Police: Five U.S. citizens detained in Pakistan

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Source: MSNBC/AP

No reason given for arrests made after raid on house

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Five U.S. citizens were detained in a raid on a house in the east of the Pakistan, Pakistani police said.

Police officer Tahir Gujjar declined to say why the men were arrested Wednesday in the town of Sargodha.

Three of the men are Americans of Pakistani descent, one is of Egyptian descent and the other is of Yemeni heritage, he said.

The men are being interrogated by senior police officers, he added.

A U.S. Embassy spokesman said officials there were aware of the reported arrests, but had no more information.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34346329/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

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1. wonder if there is any relation to this story

'Blackwater' men nabbed, released
By: Ashraf Javed | Published: December 09, 2009

LAHORE – Security agencies arrested four suspected members of notorious Blackwater agency while they were trying to force their entry into the Cantonment Area here on Tuesday evening, sources informed.

However, they were released two hours later on the intervention of the US Consulate.

According to well-placed sources, the officials of security agencies intercepted three vehicles with tinted glasses near Sherpao Bridge, as security was on high alert, a day after twin bomb blasts hit Moon Market, Lahore’s leading shopping mall, leaving more than 54 people dead and 150 others wounded.

The arrested suspects believed to be Cobra operatives failed to produce authentic identification and their purpose for entering into the most sensitive area during cross-questioning with the security agency officials. The sources revealed that the suspects were apparently foreigners and they had no proper travel documents. However, the suspects refused to go with the security agencies for further interrogation and started arguing with security agency personnel, creating a terrible traffic mess at the leading artery of the City. Hundreds of motorists remained trapped in the traffic mess for about two hours.

The news of arrest of members of notorious and private spy agency, Blackwater, spread in the City like jungle fire as people stared calling one another to share the development.

more:http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/09-Dec-2009/Blackwater-men-nabbed-released

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2. I was wondering the same here... should get interesting?

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