A French-al Qaeda leader, Naamen Meziche,
linked to the September 11,
2001 (also known as 9/11)
attacks was arrested near
the Pakistan-Iran border,
reports Daily Times on
June 20. A Western terror
expert said Meziche was arrested
in May in Quetta (Balochistan)
as he was travelling to the
Federally Administered Tribal
Areas (FATA). Meziche was
detained after disclosures
by Younis al Mauritani, apparently
tasked by Osama bin Laden
to plot attacks on Australia,
Europe and the United States
(US) and captured in Pakistan
in 2011, the Pakistani official
said. |
