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| All rights reserved!: TTP asks Fidayeen-e-Islam to change name |
| 2008-09-27 |
| Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has demanded the Fidayeen-e-Islam, a militant outfit that has claimed responsibility for the September 20 bombing of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, change its name, the BBC Urdu reported. Taliban spokesman Zulfikar Mehsud told BBC from an undisclosed location that the TTP already had an organised subsidiary branch with the name of Fidayeen-e-Islam, which he said had nothing to do with the Marriott bombing, and it would be better for the group, calling itself Fidayeen-e-Islam, to use another name. According to BBC, the TTP announced the establishment of Fidayeen-e-Islam -- a group consisting of would-be suicide bombers -- in February 2007. The organisation was, however, not heard of following the announcement. |
| Posted by:Fred |