Pakistan Arrests Senior al-Qaida Operative

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Pakistan Arrests Senior al-Qaida Operative

The Pakistani authorities arrested a suspected senior al-Qaida operative in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, Pakistani Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced.

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The Pakistani authorities arrested a suspected senior al-Qaida operative in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, Pakistani Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced.

The suspect, identified by the Pakistani authorities as Yassir al-Jazeeri, is wanted by the United States although his name does not appear on the FBI most-wanted terrorist list, Ahmed said.

Al-Jazeeri was arrested in the posh Gulburg neighborhood of Lahore by Pakistani security agencies, Ahmed said. The Pakistani family with whom al-Jazeeri was staying with was being interrogated but the Pakistani minister said they were not under arrest at this time.

It wasn't immediately known where al-Jazeeri is thought to stand in the hierarchy of the al-Qaida terrorist network, led by Osama bin Laden -- the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States which killed some 4,000 people.

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