Al-Qaida bomb suspect arrested in Pakistan

A SUSPECT in the suicide bombing of an American destroyer off the coast of Yemen in October 2000 was among six suspected al-Qaida men arrested in two simultaneous raids yesterday.

Waleed Mohammed Bin Attash alias Khalid al-Attash, a captured Yemeni national, is wanted in connection with the suicide bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors.

Pakistan arrested the six “high-profile” al-Qaida suspects who were allegedly planning a massive terror attack, the interior ministry said.