Posted on 05/17/2011 7:22:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A senior Yemeni al-Qaeda operative has been arrested in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, Pakistan's army says.
Mohammed Ali Qasim, also known as Abu Suhaib al-Makki, had been working under al-Qaeda leaders along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a statement said.
The army said his arrest was a "major development in unravelling the al-Qaeda network operating in the region".
Officials later told the BBC that Qasim was key courier between Osama Bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
The BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad says that since Bin Laden was found and killed by US commandos on Pakistani soil on 2 May, the country's military establishment has been under scrutiny and pressure.
The US wants proof that Pakistan's army and powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency are not fighting militants with one hand, while helping them with the other, our correspondent says.
Now the security agencies have an arrest to announce, hot on the heels of a visit on Monday by the senior US Senator John Kerry, she adds.
Sen Kerry said the secrecy surrounding the Bin Laden mission was crucial to its success, and stressed the need for both countries to get their relationship back on track and work together to combat terrorism.
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Bad move. That will just anger them more.
why not send the war hero Kerry there, after all he did get a few medals for his bravery
ARF
Now Obama will single handedly arrest Zawahiri using information gleened from the courier.
They have moved to Yemen for operations. Pakistan is now the retirement home.
and his mooselipfrom seattle...or were the hell is her daddy?
Pelosi skank!!!!!
Good tag line.
The Paki’s should just kill all Arabs in their territory as a good will gesture to us.
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