NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States will likely seek access to question a senior member of al Qaeda arrested in Pakistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday, as he cheered U.S.-Pakistani cooperation in capturing him.
The arrest of Younis al-Mauritani in the southwestern city of Quetta, announced by Pakistan on Monday, dealt a fresh blow to the Islamist militant group just two weeks after the death of al Qaeda's No. 2 in an apparent drone strike.
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