1,000 AL-Qaeda suspects arrested in Pakistan: report
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, May 25, IRNA
Pakistan-AlQaeda-Arrest
A comprehensive study by a Pakistani independent institute the 'Pak Institute of Peace Studies' (PIPS) reveals that Pakistani security agencies arrested more than 1,000 al-Qaeda suspects between January 2002 and May 2006.
PIPS says it provides an in-depth understanding and objective analysis of national, regional and global strategic issues, affecting international peace and security.
Of them, 70 came from Algeria, 86 from Saudi Arabia, 20 from Morocco, 22 from the United Arab Emirates, 11 from Libya, 7 from Kuwait, 20 from Egypt, 28 from Indonesia, 18 from Malaysia, and 36 from the West Asian countries, according to a report on PIPS website.
They also included 18 citizens of Western countries: 5 from the United States, 2 from Australia and 11 from the United Kingdom.
They also included an unknown number of French and German citizens.
The study is based on the reports in the media and does not include all the arrest of the Afghans and Pakistanis fighting against the Pakistani security forces in the tribal areas of Pakistan.
The PIPS study includes only the important Pakistani and Afghan members of al-Qaeda from these areas. Moreover, the security forces have also killed more than 1,000 al-Qaeda fighters in operations in Pakistan.
However, the Pakistani government has announced the arrests of only 660 Al-Qaeda operatives.
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