Pakistani Role in Global Terrorism

JE Menon · Post by **JE Menon** » 17 Sep 2010 02:07

Ah, OK. I'm mistaken then. I thought that was a direct quote. But you're probably right. It got lost in translation.

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 19 Sep 2010 18:11

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8906271632

Commander: Jundollah Responsible for Hostage-Taking in Southeastern Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday that the armed men who took six people hostage in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan several days ago were remnants of the Jundollah terrorist group.

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The Sunni and Shiite populated Sistan and Balouchestan province in southeastern Iran has been the scene of several terrorist attacks by the Jundollah terrorist group, headed by Abdolmalek Rigi.

As regards IRGC's role in the rescue operation, Pakpour stated that forces of the IRGC Ground Force's Qods Base freed the hostages, including five soldiers and a bank employee, after complicated intelligence operations and a successful ambush.

One the six hostages and a hostage-taker were killed in the rescue operation, the commander added.

Armed men stopped a bus near the town of Sarbaz and took six people hostage among them five air force soldiers and a bank employee on Thursday.

The Pakistan-based terrorist Jundollah group has already claimed responsibility for the attack. The group has carried out mass murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, acts of sabotage and bombings. They have targeted civilians and government officials as well as all ranks of Iran's military.

In one of the worst cases, his group killed 22 citizens and abducted 7 more in Tasouki region on a road linking the southeastern city of Zahedan to another provincial town.

In 2007, Jundollah kidnapped 30 people in the southeastern Sistan and Balouchestan province. They were freed during a Pakistani police operation after abductors took them to the country.

In another crime in October, the Pakistan-based terrorist Jundollah group, closely affiliated with the notorious al-Qaeda organization, claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in the Sistan and Balouchestan province which killed 42 people among them a group of senior military commanders, including Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force Brigadier General Nourali Shoushtari.

Also the terrorist group in a recent crime claimed responsibility for the two bomb blasts in front of the Zahedan Grand Mosque in July which killed at least 27 people and injured over 270 more.

shravan · Post by **shravan** » 20 Sep 2010 18:44

Qaeda linked group kills 40 Tajik troops in an ambush

The attackers were suspected to be led by Mullo Abdullo and militants from the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) which is based in Pakistan's tribal areas. The Tajik authorities say Abdullo may have entered the country from Afghanistan recently.

A defence ministry spokesman said that in addition to Tajik nationals, the ambushers also contained militants and mercenaries from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Chechnya.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 21 Sep 2010 03:46

Stan Posted this in Nukkad:

WHy terrorists are often engineers? IEEE Spectrum discussion and Mp3.

Vril · Post by **Vril** » 21 Sep 2010 21:00

X posting from TSP Thread

Reporting live from Zee news

Pakistan's nuclear equipment missing from sindh area since June this year and yet no trace of it !!!!

oh boy this is serious trouble. we are in for some really interesting times ahead.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 21 Sep 2010 22:40

Vril, Thanks. Can you keep track of it?

Vril · Post by **Vril** » 22 Sep 2010 08:35

Sure ramanna i think this development should be tracked and watched closely cause i have an uneasy feeling where that thing is headed to..

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 22 Sep 2010 09:21

Vril, Please open a thread to track missing rad material from TSP.

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 23 Sep 2010 16:26

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/n ... nid=155616
In Bangladesh,

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested the leader of a transnational gang involved in producing fake foreign currencies and recovered 53,500 fake Indian rupees from his possession at Banasree in city's Rampura on Tuesday night.

The detectives also traced the gang's involvement in financing a militant organisation in Bangladesh. ...
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During preliminary interrogation arrestee Solaiman Majumder, 33, told the detectives the forged notes were produced in Pakistan and were brought into the country with the help a foreign detective organisation.

A foreign airline was used to bring the fake currencies to Bangladesh from Pakistan where they were circulated in the local market as well as in Nepal.

He said they also produced fake US dollars as well as Indian currencies.

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 24 Sep 2010 14:29

http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNe ... sID=258962

KATHMANDU: Tek Bahadur Karki, who was arrested in possession of fake India currency notes, today told investigating officials that a Pakistan-based kingpin by the name of Surendra, had used him as a carrier to smuggle the fake notes to Nepal before pushing them into India via the porous border along the two countries.

Karki was arrested yesterday with fake Indian currency notes worth IRs 4,091,000 on Sinamangal Road after he managed to evade security officials at Tribhuvan International Airport upon arrival from Pakistan via Bangkok. The notes were in denomination of Rs 1,000.

A special squad of Nepal Police Headquarters and Metropolitan Police Sector, Gaushala, had handed him along with his six associates who had come to receive him to Metropolitan Police Range, Hanumandhoka, for further investigation. “Surendra lured me into plotting to smuggle the counterfeit currency notes to Nepal with a promise of Rs 30,000,” An official quoted Karki, who hailed from Rolpa, as saying. “I was supposed to hand over the fake Indian currency notes to Mohammad Zubair in Kathmandu”. Zubair is said to be a Pakistani national.

Raghavendra · Post by **Raghavendra** » 29 Sep 2010 08:05

Plot to attack European cities by Pakistani militants foiled http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20100929/88 ... by-pa.html

London, Sep 29 (IANS) A major terror plot by Pakistan-based militants to launch Mumbai-style attacks in Britain and other European countries has been thwarted by intelligence agencies, a media report said.

Pakistan-based militants were planning simultaneous strikes on London and major cities in France and Germany, Sky News reported on its website late Tuesday.

The plan was in the advanced but not imminent stage and plotters had been tracked by spy agencies 'for some time', said Sky's foreign affairs editor Tim Marshall.

Intelligence sources told Sky the planned attacks would have been similar to the commando-style raids carried out in Mumbai.

Then, Pakistan-based Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba killed 166 people in a series of gun and grenade attacks in the Indian city.

Marshall said the European plot had been 'severely disrupted' following intelligence sharing between Britain, France, Germany and the US.

It is not known whether the attackers are already in Europe.

News of the planned strikes came as the Eiffel Tower in Paris was evacuated because of a bomb scare for the second time in two weeks.

'It doesn't necessarily mean it was a target, but it shows how nervous the French are,' added Marshall.

When the terror plan came to light, the US military began helping its European allies by trying to kill the leaders behind the plot in Pakistan's Waziristan region.

There have been a record 20 missile attacks using drone aircraft there in the past 30 days.

'I am led to believe a number of these attacks were designed against the leadership of this particular plot, which had an Al Qaeda and possibly some sort of Taliban connection projecting into Europe,' Marshall added.

'And they have killed several of the leaders - which is why the terror threat has not risen.'

Britain's terror threat level remains at 'severe' following the attempted attack on Detroit airport last Christmas.

Plot to attack European cities foiled - Sky News http://in.news.yahoo.com/137/20100929/7 ... ile_1.html
Intelligence agencies have disrupted plans for multiple attacks on European cities by a group thought to be linked to al Qaeda, Sky News said on Tuesday.

Militants based in Pakistan were planning simultaneous strikes in London, as well as cities in France and Germany, the channel's foreign affairs editor Tim Marshall said.

He said an increase in drone attacks in Pakistan in the past few weeks was linked to attempts by Western powers to disrupt the plot, which was at an "advanced but not imminent stage".

Citing unidentified intelligence sources, Sky said the planned attacks would have been similar to the commando-style raids carried out in Mumbai by Pakistan-based gunmen in 2008.

The heavily armed militants launched an assault on various targets in Mumbai, including the Taj Mahal hotel and the city's main train station.

Sanjay M · Post by **Sanjay M** » 29 Sep 2010 09:17

(FOX)'Mumbai-Style' Terror Attack Foiled in Europe

Sanjay M · Post by **Sanjay M** » 29 Sep 2010 09:28

(Telegraph)Terror plot against Britain thwarted by drone strike
An al-Qaeda plot to attack Britain in a Mumbai-style attack has been thwarted by a drone strike in Pakistan.

arun · Post by **arun** » 29 Sep 2010 20:07

The third of three articles in the Washington Post adapted from “Obama’s Wars” by the author Bob Woodward himself:

Obama: 'We need to make clear to people that the cancer is in Pakistan '

Having posted the third part, posting the first of three articles in the Washington Post adapted from “Obama’s Wars” by the author Bob Woodward himself for the record:

Military thwarted president seeking choice in Afghanistan

Followed by posting of the second of the three articles in the Washington Post adapted from “Obama’s Wars” by the author Bob Woodward himself also for the record:

Biden warned Obama during Afghan war review not to get 'locked into Vietnam '

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 29 Sep 2010 20:41

decent set of articles, trying to show ombaba as a kick mush leader who takes no pakistaniyat
yet...
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indicating that the exit strategy is paramount and that he may not be averse to doing a deal with the taliban
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not fully clear where that leaves pakistan...
but some clear threats articulated

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 30 Sep 2010 02:37

(At least 20) training in Pakistan for UK terror attacks
(Telegraph story) At least 20 Britons are undergoing terrorist training in Pakistan to launch Mumbai-style shootings and suicide attacks in Britain, intelligence sources have told The Daily Telegraph.

jrjrao · Post by **jrjrao** » 30 Sep 2010 17:33

AP reports:
Pakistan holds government worker in NYC plot

An employee at Pakistan's state-run Islamic advisory body has been detained for allegedly playing an important role in assisting the failed New York Times Square car bomber, an intelligence officer said Thursday.

The suspect accompanied Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistan-American bomber, to Pakistan's northwest to meet militant leaders, said the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the intelligence agency does not permit its operatives to be named in the media.

The suspect, identified as Faisal Abbasi, was with Shahzad throughout his time in Pakistan, the officer said.

He said Abbasi worked for the government's Council of Islamic Ideology, which advises on Islamic affairs.

Sanjay M · Post by **Sanjay M** » 03 Oct 2010 02:57

x-posted:

(BBC)US may issue travel warning for Americans in Europe

The US government is considering warning its citizens to stay away from crowded places in Europe because of the threat of an al-Qaeda commando-style attack, the BBC has learned.

arun · Post by **arun** » 03 Oct 2010 22:09

Sweden experiences the Islamic Terroirist fomenting ways of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan:

Swedes attending Pakistan terror camp

Likewise Canada experienced the Islamic Terroirist fomenting ways of the Islamic Republic of Pakistana a few days ago:

CSIS looking for Manitoba university students that left for Pakistan in 2007, have not been seen since

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has truly emerged as the finishing school of choice for Muslims looking to indulge in a spot of Islamic Terrorism.

Raghavendra · Post by **Raghavendra** » 04 Oct 2010 09:21

Voices of Pak-based terrorists identified http://www.deccanherald.com/content/101 ... ified.html

Some Pakistan-based terrorists, who were plotting a Mumbai-style attack on London and other European cities, have been identified by investigators here who matched their voices in intercepted calls with a secret database.

UK’s top communication and intelligence agency has identified some of the terrorists in the recently unravelled plot in which at least 20 young British Muslims were being trained at al-Qaeda terror camps in Pakistan to launch Mumbai-style attacks in Europe.

The Government Communications Headquarters, Britain’s electronic eavesdropping centre popularly known as GCHQ, identified some of these terrorists, “The Sunday Times” reported but did not name anyone.

The centre, based in Cheltenham, intercepted telephone calls made by British militants at a training camp in the tribal borders of Pakistan to identify the suspects.

Matching their voice prints allowed the security services to trace their connections to other individuals in their network.

An important aspect of GCHQ’s work is the analysis of voice prints, a technique that can identify a voice speaking on a telephone in Afghanistan or Pakistan by matching it against a databank of suspects held by GCHQ. “You pick up a voice and if you find a match for it in the database, you can get a name. Then you get the call data and see who the guy has been calling,” one expert said.

The method was apparently used to pick up “credible” intelligence of the plan for simultaneous attacks by British and foreign insurgents against several European cities.

An MI5 surveillance operation began tracking potential suspects in London and northwest England earlier this year.

Meanwhile, the United States issued an alert on Sunday urging Americans travelling to Europe to be vigilant about possible terrorist attacks in a statement that specifically cites the potential involvement of al-Qaida.

The decision to caution travellers comes as counter-terrorism officials in Europe and the United States are assessing intelligence about possible plots originating in Pakistan and North Africa aimed at Britain, France and Germany.

A travel alert merely urges extra caution during a specific time and does not discourage Americans from visiting Europe. An American official who confirmed the warning on Saturday, who did not want to be identified speaking about internal government deliberations, said a stronger “travel warning” that might advise Americans not to visit Europe was not under consideration.

European officials have been concerned about the impact on tourism and student travel from any official guidance to American travellers.

“Current information suggests that al-Qaida and affiliated organisations continue to plan terrorist attacks. European governments have taken action to guard against a terrorist attack,” according to the statement.

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » 04 Oct 2010 20:10

X-Posting:

HarryH wrote:Original Article: http://civilizedaxis.blogspot.com/2010/ ... orism.html
by Dr. Harry Haagen

Monday October 4, 2010:

There is a popular concept that the root of islamic terror in the modern world lies in the fascist and litteral interpretation of Islam's holy books - the Koran and the Hadiths, by people often devoid of even the basic education that people in the civilized world receive at elementary school level. This is however not a complete representation of the truth. Otherwise, there would be no reason to explain how scientists, doctors, and lawyers are also involved in the preparation and execution of terrorist campaigns throughout the world.

The fact of the matter is that Islamic fundamentalism is nothing new, albeit in the middle ages, it was mainly people of no formal education (feudal warlords, berbers, corsairs etc) who engaged in worldwide conquest in the name of Islam, i.e. Jihad. Well, they were stopped by various people - by the mercenary forces at the gates of Vienna, by the Hospitalier Knights in Malta, by the Rajputs, Marathas and Sikhs in South Asia, by the Chinese, by the Russians in the Caucasus and all those non-descript people who refused to be subdued by the fascist ideologies promulgated under the Islamic Caliphate. If it was not for these people, our world today would have been a desolate world with rampant child abuse, women battering, mercy killings, slave trading and so on and so forth.

However, the present world is a different story. The same illiterate Islamic populace cannot wage wars like they used to in the past, simply because the world is more complex than a flat flying carpet and the civilized nations have much better defence logistics in place to deal with a horde of barbarians. The game has changed. Which is why Islamic extremism needs new blood, military muscle and dollars to subdue the world.

As far as the dollars are concerned, no problem. Saudi Arabia is the motherland of all terro-dollars that can be used to finance the global Jihad. But the main problem is this: Arabia has been, and still is a third world country with a highly undecuated population. Arabs are not known for their work ethic, their intelligence or their ingenuity. In fact, most of the greatest works produced during the Islamic "Golden Age" were by Persians (who are a world apart from Arabs, and who were forcefully converted to Islam through coercion, dhimmitude, genocide, rapes and enslavement). To this day, Arabland is still the same except for the oil. So they have money, but nothing much else.

Where in the world would the Arabs be able to find the new blood, the military muscle required to help them in "Ghazwa-E-Duniya" (world islamic conquest)? Well, it would certainly have to be from an Arab-loving country. That country as we know it is Pakistan. Formed from the remnants of the British Colonization of India, Pakistan was created on the sole basis of religion. The people themselves are descendants of the Hindus from the great Indus Valley civilization, whose ancestors were forcefully converted (just like the Persians - refer above) to Islam by invading arab/turk armies. They are exactly similar to their brethrens in Northern India, speak the same language, but differ in religion and live with a very tangible inferiority complex. They advocate themselves as descendants of the great Arab rulers (who are they kidding? they are Indians, except for the experiment that went hay-wire: Pakistan) and love Arabs to the point of obsession. They were poor, as the British did not leave much for the subcontinent and needed to assert their identity and islamic ideals, and for this they needed - yes you guessed it right - dollars.

The royals of Saudi Arabia saw in experimental Pakistan the opportunity of a lifetime, or of several lifetimes starting from the Islamic Caliphate's decline beginning from the siege of Vienna. Pakistan was the world's largest non-arab muslim population in the world and had unconditional love for the Arabs. The rest is history. Terro Dollars starting flowing into Pakistan for a specific reason: Pakistan represented the best hope for the muslim world to restart global Jihad. For once, they were not Arabs; they hailed from an Indian civilization that was ingenious, hard working and above all easy to manipulate. The Arabs invested heavily in the project Pakistan.

The return on investment? Pakistan has the largest number of university level graduates and professionals in the muslim world (that's just because of the sheer size, they still are a shame in terms of percentage of the population). Pakistan got the Islamic world what it always had dreamed of: the Islamic Hydrogen Bomb. Pakistan boasts the highest number of madrassas that teach Wahhabism in the world. Pakistan has the biggest and most potent military of all muslim nations. Pakistan has become the military arm, the sword of the Islamic Caliphate, whose office lies in Riyadh.

With the Pakistan experiment, Saudi Arabia was able to do two things. First, acquire the most prized weapon in the history of mankind, the h-bomb. At the same time, it was able to still get terro dollars from Americans and the rest of the world since for us, Saudi Arabia was nothing but a corrupt monarchy where the royals were bent on making tons of money by selling petroleum to the world. The facade worked well: it was not Saudi Arabia after all who was building the bomb, it was Pakistan. We know better now... 9/11 taught us what those Saudis were really up to.

Indoctrinated with extreme fundamentalism from the Arabs, the Pakistanis soon forgot the secular ideals of Jinnah, the creator of Pakistan and started madrassas at every street corner to teach an army of jihadists the concept of martyrdom in Islam's name so that they can go on to wage global Jihad in India and the rest of the world.

Well, graduation time came for these madrassas. Just like a fungus spreads millions of spores an each one of them turns into another fungus, Pakistan's madrassas have bloomed with a hundreds of thousands of youngsters whose primary objective in life is to die in Allah's name. They fear nothing, they want nothing but total world conversion and dominance. The majority of them are jobless, but a sizeable number are professionals with college degrees who whenever given the chance migrate to the civilized world and act as sleepers ready to be fielded to the battlefield upon signal from Islamabad, or from Riyadh, or from the dude hiding in the caves along the Pak-Afghan border.

It is no surprise that Pakistanis have allowed the Taliban and the dude hiding the caves to operate freely in their country - their country is the haven for religious fanaticism. But global jihad cannot be won solely by war, it has to be won by diplomacy when the adverse forces are too overwhelming to handle, as taught by the prophet. This is the reason why Pakistan became the US ally in the war on terror - another farce just to avoid facing US wrath and to continue receiving billions of dollars in "aid" to finance its activities.

Make no mistake. The epicenter of terrorism in the world is not Iraq, Afghanistan or Iran for that matter. It is Pakistan, which is a direct subject of the Saudis. Remember, Saudi Terro Dollars + Pakistan = Terrorists Factories churning Jihadists by the thousands and unleashing them onto the civilized world!

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 04 Oct 2010 20:23

a couple of months ago, a british code breaker who worked on intercepting and decrypting phone calls was mysteriously murdered in his london flat. little was discussed about the case although it began with a lot of speculation about his personal life, but then soon went quiet. i really hope it was something mundane (if murder can ever be) and that it wasnt some al-qaeda hit related to this terror bust

Raghavendra · Post by **Raghavendra** » 05 Oct 2010 10:30

Eight Germans with alleged links to Europe plot killed http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20101005/87 ... ks-to.html

Peshawar, Oct 5 (DPA) Eight German nationals thought to be Islamist militants were killed Monday night in a strike by a suspected US unmanned drone in Pakistan.

The pilotless aircraft fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border, Pakistani security officials said.

The group was believed to be behind the recently uncovered plot to carry out terrorist attacks in Britain, France and Germany.

Three Turkmen were also injured in the strike, which took place in the Mausakee area of Mirali, one of the main towns in North Waziristan, a known hotbed of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters.

'The missiles hit a compound owned by a Taliban member, Sher Maula Khan, who had rented the house to the Germans,' said a local intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Khan was arrested June 21 while trying to escort a German national, later identified by authorities as Rami M., out of the tribal region.

Khan and Rami were disguised as burqa-clad women when they were arrested in the district of Bannu. Rami was extradited to Germany, while Khan remains in custody.

The official said a German called Fayyaz who was active in planning the attacks in Europe had been killed.

Pakistani and Western intelligence officials claimed last month to have uncovered a plot to carry out Mumbai-styled terrorist attacks in Britain, Germany and France - countries that have deployed thousands of troops in Afghanistan.

Ten terrorists allegedly linked to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba killed more than 160 people in Mumbai, India's financial hub in November 2008.

Dozens of Turkish-German suspected militants have moved to Pakistan's tribal region for training, and are believed to be accompanied by some native German converts.

Almost all of them are associated with Ittehad-e-Jihad Islami (Islamic jihad union), which is an offshoot of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) that attracts recruits from across central Asia. IJU wields tremendous influence among Islamists in the Turkish-speaking community in Germany.

The IJU has claimed to have recruited hundreds of Europeans. At least 60 of them are German nationals, some of whom have moved to Pakistan's tribal region with their families.

The group was allegedly behind a botched 2007 attack against the Frankfurt international airport and US military installations at Ramstein air base.

It also claimed responsibility for a 2008 suicide attack in the Afghan province of Khost carried out by Cuneyit Ciftci from Bavaria, western Germany.

The IJU established a separate wing in 2009 to attract European Muslim youth for what they call 'jihad against occupying forces' in Afghanistan. The new group was named Taifatul Mansura of which the German Taliban Mujahidin is one branch. Its members are mainly European jihadis already present in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

In May 2010, a drone attack killed Eric Breininger, alias Abdul Gaffar el-Almani, the head of the Taifatul Mansura and the German Taliban Mujahidin. His successor was Atwal Abdur Rehman, a German-born Turk who is in his mid-20s and lives in North Waziristan.

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 05 Oct 2010 10:38

^^^^
I am willing to bet that the "Germans" who were killed were a bunch of Pakis who got German passports yesterday after getting married to German citizens (who also are Pakis & their cousins).

This whole "German" tamasha was news leaked by Pakistan to make it appear as though terrorists belong to all nationality. Wait for tomorrow's news about the DNA of these yahoos.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 05 Oct 2010 14:31

^^^ most likely to be moroccans

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 05 Oct 2010 15:05

http://news.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/ ... harraf.htm

Word from the horses mouth

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has admitted that Pakistan had trained underground militant groups to fight in Kashmir, the first such admission by a top leader of the country.

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 05 Oct 2010 16:05

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/n ... nid=157224

From Bangladesh:

The Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday claimed to have arrested Pakistan-based militant group Lashker-e-Taiba's coordinator in Bangladesh and two of his Pakistani associates.

The arrestees are LeT's Bangladesh coordinator Khurram alias Mohammad Salem, 42, and his associates Abdul Malek, 31, and Imran, 31. All the three Pakistani nationals were arrested at a hotel in the capital on Saturday.

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 05 Oct 2010 16:10

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/pu ... detail.asp
Pakistan's Links to Western Terror Plots.
(a recent history).

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 06 Oct 2010 15:18

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/n ... nid=157364
In Bangladesh:

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel yesterday arrested two alleged operatives of Pakistan-based militant outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen from the Airport Railway Station area in the capital.

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"Malek was coordinating Lashkar activities in Satkhira area in Bangladesh and 24 Parganas in India since 2006," claimed the DG.

Malek in his childhood went to Kolkata where he worked as a labourer. Later he joined LeT in 2000 and moved to Pakistan in 2003, where he had training on arms and militancy.

Returning home in 2003, Malek kept relation with Hizbul Mujahideen leader Abdul Majed Bhat, who was involved in supplying grenades for the August 21 attack on Awami League rally, said Rab.

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Rab arrested 68 alleged militant operatives, including five foreign nationals, in over nine months spanning from January to October.

Among the arrestees, 25 are from JMB, 10 from Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) and 33 from other militant organisations, sources at Rab said.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 06 Oct 2010 15:48

Looks like Pakistani pigs & rats (sorry, real pigs & rats) are being smoked out rapidly in Bangladesh. Good job.

arun · Post by **arun** » 07 Oct 2010 11:24

X Posted.

manish wrote:The headlines are becoming pretty harsh - apologies if posted already.
WSJ: Pakistan Urges On Taliban
Members of Pakistan's spy agency are pressing Taliban field commanders to fight the U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan, some U.S. officials and Afghan militants say, a development that undercuts a key element of the Pentagon's strategy for ending the war.

The explosive accusation is the strongest yet in a series of U.S. criticisms of Pakistan, and shows a deteriorating relationship with an essential ally in the Afghan campaign. The U.S. has provided billions of dollars in military and development aid to Pakistan for its support.
Note the title says 'Pakistan' instead of the usual ISI/spy agency, although the body of the article again sticks to 'ISI prodding militants' angle - very subtle but very important shift.

So are they threatening napaks that they will shift to an ISI==Pak Army==PakiNation line wholesale?

arun wrote:^^^ The Military of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, via the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), by keeping up with its institutional motto of “Iman, Taqwa, Jihad Fi Sabilillah” exhorting the Afghan Taliban to indulge in a spot of “Jihad Fi Sabilillah” or translated “Jihad in the path of Allah” targeting US forces in Afghanistan, I see.

Will the ISI operatives indulging in the spot of Jihad Fi Sabilillah conveniently be anointed “Rogue Agents” as was the case for the Mumbai terrorist attack by the US defense and intelligence establishment?

Any way alternate report for the same story from Fox News:

Report: Pakistan Spy Agency Urging Taliban to Fight U.S.

Raghavendra · Post by **Raghavendra** » 08 Oct 2010 09:50

26/11 attacks : Interpol warrants for five Pakistanis http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20101008/80 ... s-for.html

The Interpol has issued Red Corner Notices against five Pakistani nationals, including two serving Army officers, for their alleged role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Following the submission of Pakistani-American terror suspect David Coleman Headley's interrogation report by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a Delhi court has now issued non-bailable warrants against these five accused.

Those against whom the RCNs have been issued include Illyas Kashmiri, Major Sameer Ali, Major Iqbal, Abdul Rehman Hashim and Sajid Mir. India has already managed to secure RCNs against Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Saeed, LeT Commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Mohammed Ramadhan Mohammed Siddiqui alias Abu Hamza.

According to sources, Headley has helped the NIA identify the voices of those handling the 26/11 terrorists in Mumbai. Abu Hamza is believed to be one of the handlers of the terrorists who struck Mumbai in 2008. Headley is also learnt to have identified Sajid Mir by his voice. Mir is believed to be the one directing the terrorists during the siege in Nariman House. Following Headley's interrogation, Indian authorities are also reasonably assured of the involvement of two Pakistani Army officer — Major Iqbal and Major Sameer Ali — in the 26/11 plot.

The Interpol, in August 2009, had issued Red Corner notices against Saeed, Lakhvi and Abu Hamza. These notices were issued after a Mumbai court issued non-bailable warrants for their role in the Mumbai attack.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 15:43

turks have so far not been very active in the global jihad
moroccans and algerians have
but you could be right

Lilo · Post by **Lilo** » 08 Oct 2010 16:06

Marten wrote:
Lalmohan wrote:^^^ most likely to be moroccans
Or the original "ancestors" of the Pacquis. The turks have more or less infested all the large cities and their ghettos are now contributing to increasing Islamophobia in Germany.

Lalmohan wrote:turks have so far not been very active in the global jihad
moroccans and algerians have
but you could be right

seems like they are of turkish origin onlee
http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwid ... -be-german

Lilo · Post by **Lilo** » 08 Oct 2010 16:10

Hamburg mosque which links 9/11 to the badlands of Pakistan - Al-guardian

Haresh · Post by **Haresh** » 08 Oct 2010 16:34

Interpol seeks arrest of serving Pakistani army officers over Mumbai attacks

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... tacks.html

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 16:46

ok, i eat my fez

arun · Post by **arun** » 10 Oct 2010 16:20

Excerpt from Spiegel Online’s interview of US National Security Advisor James Jones dealing with the Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s role as the spawning hrounds of Islamic Terrorism shortly before his resignation.

10/08/2010

'Hope Is Not a Strategy'

Outgoing Security Advisor Jones Voices Concern on Pakistan

SPIEGEL ONLINE: ……………….. Why is Pakistan still the main breeding ground of terrorism?

Jones: We have been working very closely with the Pakistani government for a long time now. In some cases the Pakistanis have responded quite well. Their operations in the Swat Valley and South Waziristan, for example, were timely and very effective. At the same time, there has been a very steady message that Pakistan needs to do more to stem terrorism, especially when they know where it is and when officials have information about what the terrorists are doing. If the Pakistanis are going to be a partner in the long term, they have to make a commitment that shows the watching world that they are serious about forms of terrorism.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Should your cooperation with the Pakistani army fail, is there a possibility that Pakistan would become the next military target of the US?

Jones: I am going to take the optimistic view that rational people do rational things and that -- with the help of friends and allies and common goals -- Pakistan will avoid, or hopefully avoid, that unfortunate eventuality. But hope is not a strategy, so we have to be cognizant of the fact that there are things which could happen that could alter the relationship if we are not careful. ………………..

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A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 10 Oct 2010 18:19

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Bangladesh police detain fourth Islamist militant

DHAKA | Sat Oct 9, 2010 4:06pm IST

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh police arrested another foreign militant on Saturday, raising to four the number of activists detained from the Pakistan-based group, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in six days, a senior police officer said.

Explosives and bomb making materials were captured, along with a Bangladeshi accomplish, at a hideout at Tongi, on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka.

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Yet another Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, this time an explosives expert, and his local aide were arrested by Rab in the city's Uttara early yesterday with a huge amount of explosives and bomb making materials.

It was the first arrest of any LeT bomb expert in the country, according to Commander Mohammad Sohail, Rab's legal and media wing director.

He said the battalion had recovered 30 kilograms of high explosive with the capacity equivalent to trinitrotoluene (TNT) and six bottles of liquid chemical from their possession.

However, it couldn't be learnt whether the Pakistan-based militant outfit is plotting any bomb attack in Bangladesh or neighbouring country.

The LeT man, Wazed Khan alias Zafar alias Salman, 27, is a Pakistani national.

His aide Abu Bakkar Siddique, 49, is a stranded Pakistani and a resident of Turag Housing in the city's Mohammadpur area.

The Rab arrested LeT members first on February 28, said Sohail. So far nine operatives of the internationally banned organisation have been caught by the battalion and of them, four are locals and the rest are Pakistanis.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 11 Oct 2010 18:02

Published on Oct 11, 2010
By Poorna Rodrigo
Nasheed insists no Lashkar in Maldives: Asian Tribune

Male, 11 October: Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed insisted the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba has no presence in his country -- despite the US as well as Indian intelligence bureau confirming otherwise.

President Nasheed’s comments came during his visit to India last week when he was asked about reports that Maldives is witnessing growth of fundamentalist activities with Pakistani links, raising concerns here that the island nation could be used by terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba to attack India.

He insisted that LeT has no presence in Maldives but acknowledged the "serious" issue of emergence of some radical groups whose cadres are being trained in Pakistan, Sify News reported.

The President, however, ruled out the possibility of any terror group using Maldives route to attack India, saying his country had good border control systems in place.

Notwithstanding Nasheed’s comments, a top US military official in March said that LeT is predominately a threat to India, and fast expanding operations to other South Asian countries including the Maldives.

Admiral Robert Willard, Commander of the US Pacific Command in his testimony before the US Senate Armed Services Committee said that that the group is expanding in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives.

"Right now our concern is the movement of Lashkar-e-Toiba, the terrorist group that emanates from Pakistan that was responsible for the Mumbai attacks in India, and specifically their positioning in Bangladesh and Nepal, the Maldives and Sri Lanka," Willard said in response to a question from Senator George Lemieux.

He said then the US was working "very closely with the Indians" and within to develop the necessary plans to counter LeT and its movement into the Asia-Pacific region.

Asked specifically if the LeT is a regional threat or a threat to India, Willard said as of now Lashkar is predominately a threat to India .

But he added: “We have certainly knowledge of their influence within the region beyond the countries that I just mentioned. The extent of that influence is what we're taking under study.”

Early this year Indian intelligence bureau sources told Indian news portal Rediff.com that LeT has “nearly 1,000 operatives active in the Maldives.”

It said there was no way the group’s operations “can be curbed unless there is very good intelligence sharing with the Maldives.”

“There has been an increase [early this year] in LeT activites in the Maldives, and several persons from [the LeT's] Kerala group have slipped into the country and are busy setting up operations there,” sources claimed.