Lal Masjid clerics suspended negotiations with the government after the discovery of “aerial surveillance and spraying of suffocating gas on the mosque.” The Taliban issued letters in North Waziristan which ban drugs and alcohol, and claim murders will be tried under the Pakistan Penal Code, not sharia. Freed London airline plot suspect Rashid Rauf claimed jihad is an obligation for all Muslims. One security personnel was killed and two wounded in a Taliban drive by shooting in Peshawar.
