it sucksPOLICE IN Karachi told NBC News that Saeed's arrest was a "major breakthrough" and that he disclosed Pearl was still alive during an initial interrogation.
Separately, Jamil Yousuf, head of a citizen-police liaison committee, quoted Saeed as saying of Pearl, "He's alive. He's OK."
However, NBC's Robert Windrem reported that while the United States believes Saeed "played a central role in the kidnapping," officials are not sure whether he knows the whereabouts of the reporter.
Saeed, a British-born Islamic militant, was arrested Tuesday afternoon in the eastern city of Lahore and sent to Karachi for questioning, ministry secretary Tasneem Noorani told The Associated Press.
Saeed's arrest was announced one day before Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is to meet President Bush in Washington. The kidnapping embarrassed the Musharraf government, which is seeking U.S. aid as it attempts to combat Muslim extremism in this predominantly Islamic......
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