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Pakistan arrests 6 al-Qaida suspects
One suspect wanted for Sept. 11 attacks, USS Cole bombing
NBC, MSNBC AND NEWS SERVICES
KARACHI, Pakistan, April 30 — Pakistani police have arrested six men linked to al-Qaida, including a Yemeni man wanted in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks and the bombing of the USS Cole, an Interior Ministry official said Wednesday.
WALEED MOHAMMED BIN ATTASH, best known as Tawfiq bin Attash or Tawfiq Attash Khallad, was arrested Tuesday during a pair of raids conducted in southern Karachi by Pakistani authorities. The identities of the other suspects were not immediately known.
“This is a big catch. Al-Attash is wanted in the USS Cole bombing,” Brig. Javed Iqbal Cheema said. “I think he is very important.”
U.S. officials concurred, telling NBC that Attash’s arrest was “far and away the most significant capture” of the half-dozen people taken into Pakistani custody.
A CIA officer once described the suspect as a “major-league killer.”