Pakistan’s 9/11
ISLAMABAD—Militants launched simultaneous attacks across Pakistan Thursday morning, hitting at least three police installations in Lahore, ramming a suicide car bomb into a police station in Kohat in the NWFP and attacking a school in Peshawar. At least 37 people were killed in the combined attacks. The scene in Lahore was one of mayhem, where the Federal Investigation […]
Somalia’s Al Shabaab Releases Extensive Training Video
The Mujahideen Youth Movement, also known as al-Shabaab, released yesterday an extensive 48-and-a-half minute training video titled, “At Your Service, Osama.” It shows extensive footage from the Commander Abu Suleim Training Camp somewhere in Somalia — likely southern Somalia where the al Shabaab have a stronghold. IntelCenter, which obtained the tape, says the footage is almost identical […]
Fazlullah may be captured
MINGORA, Swat — I’m filing this from my iPhone, as Internet is spotty up here, but reports are tricking out that Maulana Fazlullah, leader of the Swat Taliban and a close ally of the TTP, has been either captured or has surrendered near Gulibagh. This is as yet unconfirmed, however. I will post more as I can, […]
Hakimullah Mehsud also dead?
Now this is just weird. A Pakistan News is reporting that newly named leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is also dead, and that an interview given to BBC earlier was actually his brother. The report goes on to suggest that Hakimullah was killed in in the infighting after the death of Baitullah Mehsud in early August. […]
Baitullah Mehsud Rival Gunned Down
ISLAMABAD — Hoo, boy, talk about Propaganda of the Deed. Early this morning, Qar’i Zainuddin Mehsud, who just days ago spoke out publicly against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was shot dead by his own bodyguard. AfPax Insider had a scoop in wait, with a 14-minute interview with the old jihadist, who had decided that his […]
Zawahiri Speaks Up on Obama in Cairo
Al Qaeda’s al-Sahab Media released an 11-minute, 40-second audio/video message featuring Ayman al-Zawahiri holding forth on President Barack Obama’s upcoming speech in Cairo. “His bloody messages were received and are still being received by Muslims, and they will not be concealed by public relations campaigns or by farcical visits or elegant words,” Zawahiri said. He urged […]
No Winners in Somalia
Somalia has become the war that nobody can win, at least not right now. None of the factions — the moderate Islamist government, the radical Shabab militants, the Sufi clerics who control some parts of central Somalia, the clan militias who control others, the autonomous government of Somaliland in the northwest and the semiautonomous government of […]
'New' Group Claims Pearl Hotel Attack
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on June 12, 2009 at 9:29 am +0000 · 2 Comments
Al Jazeera has a good report on Wednesday’s attack and UPI is reporting that a new group calling itself the Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade has claimed credit for the attack, which killed 17 people. Abdullah Azzam was a Palestinian militant who mentored Osama bin Laden before being assassinated in 1989. It’s not unusual for militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban […]
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