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Pakistan says dead man not major Al Qaeda figure

"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials today again backed off claims that they killed or captured a major Al Qaeda fugitive, saying a man they believed had been an intelligence chief for Osama bin Laden's organization was in fact a much less senior local figure.
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Tribesmen in the Kaloosha area of South Waziristan found the bodies of Mati Ullah and Ameer Nawaz late Monday, bringing the government and military death toll in the operation to at least 48.
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The military declared the operation a success, claiming it had killed 63 foreign and local militants. Hundreds of militants remain at large.
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Sultan and Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayyat briefed parliamentarians on the operation Tuesday, reiterating a government offer to grant amnesty to any terrorists who surrender. None have taken up the offer."