Karachi Attack Terrorists Apprehended; Linked to Waziristan Militancy

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8 guys picked up respnsible for the attack, all having been trained in South Waziristan. This illustrates the importance of Pakistan’s efforts to reign in unauthorised armed factions in the FATA, in order to protect the rest of Pakistan’s population from murderous attacks.

Security forces in Pakistan have arrested suspected al-Qaeda members in the southern city of Karachi, days after an attack on a general there.
They seized an “eight-member gang of foreign al-Qaeda operatives” suspected of that attack and others, Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat said.

A ninth detainee is said to be a nephew of top al-Qaeda suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, arrested last year.

Mr Hayat said the man, Masrab Arochi, had a $1m bounty on his head.

The suspects were detained over the weekend in separate raids across Karachi, the minister told a hastily arranged news conference.

Mr Hayat said the arrests marked a “big dent” in al-Qaeda, the militant Islamic network headed by Osama Bin Laden.

Gunmen who ambushed the motorcade of Lt Gen Ahsan Saleem Hayat in Karachi on Thursday killed 11 people but Karachi’s targeted military commander escaped unhurt.

The weekend’s arrests came as Pakistani troops continued a major offensive against al-Qaeda suspects and their allies in the South Waziristan region, on the border with Afghanistan.

**The interior minister said the eight people arrested in Karachi besides Masrab Arochi had been trained in South Waziristan and had “a direct link to al-Qaeda”. **

They had confessed “to a key role in the attack” on the military commander, he said.

He described the eight as “Central Asians”, reportedly adding that they included both Uzbeks and “Chechens”, a reference to the mainly Muslim province in the Russian North Caucasus.

“The arrest of the gang is a phenomenal breakthrough for us,” the Pakistani interior minister said.

Security forces seized Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi in March 2003.

The US had a bounty of $23m on his head at the time, believing him to be one of the planners behind the 11 September 2001 attacks on America.

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Re: Karachi Attack Terrorists Apprehended; Linked to Waziristan Militantcy

ISLAMABAD, June 12: Federal Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat while dismissing the opposition protest over Wana military swoop has reiterated that the operation was being carried out merely against the foreign militants.

“The operation is not being carried out against any Pakistani. Opposition is misleading the nation over the issue”, said Faisal blaming the opposition for not supporting the government in national interest.

While talking in National Assembly’s Saturday session Faisal said that terror incidents in Karachi and other parts of the country had direct link with Wana situation.

Government has been frequently blaming that the militants, allegedly defying against Pakistan forces in Wana were involved in sabotage activities across the country.

Faisal claimed that Waziristan MNA Miraj-ud-Din told him (Faisal) in the NA session that aliens were not abiding by the Shakai agreement.

Shakai accord was struck between tribal militants led by Nek Muhammad and Pakistan Army.

“The terrorists attacked Frontier Constabulary (FC) troops. They are not Muslims. They should be condemned in the strongest terms”, Faisal said emphatically.

He opined that House had completed a debate on Wana operation and there was no need to raise this issue again.

Religious Affairs Minister Ejaz-ul-Haq on this occasion said that tribal areas had also witnessed military operations in the past, in which he claimed, the helicopters gunship were also used. “The operation in Wana was imperative as alien terrorists had harbored there”, said Ejaz.-Online

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I didn’t know that Faisal Saleh Hayat was a Mufti too.

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hmmm

what to believe these days and what not to believe?

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^ I have a hard time believing anything coming out of Faisal Saleh and Shiekh Rashid.

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Another missile attack foiled in Peshawar

By Javed Aziz Khan

PESHAWAR: Another missile attack was foiled in Peshawar city as police busted a terrorist network and arrested two of its members along with a range of missiles here on Monday.

“The two Afghan terrorists are in their 30s and have connections inside Afghanistan. They have disclosed the names of three other members of their ring who would be arrested in a day or two,” Senior Superintendent of Police Peshawar (SSP) Abid Ali told newsmen at a hurriedly called press conference at the Police Lines here.

However, the SSP refused to disclose their names. “One Afghan was arrested from Adezai refugee camp while another was held from Pishtakhara village,” he said. The SSP said that after gathering information from the culprits, police recovered two 107 mm rockets near a lake in Pishtakhara.

He said the explosives recovered from the possession of the Afghans were the same that had been used in attacks in Peshawar and in terrorist activities in Quetta and Karachi. “The detained terrorists have also confessed to their involvement in firing four rockets on Peshawar city on March 23,” the SSP said.

He expressed the hope that the police would soon arrest the remaining members of the gang. “No” was the answer when asked about any link of the detainees with the infamous network of international terrorists.

The arrest of the two alleged terrorists is the first major breakthrough in the probe into the rocket attack on the provincial capital. Four rockets targeted the City Police Lines, district courts building, the FC headquarters at Balahisar Fort and the Lady Griffith School in Dabgari. A civilian was slightly injured in these attacks.

In another attack later some unidentified terrorists targeted the CID post on the main University Road on April 15. A constable was killed while another injured in the incident. The police had claimed to foil yet another attempt by recovering rockets from the outskirts of the city soon after the attack on the CID post.

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we've had the namak haraam chamcha afghan government issuing statements that Pakistan is sponsoring terrorism in their country .. I wonder when will our government show those ingrates where the problem actually lies..

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^ Where does the problem actually lie?

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^ Where does the problem actually lie?
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Lets see ummm Afghanistan!!!

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pakistaniabroad,agree with u......these namak haram afghanisr involvedin 80% of terroism of pakistan...these afghanis should be kick out from every parts of pakistan and border should be seal for these afghanis ..we have done enough for americans and these afghanis.....its time to loook our own condition..i still think musharaf should look the matter of wana closely and must try to solve this porblem by talks...otherwise thinking tht we will eliminate alqaeda is just like leaving in heavens of foools...mayALLAH help pak

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^ If a muslim, put the whole blame on non-muslims, and if a nationalist, put the whole blame on the people of other nationals. From the attacks on Musharraf to the bomb explosions in Karachi and every criminal act in Pakistan is being conducted by Afghans. Good, very good indeed, more power to you.

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Most afghans that I saw in Pakistan seem rather docile, hard working people. There are a few bad eggs, but I think most of them are more or less descent folks. Although, eventually i think they will have to leave the country or register.

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^ I have a hard time believing anything coming out of Faisal Saleh and Shiekh Rashid.
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The supposed terrorsists admited their guilt! Only in Pakistan are criminals guilty even before a trial. All this just reminds me of the old joke about the Pakistani cops and the elephant who is convinced he's a deer... Whole thing is highly suspect.

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question is.

why are those attacking generals attacking in a matter of weeks. killings of shias goes on without respite, and nobody is brought to book?

reminder, for instance, this happened a year ago. no ‘retaliation’, they didnt deserve it by any stretch of a mulla’s imagination.. which sadly seems restricted to killing those who are within reach and unarmed.. just a bunch of guys watching a cricket match.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/38865000/rm/_38865043_pakistan01_berry_vi.ram