Some analysts questioned whether Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had actually been arrested on Saturday and speculated he may have been held for some time. "I think he was arrested several months ago in the shootout in Karachi," one expert on Pakistan who declined to be identified said, referring to a gunbattle in September in the southern port city that netted another Al Qaeda figure, Ahmed Omar Abdel Rahman, known as Ramzi Bin al-shibh. I don't care. Do you care? As far as I concerned, they nabbed him yesterday...
Mohammed was reported to have narrowly evaded capture in that battle, when Karachi police identified him as a man hit by a police sniper. But a suspected militant later denied this. Another terror expert said several weeks ago he believed Mohammed had been arrested and that he expected the news would be only be made public when it was in the interests of the United States and Pakistan.
Woulda been in the interests of the USA and Pakland the day they caught him. That's why I think he was nabbed yesterday...
The first analyst said the arrest could make Islamic militants even more wary of the Pakistani Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) that they had considered an ally when the country was backing the Taliban in Afghanistan before September 11. "Those who think they have ISI protection will stop feeling that comfort level," he said.
Heh heh. Ain't it terrible when that happens?