time to bomb china? -g-
-- DJ Chinese-Made Drone Found At Al-Qaida Hideout In Pakistan --
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP)--An attack by Pakistani forces on a major al-Qaida
hideout turned up a Chinese-made drone aircraft designed for use in
surveillance, the military said Tuesday.
The al-Qaida hideout appeared to be a fairly sophisticated outpost, with
communications gear to communicate with militants in Afghanistan, a cache of
bombs, detonators and rockets, and even a tiny Chinese-made drone aircraft, the
military reported.
Pakistan's army destroyed the al-Qaida hideout and arrested 21 suspected
militants in a remote northwestern tribal region near Afghanistan, a top
military commander said.
"It is the biggest-ever operation, which is still going on in North
Waziristan," Lt. Gen. Safdar Hussain, the top army commander responsible for
anti-terrorism operations in northwestern Pakistan, told a news conference.
Hussain said foreigners and "some important men are included among the
captured people," although he refused to reveal identities or nationalities.
"We dismantled this communication center and seized a large number of CDs and
communication equipment," Hussain said.
He said troops also arrested a junior government official from North
Waziristan and a close relative of Maulana Nek Zaman, a lawmaker from a
religious party, on suspicion of helping terrorists. |
