan IGP, told Dawn and added that no documents were recovered from him to confirm his identity. However, it was true that he was an Arab and was living in Quetta for the last three months. "Further investigation is in progress to ascertain his links with Al Qaeda or any other organization," some sources said and added that he was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other security agencies. Showed up three months ago, with (of course) documents that were printed on yellow lined paper in pencil... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |