Al-Qaeda Big Busted in Pakistan

(Quetta, Pakistan) Senior al-Qaeda leader Younis al-Mauritani (aka Mauritania) has been arrested in Quetta along with two other high-ranking terrorists, Abdul Ghaffar al-Shami and Messara al-Shami.

Al-Mauritani has been described as al-Qaeda's foreign minister.

Co-operation between the CIA and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency led to the arrests by the paramilitary, it said, without saying when Mauritani was detained.

"In an intelligence-driven operation by Inter-Services Intelligence in coordination with Frontier Corps Balochistan, a senior Al-Qaeda leader, Younis al-Mauritani, mainly responsible for planning and conduct of international operations, was nabbed," the statement said.

Reportedly, al-Mauritani took orders directly from Osama bin Laden. His arrest has been described as a good catch.