DTN News - AL-QAEDA PAKISTAN CONNECTION: A Senior Al-Qaeda Leader Younis al-Mauritani Arrested In Quetta Pakistan
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 5, 2011: Pakistan said on Monday it has captured a “senior al Qaeda leader” named Younis al- Mauritani who was responsible for conducting international operations and ordered by Osama bin Laden to hit US, European and Australian economic targets.
The United States helped Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency conduct the arrests, the military said, suggesting ties heavily damaged by the killing of bin Laden had improved.
“He was planning to target United States economic interests including gas/oil pipelines, power generating dams and strike ships/oil tankers through explosive laden speed boats in international waters,” the military said in a statement.
Pakistan, describing the capture as “another fatal blow” to the militant group, added that two other senior al Qaeda operatives were also detained in the operation on the outskirts of the southwestern city of Quetta.
They were identified as Abdul Ghaffar al-Shami and Messara al-Shami. No further details were provided. It was not possible to immediately verify the captures.
US officials have said al Qaeda’s deputy chief, Libyan national Atiyah abd al-Rahman, was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan near the Afghan border on Aug. 22. But Pakistan officials have not confirmed his death.
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