Yesterday’s suicide attack against Pakistan’s Interior Minister has killed 28 and wounded 60. The former Intelligence Bureau chief said the attack is a reaction to military operations in the tribal areas. Security has been tightened in Islamabad. A Saudi al Qaeda operative was arrested after leaving South Waziristan. Pakistan is proud of its madrassas.
Aftermath of the Charsadda suicide attack. Click to view. Aftab Sherpao, scores more wounded at a political meeting in Charsadda The Taliban have targeted Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao with a suicide strike while he was addressing his political party, the Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao Group), in the settled district of Charsadda in Northwest Frontier […]
Up to 4 people were killed in an explosion in Saidgai in North Waziristan. The cause is disputed as either a missile strike or a explosion of a bomb factory. The US destroyed an al Qaeda training camp for Osama bin Laden’s Black Guard in Saidgai in March of 2006. Maulana Fazlullah thwarted an anti-polio […]
Pakistan: The Taliban takeover
Pakistan court allows Al-Rashid Trust trust to reopen offices
Three “Lashkar-e-Taiba” guerrillas arrested in India
Lal Masjid clerics deny any breakthrough has been made with the government. Rashid Rauf, the London airlines plot mastermind, has been transferred to the Adiala prison. Two barber shops were bombed in Bajaur. The general manager of the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline was murdered in Hayatabad. Jihadi media outlets are thriving in Pakistan.
Most Pakistanis are anti-American, says Musharraf
The Pakistani government is close to capitulating to the demands of the Lal Masjid clerics for sharia law and the rebuilding of illegal mosques. Pamphlets were distributed in Bajaur calling for the release of jailed Taliban, or “extreme steps against the government and the political administration” would be taken.
Lal Masjid cleric Aziz declared the Musharraf government “un-Islamic” and stated it was every Muslim’s duty to wage jihad against the government. The outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammed will defend the Lal Masjid against any government operation.
The U.S. cannot strike at al Qaeda high value targets inside Pakistan – not even Osama bin Laden. A video of a 12 year old boy beheading a ‘U.S. spy’ is circulating in Waziristan. The Taliban bombed 3 video and music stores in a market 60 miles northeast of Peshawar. The Lashkar-i-Islam clashed with Pakistani […]
Taliban leader Mullah Nazir, who fought the Uzbeks in Waziristan, said he would provide shelter to Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar, but does not support the Taliban. China admitted East Turkistan Liberation Organization terrorist train at Pakistani camps. Thousands of Pakistanis protested in Lahore and Islamabad against the rise of Islamist extremism.
After negotiations resumed, he government gave into a demand by the Lal Masjid and will rebuild 2 of 7 destroyed mosques. The Umm-e-Hassan, a woman’s madrassa under the Lal Masjid, is at the forefront of enforcing sharia in Islamabad and the Talibanization of Pakistan. A Pakistani convention of ulema “declared suicide attacks un-Islamic and opposed […]
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 […]
The MQM party held a large rallyin Islamabad opposing the “threat of ‘Kalashnikov Sharia™ of Islamabad™s Lal Masjid clerics.” The Lal Masjid clerics vowed to stop the sale of alcohol in the capitol. The Ahmadzai Wazir tribe promised not to shelter Uzbeks in South Waziristan. The Taliban claims “foreigners” are leaving North Waziristan.
Musharraf’s Survival in Pakistan Election Insures Ally With Questionable Sway
President Musharraf ruled out the possibility of a joint U.S. & Pakistani operation in the NWFP. Lal Masjid leader Aziz calls for all Muslims to enforce sharia. The Taliban attacked a CD shop in Islamabad and assaulted gamblers in Bajaur.
Rocket fired on relief plane in Pakistan
President Musharraf threatened to withdraw from the anti-terror coalition if the West continues to blame the country for failing to act against al Qaeda and the Taliban. Three Lal Masjid students ordered CD shops in Peshawar to close. The Taliban clashed with a wedding party in Lakki Marwat. Lashkar-e-Taiba requested terror groups and politicians unite […]
Pakistani Army Says Its Forces Are Gaining in Tribal Lands
Pakistan’s intelligence agencies oppose ‘cracking down’ on students of Lal Masjid mosque. The PML president negotiating with teh Lal Masjid clerics offered to rebuild mosques. The Religious Affairs Minister admitted to letting Ghazi off on terrorism charges. The “Wana region is now virtually free of Uzbeks,” according to a agency administrator.
The government will continue negotiations with the Lal Masjid, which set up a sharia court. A freelance journalist has filed a petition against the Lal Masjid in the Supreme Court, but also requested barring the government from using force. JUI-F political leader and Taliban supporter Fazlur Rehman claimed the controversy was stirred up by Pakistan’s […]
The president of the Pakistani Muslim League political party met with Lal Masjid leaders Aziz and Ghazi to discuss the Qazi courts, and said the government wants to resolve the crisis peacefully. The Lal Masjid issued a fatwa against Pakistan’s female Tourism Minister. Bombings in Tank and Bannu wounded 4 Pakistani security officers. Sectarian clashes […]
Anti-Uzbek anger in Waziristan
(Pakistan) Curb “vice” or risk suicide attacks
Al Qaeda has sent negotiators to secure a truce between the Uzbeks and Taliban in South Waziristan. The Binori Town madrassa in Karachi welcomes the Lal Masjid’s imposition of sharia in Islamabad. Lal Masjid’s leader threatened a wave of suicide attacks “if the government impedes the enforcement of the Sharia.” The Islamist MMA will not […]
Sectarian clashes kill 40 in northern Pakistan
Pakistani hardliners ‘cleanse’ capital Taliban-style
(Pakistan) Sharia gangs roam streets of capital city to enforce their law with threats
The Lal Masjid has appointed 10 judges for the Islamic courts, while several hundred Pakistanis protested the Islamization of society. The Lal Masjid now has a website. Nazir’s Taliban requested weapons and air support from the military to fight against Uzbeks and Taliban rivals. NWFP governor claims cross border attacks have ceased. A bomb exploded […]