Today’s report on the involvement of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence directorate in the 2008 terror assault on Mumbai wins this month’s coveted Captain Louis Renault Award. Once the Indians got hold of David Headley for interrogation, it was only a matter of time before that story was printed. Oh, and Lashkar-e-Taiba/Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed was also […]
A federal court sentenced Syed Hashmi to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide material support and resources to al Qaeda. Hashmi, a naturalized American citizen originally from Pakistan, admitted he provided support for the terror group.
The strike, the first reported this month, took place in a village controlled by the Haqqani Network.
Amnesty: Tribal Pakistan is a ‘rights-free zone’
The attack took place in the Arghandab district just north of Kandahar City. An additional 74 people are reported to have been wounded.
Pakistan – Police unaware of NATO terminal
Last night the Taliban attacked NATO fuel and supply trucks at a truck terminal just west of the capital, killing eight people.
US and Somali intelligence officials claim that between 300-1200 foreign fighters have become part of Shabaab. The group’s leaders are foreign and it receives support and direction from al Qaeda central in Pakistan.
During a raid on a terrorist stronghold in the Balamurghab district in Badghis province, 23 Taliban fighters were killed and seven more were captured.
Pakistan – Ex-major™s loyalties embody jihad woes
Buried in an article on a strange invitation by the al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Taiba front group Jamaat-ud-Dawa to politicians to tour its headquarters at Muridke, is this rare endorsement from a Pakistani politician who wants the US to expand the Predator strike program into Punjab province. From The News: A leader of the Pakistan People’s Party […]
Amnesty International showed photographs of the remains of a US-made cruise missile and cluster munitions that were used in the Dec. 17, 2009, airstrike in Abyan province.
Pakistan – Iran to approve “peace pipeline”
NATO, Pakistan seek to boost non-military ties
The government officially labeled the Indian Mujahideen a terrorist entity. The Indian Mujahideen is thought to be a front group for activities of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Students’ Islamic Movement of India, and the Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh, and is supported by Pakistan’s intelligence services.
Pakistan rules out offensive against Punjab militants
US Predators killed Osama bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Damjan al Dawsari in the May 28 airstrike in a region run by ‘good Taliban’ leader Mullah Nazir.
Official admits militancy™s deep roots in Pakistan
The unnamed commander spent only two days in the top leadership position in Baghlan; his predecessor was killed just two days before he took command.
Punjabi Taliban preparing for major terror attack: Malik
Pakistan – Al-Qaeda loses major ‘link’ after leader’s death
The district of Barg-e-Matal has been secured just two days after it fell to the Taliban.
Image courtesy of Rantburg. As reports of the death of al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu Yazid continue to break, US administration and intelligence officials, and the media, are eager to declare that he was al Qaeda’s third in command. But do you remember back on Dec. 12, 2009, when Abu Yahya al Libi was reported […]
In a statement released tonight on a jihadist forum, Al Qaeda announced Yazid’s death. Yazid, who is also known as Sheikh Saeed al Masri, was al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan and top financial official.
Haji Amir is a top military commander who recently returned from Pakistan, where he planned the Taliban counteroffensive against Coalition and Afghan forces in Kandahar.
Nato strike against Pakistan Taliban in Afghan district
More than 5 billion Saudi riyals, or $1.33 billion, have entered Afghanistan via Pakistan since 2006. The money moves from Riyadh to Peshawar, where it is converted to dollars or rupees. The money is then transferred to North Waziristan; from there it is smuggled across the border.
Ebad-ul-Rehman is thought to have been killed in the May 15 attack in the Tirah Valley on May 15. Rehman orchestrated the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Pakistan – Militants fanning sectarianism, says Malik
Pakistan – Malik sees terror roots in south Punjab