Baitullah Mehsud aides arrested in Mianwali

[ajpirzada]

MIANWALI (updated on: May 26, 2009, 11:37 PST): Ten people including Abdullah Ghazi and Salim, aides of Baitullah Mehsud have been arrested during security forces operation against suspect Afghan nationals in Chadro area of Mianwali.

According to DPO Mianwali, security forces arrested Abdullah Ghazi and Salim along with other associates during operation against suspects and recovered large arms cache.

Police sources said the arrested persons had killed eight policemen and blew up a check post in Qudratabad area in February this year. The arrested persons have been shifted to undisclosed location for interrogation.

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[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Quite a few high profile arrests have been made recently - this one from a few days ago:

Suicide attackers among 7 arrested in Charsadda​

Updated at: 2320 PST, Saturday, May 23, 2009
CHARSADDA: Police have arrested seven terrorists including three suicide attackers in a raid on a house in Sarwani area of Batgram in Charsadda.

According to police, CIA and Peshawar police in a joint action carried out on a tip-off raided a house in Sarwani area and arrested seven persons including three with suicide jackets.

Four of the arrested including a man named Qari Ahsan are masterminds of a terrorist network operating in Charsadda, said the police.

The arrested have been shifted to an unknown place where they are being interrogated.
Suicide attackers among 7 arrested in Charsadda

Who is Qari Ahsan?

On Dec. 25, Musharraf's high-wire act nearly cost him his life when two suicide bombers drove explosives-laden vehicles into his motorcade in the city of Rawalpindi, where he lives, killing 19 people but leaving the president unharmed. One of the bombers was later identified as a member of a breakaway faction of Jaish-e-Mohammed, one of the main militant groups battling Indian forces in Kashmir. The group was founded with the government's blessing in 2000 by Masood Azhar, a radical cleric.

"Jihadists like Masood Azhar were then the natural allies of Musharraf, hence the ultimate freedom to propagate and recruit jihadis under state patronage," said a former army chief of staff who spoke on condition of anonymity. Azhar may now oppose Musharraf, "but there will be a price," the former official said.

Jaish-e-Mohammed has also been linked to the attack on Aziz, the new prime minister. Investigators have identified the prime suspect in the case as Qari Ahsan, who lived in the same southern Punjab town as Azhar and was considered one of his top lieutenants, intelligence officials said. Azhar has disappeared from view; a senior intelligence official described him as a fugitive.
washingtonpost.com: Pakistan Losing Grip on Extremists

The SIG report says the possibility of suicide attacks on mourning processions in Peshawar, DI Khan and Kohat is “high” because members of the banned Lashker-e-Jhangvi (LJ), like Asif Chotoo and Chota Usman, have become active again. These two were involved in a suicide attack on a mourning congregation at Barri Imam in Islamabad in 2005, killing over 30 people. Matiur Rehman, Qari Ehsan, Umer Aqdas, Hafiz Mohammad Yasin, Mufti Saghir and Qari Nazakt are still at large and are trying to reorganise the LJ, it says. Some activists of the banned LJ, like Shabbir Arain and Tanveer Khan alias Tanni, have been recently released from jail and they are now trying to regroup, it adds.
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

Also involved in the attack on French engineers at the Sheraton in Karachi
Karachi News

 

[brilTek]

Positive Developments......

Problem arises post their arrest. These terrorist easy get away from system after 4-5 years because of lack of evidence. Pakistani agencies yet to enter into forensic science. I can still see agencies collecting evidence naked hand on tv.

Just a month back, 3 alleged terrorist who were charged as handlers of suicdier bomber who attempted to kill ex-PM shaukat aziz were released.

 

[ajpirzada]

i think they should be killed rit at the spot...
lets keep our jails clean