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| Pakistan Arrests Suspect in Cole Bombing |
| 2003-04-30 |
| Pakistani police have arrested six men suspected of being linked with al-Qaida, including a Yemeni man wanted in connection with the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, an Interior Ministry official said Wednesday. Wonder if any of these guys are some of those who "escaped" from the Yemeni jail? Waleed Mohammed Bin Attash, who also is known as Khalid al-Attash, is wanted in connection with the suicide bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors, the official said. The arrests were made Tuesday in two raids conducted in southern Karachi by Pakistani authorities. "This is a big catch. Al-Attash is wanted in the USS Cole bombing," Brig. Javed Iqbal Cheema said. "I think he is very important." The identities of the other men were not immediately known. All six suspects still are in Pakistan. The raids were "were solely a Pakistani operation," Cheema told The Associated Press in an interview in the capital of Islamabad. "We didn't say anything before now because we wanted to see whether we could make more arrests." The men have not yet been handed over to the United States, and U.S. law enforcement agencies have not questioned the suspects, Cheema said. "During the raid 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of high explosive and a large quantity of arms, ammunitions and explosives intended to be used for terrorist attacks have been recovered from the suspects," said a statement released by Cheema's National Crisis Management Cell, which oversees anti-terrorist activities in Pakistan. Standard equipment for the turban set. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 Update: Waleed Mohammed Bin Attash, best known as Tawfiq bin Attash or Tawfiq Attash Khallad, was arrested Tuesday during a pair of raids conducted in southern Karachi by Pakistani authorities. U.S. counterterrorism officials in Washington confirmed the capture of the suspect, also known as Khallad, and described him as one of the most-wanted al-Qaida fugitives. Khallad was active in plotting new attacks, the officials said on condition of anonymity. U.S. intelligence officials said Khallad is suspected of meeting with two of the Sept. 11 hijackers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in January 2000. Those hijackers, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, were on the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. Khallad was in Afghanistan for much of the planning of the attacks and was believed to have moved to Pakistan by late 2002, officials said. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-04-30 14:57:57 |
| #2 "During the raid 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of high explosive and a large quantity of arms, ammunitions and explosives intended to be used for terrorist attacks have been recovered from the suspects," They must have been very pious. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-04-30 12:36:00 |
| #1 Sounds like at least Brig. Cheema takes his job seriously, even if the rest of the Pak/ISI people don't. Good for him |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-04-30 09:33:17 |