A former associate of Osama bin Laden, described by authorities as a “Pakistan-based attack planner,” has been arrested in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the NATO-led coalition said Thursday.
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A former associate of Osama bin Laden, described by authorities as a “Pakistan-based attack planner,” has been arrested in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the NATO-led coalition said Thursday.
Hundreds of Serbian police officers, some in riot gear, hit the streets of the capital Belgrade Sunday, as an ultranationalist party demonstrated against the arrest of genocide suspect Ratko Mladic.
When police burst into the garden of the small house in northern Serbia where Europe’s highest-ranking war crimes suspect had been hiding, the former Bosnian Serb general was found standing against a wall in a utility room normally used for storing farm equipment, a government minister told CNN.
Serbian President Boris Tadic has done a remarkable job in overseeing the arrest of Gen. Ratko Mladic, the former head of the Bosnian Serb Army. For years, Tadic has had to stand by as foreign leaders and diplomats accused him and his government of not doing enough to track down Mladic.
World leaders and human rights groups celebrated the arrest of former Serbian army commander Ratko Mladic on Thursday, calling it “historic” and “an important step forward.”
Reaction to the arrest of International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn ranged from concern to outrage to sadness Tuesday in France, where one politician said he was the victim of a “lynching” and others cautioned against what they see as a rush to judgment.
A senior al Qaeda operative has been arrested by security agencies in Karachi, the Pakistani military said in a statement Tuesday.