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| '300 Taliban suicide bombers on way to Islamabad,' claim Pakistan officials |
| 2009-04-26 |
| 300 suicide bombers are on their way to Islamabad, Pakistan and plan to attack the capital and certain local officials of foreign embassies there, Interior Ministry sources said. The suicide bombers also plan to attack Rawalpindi and Lahore and are being led by five top Taliban commanders who are close aides of Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the country's unified Taliban movement, according to the sources. The commanders have left North Waziristan for Islamabad and would supervise the terrorist operations planned by Baitullah Mehsud in these cities, the sources added. Pakistan's Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah confirmed the report, saying that security measures had been adopted to thwart such threats. The law enforcement agencies have planned counter strategies to deal with the situation, the secretary said. Kamal Shah added that the Northern Areas Scouts (NAS), a paramilitary force under the Army command, would reach Islamabad within a couple of days to help the civil administration in maintaining peace in the capital. The sources said an intelligence agency provided information to the government regarding the Taliban activities, alleging that simultaneous suicide bombings followed by sniper attacks could occur. The five Taliban commanders are identified by intelligence agencies as Shikaari, Inayatullah, Walid, Mujahid and Abdali, Interior Ministry sources said. They said all the terrorist commanders were close aides of Baitullah Mehsud. A security officer said the Taliban commanders had left North Waziristan on April 11 for Islamabad, along with an explosives-laden Toyota Corolla. But the law-enforcement agencies were totally unaware whether they had reached their destination or postponed their operation, the officer said. Quoting the intelligence report, the source said about 300 terrorist shooters and suicide bombers would reach Islamabad, along with the five commanders. To counter serious threats to Islamabad, the federal government has called troops of the NAS to assist the civil administration to protect prominent personalities as well as sensitive installations of the capital city, the Interior Ministry sources said. 'At least 20 companies of the NAS are required to deal with the possible untoward situation,' the source said. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #4 charles i still don't think the taliban would disappear because the pakis don't won't them too. They never really did anything after Benazir Bhutto got assasinated and no matter how many family members or ppl get whipped murdered or how many liberties the taliban take away from regular ppl they seem scared too confront them. |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-04-26 19:55 |
| #3 If the Taliban actually do this then...wow, bye-bye goes negotiations. Bye-bye does the Taliban too, they'll have no cover anymore after that. |
| Posted by: Charles 2009-04-26 19:32 |
| #2 maybe they're all on the same bus? (like "Traitor") :) ok...it'd have to be a BIG bus |
| Posted by: Justrand 2009-04-26 19:25 |
| #1 Zathras can never have anything nice. /Obscure? |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2009-04-26 15:30 |