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DAWN.COM | Metropolitan | Three Al-Qaeda associates arrested in Karachi
KARACHI: Three men closely linked to Al-Qaeda were arrested during raids in Karachis Gulshan-i-Iqbal area.
Intelligence officials arrested the three from Gulshan-i-Iqbals Block 17.
The names of two of the three were released: Kifayatullah and Abu Reyan Al Zarkazi also known as Abu Musa.
Abu Musa is a known associate of Osama Bin Laden and was notorious for firing down US drones in Waziristan.
He was also the commander of foreign combatants in Pakistan and prior to 9/11 travelled with Osama Bin Laden to Sudan.
The three were in Karachi to purchase mechanical parts from Sher Shah. Among other items purchased were washing machine timers important components in time bombs. DawnNews