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DUBAI: Al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of an American man in Pakistan and demanded the release of prisoners and an end to air strikes in Muslim countries in exchange for his freedom, according to an internet statement.
Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri also said in an audio recording issued on Islamist websites on Thursday that a senior al-Qaida leader based in Pakistan known as Attiyatullah had been killed in a US air strike in August.
"Just as the Americans detain all whom they suspect of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban, even remotely, we detained this man who has had an active part in American aid to Pakistan since the seventies," SITE quoted Zawahri as saying. Assailants kidnapped Warren Weinstein in Lahore in August.
Qaida abducts US national in Pakistan - The Times of India
Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri also said in an audio recording issued on Islamist websites on Thursday that a senior al-Qaida leader based in Pakistan known as Attiyatullah had been killed in a US air strike in August.
"Just as the Americans detain all whom they suspect of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban, even remotely, we detained this man who has had an active part in American aid to Pakistan since the seventies," SITE quoted Zawahri as saying. Assailants kidnapped Warren Weinstein in Lahore in August.
Qaida abducts US national in Pakistan - The Times of India