Pakistani authorities have arrested two terror suspects, including a man believed to be a senior al-Qaida operative, security officials and the Information Ministry said Wednesday. The suspects, a man believed to be an Egyptian named Sharif al-Misri and another man of Middle Eastern origin, were arrested two to three days ago in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, a senior government official told The Associated Press on condition his name not be used. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, who was to be sworn in as Pakistan's information minister later Wednesday, confirmed that "a member of al-Qaida has been arrested" but refused to say how senior he was. He also said one of the two suspects was named Sharif al-Misri, but gave no other details about his nationality.
