No, not today, so calm down:ISLAMABAD, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani security agencies have arrested more than 1,000 al-Qaida suspects between January 2002 and May 2006, a comprehensive study by a Pakistani independent institute revealed on Thursday. The Pak Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS) said that it provided an in-depth understanding and objective analysis of national, regional and global strategic issues, affecting international peace and security.
Of the arrested al-Qaida suspects, 70 came from Algeria, 86 from Saudi Arabia, 20 from Morocco, 22 from the United Arab Emirates, 11 from Libya, seven from Kuwait, 20 from Egypt, 28 from Indonesia, 18 from Malaysia, and 36 from West Asian countries, according to the report on PIPS's website. They also included 18 citizens of Western countries: five from the United States, two from Australia and 11 from the United Kingdom. An unknown number of French and German citizens were also included, according to the report.
The study was based on the reports in the media and did not include all the arrests of the Afghans and Pakistanis fighting against the Pakistani security forces in the tribal areas of Pakistan. The PIPS study included only important Pakistani and Afghan members of al-Qaida from these areas.
| Didn't count the lowly cannon fodder, nor the ones important enough to be "disappeared" via ghost jet. Still, not a bad total. |
| Deaders go in a seperate file. Sometimes they rise from the grave and skew the totals. |