They feared that if the UK cell learned of Rauf's arrest they would believe their capture was imminent and either lash out or try to go to ground.

他们担心，如果在英国的团伙得知劳夫被捕的消息，他们会认为自己即将被捕，因而，要么发起攻击，要么转入地下。

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However,despite their successes, the Pakistani security forces had failed to kill or capture top Taliban leaders in the region until the announcement of spokesman Muslim Khan's arrest along with four other commanders on Friday.

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"The Somali government will assist in any way it can in the capture and the arrest of the kidnappers who murdered her husband and kept her hostage since September 2011, " he said, urging assistance from the international community in thwarting the extremism and piracy plaguing the Horn of Africa nation.

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But we certainly were planning for the possibility, which we thought was going to be remote, given that he would likely resist arrest, but that we would be able to capture him.

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