Pakistani security forces working in cooperation with U.S. intelligence captured senior al-Qaida commander Younis al-Mauritani, the most important al-Qaida figure in several years to be arrested in Pakistan, officials said Monday.
...Al-Mauritani “was tasked personally by Osama bin Laden to focus on hitting targets of economical importance in United States of America, Europe and Australia,” said a statement from the Pakistani military. “He was planning to target United States economic interests, including gas and oil pipelines, power-generating dams, and strike ships and oil tankers through explosive-laden speed boats in international waters.”
Bin Laden had long been obsessed with trying to cripple the U.S. and its allies economically, realizing that militarily it would be impossible.
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