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Pakistani Forces Arrest 100 Terror Suspects

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No Zawahiri, but evidently some progress is being made. From FoxNews: Pakistan’s military has captured more than 100 suspects in a five-day assault on militants near the Afghan border, a commander said Saturday. Troops continued to meet fierce resistance from fighters holed up in heavily fortified mud compounds. However, the operation’s commander also told Reuters […]

Musharraf: ‘High-value’ al Qaeda target surrounded in Pakistan

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Is it finally curtains for Mr. Jihad? Breaking, from CNN: Pakistani forces have surrounded what may be a “high-value” al Qaeda target in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, President Pervez Musharraf told CNN. “We feel that there may be a high-value target,” Musharraf told CNN. “I can’t say who.” The ferociousness of their resistance […]

Pakistan: protest if government doesn’t stop eliminating ‘jihad’ from education

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Reform of the madrassas? It might not be that easy. From the Daily Times, with thank to Jean-Luc: Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) acting president Qazi Hussain Ahmad on Monday warned the government it would would launch a great protest movement if it tried to take the ‘jihadi’ inculcations out of school syllabi. Speaking at the Jamaat-e-Islami’s […]

Jihad foiled in Pakistan?

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From CNN, : Police in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi say they have defused a large bomb found in a stolen minivan parked outside the U.S. Consulate. Two men left the vehicle parked next to the consulate perimeter wall Monday morning, and when questioned by police said it had broken down, promising to return […]

Pakistani official: schools play vital role in promoting Islam

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Brushing aside abundant evidence that Islamic schools in Pakistan have become training grounds for terrorists, Pakistani Information Minister Rashid Ahmed defended the schools (madaras) as vital for the safeguarding of Islam. Oh, and don’t worry about nukes. Pakistan’s “nuclear assets are in safe hands.” From NNI, with thanks to Twostellas: Minister for Information and Broadcasting […]

Pakistani, US Troops Intensify Bin Laden Search

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Now comes a report that the hunt is continuing and intensifying. From the Dow Jones Newswires, : U.S. spy chief George Tenet made a secret visit to Islamabad last week as American and Pakistani troops began a major operation to hunt for Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda fugitives believed to be hiding along […]

Girls’ schools in Pakistan blasted

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Discrimination against women is so deeply ingrained into the Sharia in so many ways (women’s testimony is devalued, they cannot marry or even leave the house without permission, they may be beaten (Qur’an, Sura 4:34), etc.), that many Islamic radicals consider the very idea of education for women to be an affront to Islam. This […]

Pakistan: “It’s almost impossible for them to curb these jihadis. The jihadi establishment has become too big”

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This article chronicles the jihad activities of Hafiz Saeed and his Lashkar-e-Taiba organization in Pakistan, which threatens to derail the India/Pakistan peace process before it really starts. From KRT Wire: Alighting swiftly from a smoky windowed minibus on the edge of a small park in central Islamabad, the man blamed by India for orchestrating the […]

Pakistan arrests Pearl murder suspect

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The jihadis who killed Daniel Pearl seem to have been caught. From Reuters, with thanks to Nicolei: Pakistani police have arrested two Islamic militants, including one suspected of involvement in the kidnap and killing of U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl, an officer says. The two men, Sajid Jabbar and Mohammad Athar, were arrested in an overnight […]

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