Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was arrested Saturday in Pakistan, a senior official told The Associated Press.

Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Mohammed was one of three men arrested in a 3 a.m. raid in Rawalpindi, a city near Islamabad.

A U.S. official said both U.S. and Pakistani agents were involved in the operation.

Mohammed, 37, is one of the FBI’s most-wanted terror suspects, and the U.S. government had offered up to $25 million for information leading to his capture.

U.S. officials have described him as a key al-Qaida lieutenant and the organizer of the terror mission… Nando Times

Pakistan might consider itself under some burden to deliver for the US just now considering that it is a (a) despotically-run (b) hotbed of Islamic foment (c) full of weapons of mass destruction (d) harboring al Qaeda terrorists in droves, and (e) at a strategic geopolitical crossroad, if that sounds familiar. But, on the other hand, they don’t have extensive oil resources, so they’re probably safe. Don’t expect too much followup news about where U.S. authorities have Mohammed in custody, by the way. They’ve whisked him out of Pakistan to an undisclosed location outside the U.S., likely a ship in international wates or a secret military base, where there can be no scrutiny over their ‘interrogation’ techniques. No interference from those pesky ACLU types will stop us from putting him in a world of hurt in payback for what he has allegedly done.