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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (43527)	1/10/2003 2:53:20 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Noose around most-wanted al-Qaeda militant Khalid Shaikh Muhammad being tightened!! dailytimes.com.pk Famed hockey player Shahid Ali Khan and five of his family members were arrested in an early morning raid carried out by the Rangers and police here on Thursday. The Sindh Home secretary told Daily Times the raid netted two suspected Al Qaeda operatives. Hundreds of armed personnel stormed the Gulshan-e-Maimar double storey residence of the international right-half player around 5.00am on Thursday after securing the neighbourhood. Security forces and the suspected terrorists faced off for almost two hours during which time gunfire was exchanged and two hand-grenades lobbed from the second storey of the W-block bungalow. Residents of the area say they heard several explosions. “Only one of the grenades exploded,” said Inspector General of Sindh Police Kamal Shah. “We forced two of the foreign nationals to surrender. There were no casualties.” Sources say the men, whose identity could not be confirmed, are likely of Arab stock. Police is continuing the search for a third man who was reportedly injured but managed to escape arrest. Mr Khan played in the 1973 World Cup in Amsterdam and has served as an international hockey umpire. A former team mate now a member of a political party, wishing not to be identified, described Mr Khan as a God fearing man and added he could not imagine the 45-year-old was even remotely linked to the Qaeda network. Police did not confirm the arrests but sources said Mr Khan, his daughter Sarah, 23, and her two-month-old son Zaid, his sons Farooq, 26, Hasan, 13, as well as his nephew Jawad Jamal and a maid were hauled up for questioning. Sarah, her son Zaid and the maid were released late Thursday night. Mr Khan’s wife Sabiha, an activist of the Jamaat-e-Islami, was touring Interior Sindh at the time the raid took place. Professor Ghafoor Ahmed, central vice president of her party, slammed the arrests of Mr Khan and his kin. “This is all being done to appease the US. This raid was supervised by the FBI and they did not even spare the two-month-old infant.” Mr Ahmed and his party demand that all US forces present in Pakistan leave the country.