The South African man among several suspected al-Qaeda operatives held in a Pakistan raid has been identified as Zubair Ismael.
A second South African arrested has been identified only as a woman named Feroze.
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The Internet news centre South Asian Media Net said on Tuesday Ismael's wife Asia, a Pakistani, was also arrested in the raid, which sparked a 12-hour gunbattle with police in the north-west frontier town of Gujrat.
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It is believed the group had been involved in the Afghan war. South Asian Media Net could not provide further details of their identities, but cited sources close to the investigation saying they had been providing logistic support to al-Qaeda cells for executing attacks. One was a communications expert, the sources said.
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A Pakistani police officer told the network that the investigation was being handled on a federal level and the group were being interrogated in Lahore. The South Africans were arrested with a Pakistani and his Saudi wife and a Baluchistani couple. A Saudi boy of 13 and other children are also in custody. The adults were allegedly trained in Afghanistan and Iran and were involved in terror activities within Pakistan for three years.
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