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2002-09-12 Europe
Italian Coppers Arrest 15 Pak Al Qaeda
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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-09-12 11:25 am|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11124 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 The Paks say they ain't theirs: A Pakistani embassy official in Rome said there was no evidence the arrested men were Pakistanis and said his embassy had been allowed no access to the suspects to find out. "I think at this point it is false and misleading to say that they are from Pakistan. We told the Italian authorities three days ago that the suspects possessed false documents," Qasim Muttaqi, the embassy's councillor for consular affairs, told Reuters.
Posted by Steve 2002-09-12 11:51:40||   2002-09-12 11:51:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Pretty easy to determine if they are: Turbans + Pashtun or Urdu = Pak. It's pretty distinctive. Presumably the Navy intel guys were monitoring their communications, and they weren't in Arabic; or if they were, they "had a fonny assent."
Posted by Fred  2002-09-12 14:21:42||   2002-09-12 14:21:42|| Front Page Top

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