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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (12471)	1/1/2002 10:22:44 PM
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British al Qaida suspect held on Pakistan border Updated on 1/1/2002 10:14:56 AM LONDON (Online): Pakistani officials working alongside Western security services to track down members of al-Qa’ida confirmed Sunday night they were holding a Briton suspected of having links with the terror network, according to The Guardian.The man, named as James Alexander McLintock, was detained 11 days ago crossing a “no-entry” border into Pakistan’s remote North-West Frontier province from Afghanistan. Intelligence officers have already identified the area in Afghanistan, north of Jalalabad, as a former al-Qa’ida stronghold used by Osama bin Laden’s organisation as a terrorist training site. The arrest of Mr McLintock, a white man believed to be of Scottish origin, raised new fears about widespread recruitment of Britons along with Americans, Australians and other Europeans to al-Qa’ida. More than 200 suspected al-Qa’ida members are being held on the Pakistani border after fleeing the American onslaught on the Tora Bora cave complex two weeks ago, the newspaper said. The Briton was said to have given a Muslim name, Yaqoob, to border guards and spoken in Arabic when he was arrested. He was holding a British passport confirmed by the Pakistani authorities as authentic. It is understood that he claimed he was working for an international aid agency before being arrested and taken to the north Pakistani city of Peshawar for questioning. A spokesman for the police in North-West Frontier province said: “We are still trying to ascertain why he was in a no-entry zone. Anyone found in this area will be questioned closely. Until we know why this man was there we cannot rule out a link with the other al-Qa’ida suspects.” The arrest of the Briton is part of a crackdown by Pakistani armed forces as Western intelligence agencies, including the FBI and MI5, seek to identify recruits to Mr bin Laden’s cause. Pakistani intelligence officers are already working with a six-strong team of FBI agents who are questioning 139 men suspected of being hardcore al-Qa’ida members in Kohat, 40 miles south of Peshawar, the paper said. In London, the Foreign Office said diplomats in Islamabad were urgently seeking information on Mr McLintock, but could not confirm the details of his arrest. A spokesman would only say: “He has not been visited by consular officials.” frontierpost.com.pk