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Politics : Idea Of The Day

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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (43652)3/2/2003 4:18:42 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) of 50167
 
U.S. authorities have taken the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks out of Pakistan to an undisclosed location after capturing him in a joint raid by CIA and Pakistani agents, a senior government official said Sunday.

The arrest Saturday of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a senior operative in Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, and two other men outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad likely will hurt the terrorist organization's ability to strike and could provide the United States with new clues in the hunt for bin Laden.
"It's hard to overstate how significant this is," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said. "It's a wonderful blow to inflict on al-Qaida."
Mohammed, 37, is perhaps the most senior al-Qaida member after bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri. The news reporting..
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