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Pakistan

The Lahore High Court blocked the extradition of six Americans to the US who were detained as they were trying to link up with al Qaeda in North Waziristan. The military killed five Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. The Taliban bombed a girls’ school in Khyber.









Pakistan

Americans, not Taliban pose threat to Pakistan’s nukes: Fazl


Pakistan

Seven Taliban fighters and two troops were killed in Kurram. Security forces detained Mullah Fazlullah’s driver in Mardan and four Taliban fighters in Quaidabad. The Taliban bombed a school in Mohmand and torched eight homes of government officials in Bajaur. The foreign minister said India is behind terror attacks in Pakistan.





Has al Qaeda’s link with Yemen been severed?

Members of al Qaeda in Yemen announce the merger with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Center-left is Abu Hareth Muhammad al Awfi; far right is Said Ali al Shihri. Image courtesy of Nick Grace. If you just read the headline to this CBS News article, titled “Al Qaeda’s Yemen Connection May Be Dead,” on […]


Pakistani officers charged with terror plot at airbase

BBC Urdu reported on Dec. 11 that Pakistani intelligence arrested three military officers officers for spying at the Shamsi Air Force base in Baluchistan province and “inciting army officers to commit acts of terrorism.” The court-martial of Col Shahid Bashir, Nadeem Ahmad Shah, a former air force pilot who is now an advocate, and Awais […]




Al Qaeda

Virginia mosque grapples with young members’ arrest in Pakistan



Pakistan

The defense minister admitted the Quetta Shura operates in Pakistan, but said it is no longer a threat. The military said 23 Taliban fighters were killed and 90 more were detained in Kyber, Arakzai, and Hangu, and 54 Taliban fighters were detained in Swat and South Waziristan. Five civilians were wounded in a grenade attack […]



Quetta Shura exists, no longer threat: Pak defense minister

Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Amir al Mumineen (“the commander of the faithful”) of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban. Dawn reported that Pakistan’s defense minister admitted Mullah Omar’s Quetta Shura is in Pakistan, but said it is no longer a threat: The government has admitted the existence of the Afghan Taliban’s Quetta shura for the first […]



Pakistan

Four al Qaeda operatives and two Taliban fighters were killed in a US airstrike in South Waziristan. Five Taliban fighters and one soldier were killed in fighting in South Waziristan. Security forces detained 11 Taliban fighters in Kurram.


Five Muslim Americans detained in Pakistan were en route to Waziristan

The is plenty of interesting information available on the five Americans detained in Pakistan who were trying to link up with al Qaeda and allied terror groups within Pakistan. The radicalization process and recruitment via the Internet by “Saifullah,” a known jihadist, will certainly raise some eyebrows. Ultimately, it seems all roads to jihad pass […]