Pakistan Points to Cooperation With U.S. in Terror Arrests

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Source: The New York Times

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Military officials in Pakistan announced the arrest of three men on Monday they said were senior operatives of Al Qaeda who had been planning attacks on American and other Western targets, issuing a statement that celebrated the arrests as evidence of cooperation between United States and Pakistani intelligence agencies.

The announcement put strong emphasis on past cooperation between the agencies and emphasized their continued work together, a shift in tone for the Pakistani military, which has been bitter toward the United States in the four months since it was surprised, humiliated and infuriated by the Navy Seal raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden.

“This operation was planned and conducted with technical assistance of United State Intelligence Agencies with whom Inter-Services Intelligence has a strong, historic intelligence relationship,” the statement said, referring to Pakistan’s top military spy agency. “Both Pakistan and United States intelligence agencies continue to work closely together to enhance security of their respective nations.”

One of the men arrested was identified as Younis al-Mauritani who was captured in southwestern city of Quetta, which has long been thought of as a safe haven for Taliban and Qaeda leadership. The Pakistan military said he was “responsible for planning and conduct of international operations” for Al Qaeda.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/world/asia/06pakistan.html

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