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Pakistan captures 5 more al-Qaida suspects (MATTHEW PENNINGTON, 8/13/04, AP)

Armed with intelligence from newly arrested al-Qaida suspects, Pakistan has nabbed five more members of Osama bin Laden's network in the past 48 hours and a leader of a militant group accused in an attack on a Pakistani general, officials said Thursday.

The arrests are the latest in a monthlong terror crackdown that has netted about 30 fugitives, including a Pakistani computer expert for al-Qaida and a Tanzanian indicted in the deadly 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa.

These successes have boosted the credentials of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf as an ally of the United States in the war on terror -- a cause given added urgency at home by recent attacks on Musharraf and prime minister-designate Shaukat Aziz.