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counterterrorismblog.org - 10/28/2009
Lashkar-e-Taiba - Pakistan's Hezbollah
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One group absent from the concoction of Punjabi groups joining the Pashtun Taliban rebellion is Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). Although it recruits from the same general area, the other groups are Deobandi (Pakistan’s homegrown Islamic extremists) whereas LeT is Dar Ahl Hadith, which is basically the ...
mcclatchydc.com - 10/23/2009
Suicide bomber strikes suspected nuclear weapons site in Pakistan
— mcclatchydc.com — ISLAMABAD — A suspected nuclear weapons site in Pakistan was hit by a suicide bomb attack, raising... fears about the security of the nuclear arsenal, while two other terrorist blasts made it another bloody day in the country's struggle against ... (more) Suicide bomber strikes suspected nuclear weapons site in ...

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US strikes in Bajaur tribal areas, kills 22 Taliban, al Qaeda
longwarjournal.org - 10/24/2009
US strikes in Bajaur tribal areas, kills 22 Taliban, al Qaeda
— longwarjournal.org — Bajaur Taliban leader Faqir Mohammed. Unmanned aircraft operated by the US attacked a meeting of the Bajaur... Taliban, killing 22 Islamist extremists. The attack came close to killing one of the senior-most Taliban commanders in ... (more) US strikes in Bajaur tribal areas, kills 22 Taliban, al ...

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Hillary Gets Tough; Will it Work?
tnr.com - 30 days ago
Hillary Gets Tough; Will it Work?
— tnr.com — This is pretty great. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed doubt Thursday over Pakistan's failure to... locate top al-Qaeda leaders in the eight years since they escaped over the border from Afghanistan, telling a group of Pakistani ... (more) Hillary Gets Tough; Will it Work?

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Gates of Vienna:  Plots Against Kurt Westergaard and Flemming Rose Foiled

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Plots Against Kurt Westergaard and Flemming Rose Foiled
Gates of Vienna — ... PET says the conspirators were in close contact with Lashkar-e-Taiba. Headley (Gilani) purportedly has admitted to receiving training from this last group. ...

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