{"id":27607,"date":"2011-09-05T10:22:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T17:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=27607"},"modified":"2011-09-05T10:22:02","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T17:22:02","slug":"al-qaeda-chief-younis-al-mauritani-held-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/al-qaeda-chief-younis-al-mauritani-held-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Qaeda chief Younis al-Mauritani held – Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pakistan’s army says it has arrested a man it describes as a senior al-Qaeda leader and two of his accomplices.<\/p>\n
Younis al-Mauritani planned and executed international operations for the global terror network, the military said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The White House praised the capture – reportedly the result of co-operation between US and Pakistani intelligence.<\/p>\n
The army said the men were seized in the suburbs of the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta.<\/p>\n