A for effort

Back on May 11 and again about three weeks ago, I mentioned reports that Pakistan was being actively pressured by the US to produce the killing or capture of a "high value" terrorist target before the election, with the "optimal time" for the announcement being July 26, 27, or 28.

Well, the BBC reports today that

Pakistan says it has arrested a top Tanzanian al-Qaeda suspect, who has a $25m bounty on his head.

The suspect was someone "most-wanted internationally," said Pakistan Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, quoted by Reuters news agency. ...

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani appears to match the description, as given on the FBI's most wanted list.

True, it's not someone to produce headlines in the US, but cut them some slack: It was probably the best they could do on short notice.