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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military claimed it arrested a senior al-Qaeda operative following U.S. demands for “actions, not words” to restore trust.
The army said it had arrested Yemeni national Muhammad Ali Qasim Yaqub, who they claim had been working directly under al-Qaeda leaders along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. An American official said the suspect was a midlevel al-Qaeda operative.
Word of the arrest came as other news reports indicated that al-Qaeda had named an interim leader to replace Osama bin Laden. Saif al-Adel, a senior al-Qaeda military commander who was in Iranian custody until a year ago, will assume the top position until a permanent successor is named.
