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200 Al-Qaeda suspects arrested in two weeks in Pakistan

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, August 8, IRNA -- Pakistan`s law-enforcement agencies have 
arrested as many as 200 Al-Qaeda suspects in two weeks, newspaper 
reports said on Sunday. 
According to The News daily, the foreigners whose visas have 
expired or are carrying invalid documents are also being questioned. 
These people, the daily said, were being interrogated for having 
links with Bin Laden`s organization. However, some of the foreigners 
have no legal documents to live in Pakistan or their documents had 
expired, the local NNI news agency reported. 
Pakistani officials in recent weeks have arrested many local and 
foreigners for having alleged links with Al-Qaeda, saying some of 
these carry millions of dollars reward on their heads. 
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