From ANI, with thanks to Ali Dashti: WASHINGTON: In a book that is likely to be released later this month, its author has startlingly revealed that the Bush Administration has firmed up plans to carry out an invasion of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP), which is seen as the command centre of the al-Qaeda […]
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Sunni jihad vs. Shi’ites: Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 18 in Pakistani Mosque
From Reuters, with thanks to Twostellas: ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least 18 people in a mosque packed with worshippers and wounded more than 40 during Friday prayers in the eastern Pakistani city of Sialkot, police said. More than 1,000 worshippers from Pakistan’s Shi’ite Muslim minority were in the mosque, police said. […]
Pakistanis arrest four jihadists
No confirming word on Zawahri, which makes me think it is a false report. But there is this, from AP: KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) “” Security forces following up on a raid that killed a top al-Qaeda fugitive arrested four more suspected extremists Monday, and Pakistan’s president predicted the investigation would lead to more high-profile militants. […]
Could it be? Report: Top Bin Laden deputy caught in Pakistan
From the Jerusalem Post: Top Bin Laden deputy Ayman al-Zawahri has been caught in Pakistan, according to a report from the region quoted on Israel Radio Monday. Pakistani forces operating against al Qaida strongholds in the country report capturing the Egyptian national, who was formerly the head of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which operated in […]
Pakistan: Police “stumped” on Christian murders
Try as they might, the Pakistani police just can’t seem to figure out who might have killed seven Christians two years ago. From Compass Direct: Two years after seven Christians were gunned down at the Karachi headquarters of one of Pakistan’s established Christian welfare agencies, local police investigators have failed to identify a single suspect. […]
Pakistan: Christian children kidnapped by Muslim father
From Compass Direct: September 16 (Compass) “” Two Pakistani children were snatched away from their Christian mother by their Muslim father on Monday, secretly spirited out of the Lahore court premises where they had been brought for a court-supervised visitation session. Abdul Ghaffar kidnapped his five-year-old son and three-year-old daughter on September 13, fleeing from […]
Tiny minority of extremists update: 6 in 10 Pakistanis justify suicide attacks
This tiny 60- to 65% minority thinks highly of Osama, too. From ANI, with thanks to KnowIslam: Six in ten Pakistanis have come out in support of suicide attacks against “enemies” of Islam. Going by a report prepared by the Washington-based PEW Research Centre, though most people in Muslim-dominated nations are divided over violence against […]
Freedom at Last for Pakistanis Who Aided Taliban
How many will go back to fighting the jihad? From Reuters, with thanks to Nicolei: PUL-I-CHARKI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Hundreds of Pakistanis who fought alongside the Taliban against U.S-led forces after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States were released from an Afghan jail Sunday after nearly three years as prisoners of war. […]
Pakistani official: Jihad, terrorism have no link
And terrorism is negotiable, but jihad isn’t. This shows why Muslims who condemn “terrorism” aren’t going far enough: when jihadists commit acts of violence in the name of jihad, often neither they nor their coreligionists consider what they have done to be terrorism at all. If the State Department were really aware of what is […]
Pakistan Bombs ‘Terrorist Camp,’ Kills at Least 50
The sneer quotes in the headline are, of course, from Reuters. This story shows that foreign “militants,” i.e., jihadists, are still training in that area. WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani jet fighters and helicopter gunships pounded what the military called a terrorist training camp near the Afghan border on Thursday, killing at least 50 mostly […]