3 Al Qaeda suspects arrested

Published August 22, 2003

KOHAT, Aug 21: A Pakistani intelligence agent said on Thursday authorities had arrested three suspected Al Qaeda members, including an Iraqi, in a raid in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan.

The arrests were made late on Wednesday in the Kurram Agency, an intelligence official said.

The official, who did not want to be identified, said one of those arrested was an Iraqi named Raad bin Saga bin Mohammad and the others were Pakistanis he identified as Ehsanullah and Adil Shah.—Reuters

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