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| Forces vow not to let militants converge on Mir Ali |
| 2009-10-02 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] The disgruntled remnants of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leadership, who have converged in Mir Ali subdivision of restive North Waziristan Agency, have decided to step up their attacks in the country following the passage of the Kerry-Lugar Bill by the US Congress, The News learnt it reliably here on Thursday. "As the security forces dismantled their network in Malakand, Swat, Dir and other areas, the remnants of the TTP leadership gathered in Mir Ali subdivision of North Waziristan and restored their contacts with the Taliban Movement of Afghanistan," said a source in security agencies on condition of anonymity. "They [TTP leaders] held a meeting in Mir Ali region late Wednesday night and decided to step up their attacks on the US diplomats and nationals as well as the diplomats of other countries that are supporting the Kerry-Lugar Bill because they think it will have deep impact on their activities," he added. The source said the TTP leaders also resolved in the meeting to accelerate efforts for targeting the top leadership of the PPP and Awami National Party (ANP). He said, according to the TTP leaders, the US and Nato forces were committing heinous crimes in Afghanistan as well as in Pakistan. "Some calls of the TTP leaders to the Afghan Taliban have been traced and now the exact location of the callers is being traced to target them," the source said. The source said that after the broadcast of a video clip showing dead body of Baitullah Mahsud, the TTP leaders were extremely disappointed and perturbed. He said that it was due to this desperation that they were now thinking to accelerate their terror campaign in the country. He said it was also because of the frustration of the TTP leaders that the outlawed outfit claimed responsibility for suicide bombing in Bannu on Saturday last but stayed short of accepting responsibility for the bombing in Peshawar the same day whereas it was a fact that the TTP was involved in that attack, too. When approached by The News for comments, a spokesman for the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on condition of anonymity that the security forces were aware of the convergence of the TTP leaders in Mir Ali region of North Waziristan. He said they also knew that the TTP leaders were desperately trying to launch massive attacks against the security forces as well as the general public to terrorise innocent citizens. "The militants will, however, be eliminated from all parts of the country just like they have been driven out from Swat, Malakand and Dir," the ISPR spokesman remarked. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 have decided to step up their attacks in the country following the passage of the Kerry-Lugar Bill They get reports on Congress out there in the wilds of the Waziri countryside? They must be a lot less isolated than I am in the exurbs of the American Midwest! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-02 13:45 |