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The Commandant of the Marine Corps said al Qaeda in Iraq fighters are moving to safe havens in Pakistan's tribal areas, posing threat not only to Coalition forces in Afghanistan but to Islamabad. Al Qaeda in Iraq has suffered serious setbacks due to recent operations aimed at their second- and lower-tier leaders. A university president and a top local official, both arrested north of Baghdad, are suspected of giving weapons and government cars to al Qaeda in Iraq operatives.