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Pakistan Doubts Al Zawahri Among Those Surrounded
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By Simon Denyer

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's army has arrested over 100 suspected militants after five days of intense battles near the Afghan border, but said it was unlikely al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahri was among those still surrounded.

Instead a senior commander said the "high-value target" whom the militants were thought to be protecting was probably an Uzbek or Chechen militant leader.

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