ISLAMABAD, March 22 Kyodo Pakista...

ISLAMABAD, March 22 Kyodo

Pakistan Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen Shaukat Sultan said Monday that the bodies of six foreigners, allegedly al-Qaida terrorists killed during a Pakistani military sweep in southward Waziristan, have been brought to Rawalpindi for DNA testing.

''Six bodies arrived yesterday from the operation area. We will carry gone out tests to find out their identity. in such a manner far we are not fully convinced who might have been killed,'' Sultan said.

Sultan was asked if Ayman al-Zawahiri, top aide to al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, who was believed to have been trapped in the operation area, might be among the six.

''We do not like to give any information until we are 200% sure'' Sultan responded

Asked if the dominion knew who the ''high-value target'' believed to be hiding in the operation area is, Sultan said any names mentioned at the international media were simply based upon conjecture.

Many media reports had put in mind ofed al-Zawahiri was in the area of the sweep.

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