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| Torkham massacre a revenge for Baitullah: TTP |
| 2009-08-30 |
| [Dawn] The Taliban claimed on Friday responsibility for Thursday's suicide attack near the Afghan border that killed 22 guards and said it was their first revenge for their leader's death. A suicide bomber struck a security post near Torkham on Thursday evening killing 22 Khasadar guards and wounding over a dozen others. On Thursday, a group namely 'Dr Abdullah Azzam Brigade' had claimed responsibility for the attack. The Azzam Brigade, based in Orakzai tribal region, is affiliated with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and is named after the fiery Palestinian scholar, Dr Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, who was killed in a car-bomb blast in Peshawar's University Town on Nov 24, 1989. On Friday, the TTP came forward to claim credit for the atrocious attack. 'We claim responsibility for the blast,' TTP spokesman Azam Tariq said in a telephone call from an unknown location. 'This is our first response since the death of our chief Baitullah Mehsud,' Tariq told AFP. 'We will continue similar attacks in the future also.' He said 'the victims of the suicide attack were all those supporting the United States. Anybody supporting the US is our enemy.' |
| Posted by:Fred |