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| Taliban vows more bloodbath in Pakistan |
| 2009-04-01 |
| Taliban insurgents vow to turn major Pakistani cities into a battleground after they established their rule over the north-west regions. Claiming responsibility for the Monday's bloody attack on a Lahore police academy on Tuesday, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsude warned a campaign of terror will continue while Pakistan collaborates with the United States. Around a dozen assailants raided a police training centre on the outskirts of Lahore shortly after sunrise Monday. The lethal raid left more than two dozens people killed and around 100 others wounded. The attack came four weeks after the Sri Lankan national cricket team narrowly survived an attack in the city centre. "We claim responsibility for the attack. This was in retaliation to the ongoing drone attacks in the tribal areas. There will be more such attacks," Mehsud said. He also claimed responsibility for the March 23 suicide attack outside a police station in Islamabad. The suicide bomb blast rocked a police station in the capital and marred celebrations for the 69th anniversary of Pakistan National Day. The blast killed one policeman and two civilians. Pakistani authorities in early March agreed to establish Taliban rule in the troubled northwestern Swat Valley. Moderate forces however are concerned that the agreement will increase extremism in Pakistan. Taliban militants have now set up an administration with courts, taxes, patrols and checkpoints in the troubled Swat region. The recent violent attacks have widely been seen as insurgents' efforts to expand the area of conflict to the centre of the country. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Interior Ministry Chief Rehman Malik have said the militants want to take over the whole state of Pakistan. "This is an attack on Pakistan," Malik said referring to Lahore incident, adding that "There are two choices, to either let the Taliban take over your country or to fight it out. At this time the nation must unite and show its unity." Malik said this region was 'full' of thousands of trained militants. Elements trained by 28 outlawed militant organizations operating in the country were multiplying day by day. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 ION TOPIX > TURKEY LOSES KURDISH SOUTH IN LOCAL ELECTIONS, + TURKEY'S ISLAMIST PARTY WINS ELECTION MANDATE. Also, ISRAELI MIL FORUM > SAUDI ARABIA'S BALLISTIC MISSLES [only need WMD-Warheads]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-04-01 00:46 |
| #1 TOPIX > US DRONE ATTACKS PROVE PAKISTAN'S WEAK GOVERNMENT; + PAKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY [Jamaat-e-Islami Party] SAYS US/OBAMA DECLARES WAR ON PAKISTAN, by accus PK of suppor and being an AL QAEDA + TALIBAN, ETC. MILTERR STRONGHOLD. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-04-01 00:39 |