Hunt for al-Qaida fugitive started with escape in Pakistan

Monday, March 3, 2003

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan -- The stunning arrest of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed by Pakistani intelligence and CIA agents began with a near miss last month in a dusty border town and became a feverish chase fueled by communications intercepts and suspects' interrogations, security officials said Sunday.

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