"Can you hit ctrl+alt+delete for me?" a security agent asks as I try to enter the fenced-in security zone, where journalists are prompted to open their laptops and power them on.
Their alleged crimes include "subversion" and holding demonstrations in "security zones" such as those around big factories.
The United States has been uncomfortable with the idea of participating in security zones in Syria because of the involvement of Iran, not to mention the government of President Bashar al-Assad, in carrying out that plan.
For years, realistic deal makers have been talking about a final settlement that would give the Palestinians two-thirds of the West Bank, with Israeli settlements not close to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv in security zones.
In response to the Hezbollah attacks in the security zone in southern Lebanon, in which seven Israelis were eventually killed, Israel mounted fierce bombing raids on Lebanese civilian targets.
His eldest son, Muhammad Hadi, then 18, was killed in a fight with Israeli soldiers in the security zone in 1997.
"He was roaming in the security zone in a suspicious manner," said the Chitral police chief, Jaffer Khan, according to Reuters.
The base was used by the Syrian-backed Amal movement and Palestinian guerrillas who had attacked Israeli troops in the security zone Israel has designated in southern Lebanon and had also tried to infiltrate Israel, the army said.
On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council is to meet to discuss Kosovo and the problems in the security zone.
Although a cease-fire was declared in 1992, relations remained tense between Moldova and Transdniestria, and Russian troops are still present in the security zone.
Since they left, Russia has denied them access to the area, agreeing only to deploy observers in the security zone on South Ossetia's periphery.
