Ranjha Masih should be released from jail “within two or three more days.” According to the article, he may or may not have been informed yet of how imminent his release is. “Pakistan – Christian Acquitted on ‘Blasphemy’ Charges,” from Compass Direct: November 10 (Compass Direct News) — After eight and a half years in […]
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Suicide bomb at Pakistan army base kills 42
The Taliban expands its activity from it the base Pakistan has granted it in North Waziristan. From AFP: PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – A suicide bomber killed at least 42 soldiers at an army base in northwest Pakistan, in what appears to be a revenge attack for a missile strike against an Al-Qaeda training camp, officials […]
Pakistan denies working on secret Saudi nuke program
Islamic Bomb Update. “Pakistan rejects report on N-help to Saudis,” from AFP: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected as “fabricated” a German magazine report that said Saudi Arabia was working secretly on a nuclear programme with help from Pakistani experts. “It is a fabricated story and motivated by vicious intentions,” Foreign Office Spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said. […]
Pakistan’s MMA warns of jihad against US if killings not stopped
What? You mean there isn’t already a jihad against the U.S.? From the IRNA, with thanks to James: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal warned it would wage a jihad against the United States and the West if their killings of innocent Muslims across the globe did not stop even as thousands rallied against the Bajur killings here […]
Pakistani Taliban jihadists behead Islamic cleric
Why would they do this? Did they convert to Christianity and read the Book of Joshua, which at least one brilliant observer has told us is “more violent” than the Qur’an? No, they beheaded him because they believed he was an “American spy,” and thus worthy of being classed with the unbelievers and beheaded in […]
Pakistan court acquits U.S. consulate car bomb convicts
Friend and Ally Update from Reuters, with thanks to DFS: KARACHI (Reuters) – A Pakistani high court on Tuesday acquitted four Islamist militants who had been convicted of taking part in a suicide car bomb attack on the U.S. consulate in the southern city of Karachi in mid-2002, a defence lawyer said. Twelve Pakistanis were […]
Fresh airstrike protests in Pakistan, rights group urges probe
Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: thousands join in protests against the madrassa strike. From AFP, : KHAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Armed tribesmen protested against the Pakistani and US governments for a second day, after a deadly raid on an Islamic school that officials said was visited by top Al-Qaeda militants. A leading human rights group […]
Afghan spy agency captures “suicide bombers from Pakistan”
More evidence of support for the jihad in Pakistan. From AFP, : KABUL – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said on Tuesday it had arrested three men planning suicide attacks in Kabul, including two from a Pakistan-based cell run by the capital’s Taleban-era deputy police chief. The two were seized this week while trying to enter the […]
Protest against strike on religious school in Pakistan
“They killed 80 teenagers who were students of the Quran.” Yes, and how does that establish in any way that this was not a “terrorist-training facility,” as Major General Shaukat Sultan called it? An update to this story from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: KHAR, Pakistan Pakistan’s army spokesman said Tuesday […]
Zawahiri Was Target in U.S. Attack on Religious School in Pakistan
An update on this story from Alexis Debat at ABC’s Blotter : Ayman al Zawahiri was the target of a Predator missile attack this morning on a religious school in Pakistan, according to Pakistani intelligence sources. ABC News has learned the raid was launched after U.S. intelligence received tips and examined Predator reconnaissance indicating that […]