adnkronos.com - 3/31/2009
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Lahore, 30 March (AKI) - By Syed Saleem Shahzad - Home-grown Al-Qaeda led militants are behind Monday's deadly attack on a police training academy in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, according to interior ministry chief Rahman Malik and some security analysts, including former general Talat ...
whitehouse.gov - 3/28/2009
tnr.com - 3/31/2009
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tnr.com —
When the Obama administration announced the results of
its review of Afghanistan and Pakistan policies on Friday,...
reporters quizzing the review's authors seemed confused. They wondered whether the recommendations announced by the president amounted to ...
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No Place to Hide
timesonline.co.uk - 4/2/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
This grainy footage appears to show a 17-year-old
girl being beaten by Islamic radicals in Pakistan s...
northwestern region of Swat, where Sharia law was introduced after the government reached a truce with the Taleban in February. A local Taleban ...
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Video: radicals beat girl, 17, in Islamic stronghold of ...
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Waziristan-based terror group takes credit for Lahore assault
The Long War Journal —
... Earlier today, “militants” said the attack in Lahore “was retaliation by Al-Qaeda and Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud and Punjabi militants for Pakistan's recent cooperation with the United States in hunting down Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders,” AKI reported. The terroists were referring to the US air campaign in Paksitan's tribal areas and northwest that is targetng senior al Qaeda and Taliban leaders. ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/31/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Pakistan: Home-Grown Al-Qaeda Led Militants ‘Behind Lahore Attack’ Lahore, 30 March (AKI) — By Syed Saleem Shahzad — Home-grown Al-Qaeda led militants are behind Monday’s deadly attack on a police training academy in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, according to interior ministry chief Rahman Malik and some security analysts, including former general Talat Massood. Such attacks have in the past been blamed on foreign intelligence agencies. While militant violence has surged in Pakistan since ...
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