ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has announced that 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, has been captured.
Pakistani Military has also said the capture was helped by the United States through Inter-Services Intelligence which suggest that severd ties heavily damaged by the killing of bin Laden are improving.
According to Military statement, “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,”
Pakistan also said 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.
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