Pakistan homes in on Osama Bin Laden network with arrest of al-Qaida man

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Guardian

Pakistani security forces arrested a senior al-Qaida operative in Karachi on Tuesday, signalling the first major move against Osama bin Laden's network inside Pakistan since his death on 2 May.

Security agencies in the port city of Karachi apprehended Muhammad Ali Qasim Yaqub, alias Abu Suhaib al-Makki, a Yemeni said to have worked directly under the al-Qaida leadership along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

The army described the arrest as a "major development in unravelling the al-Qaida network operating in the region" – triggering speculation it may signal the start of a wider heave against Bin Laden's top lieutenants.

However, Makki's seniority in al-Qaida was not immediately known. In the past both the US and Pakistan have retrospectively attributed seniority to previously unknown al-Qaida militants.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/17/al-qaida-arrest-pakistan-yemen

[cosmicone]

1. Pakistan will catch low-end foot soldiers or people who

had nothing much to do with Al Q'aeda to get headlines and act like they are doing something while they protect the big fish in military/ISI controlled places.