Helloooo, If anyone's still interested in the "war on terror"

[im1013]

Al Qaida has free movement in Pakistan, top official concedes

By Saeed Shah, McClatchy Newspapers


ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's top security official Monday admitted that al Qaida's leadership moved freely in and out of the country and vowed that "no mercy" would be shown to extremists based in its tribal territory that borders Afghanistan .

In the past, Pakistan has been heavily criticized for rejecting evidence that al Qaida was largely based in the country and for denying that the tribal territory was used as a safe haven for Afghan insurgents.

Rehman Malik , the interior ministry chief, revealed that al Qaida deputy leader Ayman al Zawahiri and his wife had been in Mohmand, part of the tribal area. Most of time, Malik said Zawahiri was mainly in Afghanistan's Kunar and Paktia provinces.

"We certainly had traced him (Zawahiri) at one place, but we missed the chance. So he's moving in Mohmand and, of course, sometimes in Kunar, mostly in Kunar and Paktia," Malik told reporters in Islamabad.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3033515

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. Yeah, we are still interested.

[im1013]

2. OK,, just checking.... found this amusing.

[Muttocracy]

3. oops! that's never happened before.. nt