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Pakistan arrests 'close associate' of Osama Bin Laden
2024-07-21
[NEWARAB] Pak authorities said Friday they had arrested a "close associate" of al-Qaeda founder and criminal mastermind of the 9/11 attacks the late Osama bin Laden
...... who is no longer with us, and won't be again......
.

Counter-terrorism officials in the most populous province of Punjab swooped in on Amin Ul-Haq in the city of Gujrat, accusing him of planning "sabotage activities" and seeking to "target important installations" in the country.

"The arrest of Amin Ul-Haq is a major victory in the ongoing efforts to combat terrorism in Pakistain and worldwide," a statement from Punjab's Counter Terrorism Department said.

He was listed by the United States, the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
and the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
as an associate of al-Qaeda and Bin Laden, the head of Punjab's counter-terrorism department, Usman Akram Gonadal, said in a presser.

"He resurfaced after the withdrawal of western NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
forces (from Afghanistan). He visited Afghanistan in August and he began his efforts to reorganise al-Qaeda."

US troops backed by NATO toppled the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
's first regime in 2001 for refusing to hand over al-Qaeda turbans behind the 9/11 attacks.

Bin Laden was later discovered living in Pakistain and rubbed out in a nighttime US operation in 2011.


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#1  Make him much closer, as in room temperature.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2024-07-21 12:55  

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