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The report adds that a Swedish national by the name of Ghezali was arrested for more than two years by the US at its prison at Guantanamo Bay, after Pakistani authorities arrested him in 2001.
From this sentence, the following information was extracted.
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arrest, arrest by the US at its prison at Guantanamo Bay, Pakistani authorities a Swedish national by the name of Ghezali, himThis data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
A Swedish citizen with the same name as another Swede who was arrested in Pakistan in 2001 and held for two years at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, was detained at Multan in Punjab in August 2009 on suspicion of links to al Qaeda, Police said on September 11, reports Daily Times. He was arrested with three other Swedes and seven Turks near the country''s Tribal Areas, a Police officer said on condition of anonymity. A Pakistani national was also traveling with them, he added. He did not know about his past activities, but confirmed he was carrying a Swedish passport bearing the name Mehdi Muhammed Ghezali. A Police document obtained by The Associated Press lists the names of the 12 arrested men, including Ghezali and three other Swedish citizens, including a woman. The document identified the Pakistani man as a member of a Paramilitary Force in the northwest. The report adds that a Swedish national by the name of Ghezali was arrested for more than two years by the US at its prison at Guantanamo Bay, after Pakistani authorities arrested him in 2001. Ghezali reportedly was part of a group of 156 suspected al Qaeda fighters arrested while escaping from Afghanistan''s Tora Bora Mountains. Ghezali denied any links to the al Qaeda and was released by the US in 2004. Meanwhile, a spokes woman at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm said it had received no information on the matter. The 11 foreigners were arrested on August 28 in Dera Ghazi Khan. Police said at the time, they had entered the country from Iran and were planning to travel to the Tribal Areas. One was carrying a laptop computer and $10,000. It was not clear where they were being held. At the time of the arrests, Police did not say whether there were any Swedish nationals among the group.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39910-76415-186097 | 9/12/2009 | Pakistan | Swedish citizen detained in Multan over possible terror links |
| 39910-76415-186097 | 9/12/2009 | Pakistan | Swedish citizen detained in Multan over possible terror links |
The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.
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In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events:
| Event ID | Date | Country | Act | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39910-76415-186097 | 9/12/2009 | Pakistan | arrest | Gujranwala 1 |