on hindsight, this piece of info is interesting
There are no details about where or how the arrest was made, nor what he was doing in Pakistan.
Sidney Jones of the International Crisis Group told the BBC that his arrest could yield important information.
"Umar Patek is critical to understanding the terrorist networks in South East Asia. And because he appears to have been arrested in Pakistan, he's also going to be critical to understanding the networks between South Asia and South East Asia," she said.
more here
Militant’s road ends in Pakistanhttp://www.dawn.com/2011/04/15/how-umar-patek-was-captured.html^^ very interesting read!
^^ This Indonesian terrorist was arrested in Abottobad..only a few months ago. Does anyone want to make a guess as to why he came to that town? especially a supposedly highly secure military town? rather than go to other "terrorist hot spots" in Pakistan?
Questions also remain over his fate, and there are signs he may be caught up in tensions between ISI and the CIA, which have previously cooperated during terror arrests and would like access to him.
Islamabad has said it will not hand Patek over to the CIA and that he will be sent to Indonesia. But officials in Jakarta don’t appear that keen to have him, and have expressed doubts whether they could make charges stick against him for his alleged role in the Bali attacks.
Officials did not say how or why Patek ended up in Abbottabad, but his arrest followed the detention of an alleged Al Qaeda facilitator in the town called Tahir Shehzad, who worked as a clerk at the post office.
^^ seems to me that the officials did not want to say why or how! Cos they could not say that this guy came to meet Osama!!
Its pretty evident, from the information at hand, that the ISI clearly knew that Osama was living there...and Patek must have known too..why else would he come to that town?