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India-Pakistan
Pakistan Taliban warns of retaliation
2011-05-19
The Pak Taliban have issued their first videotaped message since the late Osama bin Laden
... who has made the transition back to dust...
was killed by US Navy Seals earlier this month.

In the exclusive footage, obtained by Kamal Hyder, Al Jizz's correspondent in Islamabad, the group is shown vowing Dire Revenge™ for the al-Qaeda leader's death.

The message, from a man called Umar Khalid, said the group would "take Dire Revenge™" for Osama's killing, saying that Pakistain and the US's intelligence agencies were now on its "hit list".

He added that bin Laden's influence was still strong despite his death.

"Osama bin Laden has given us the ideology of Islam and Jihad ... by his death we are not scattered ... but it has given us more strength to continue his mission," he said.

"It took the Americans 11 years to kill Osama but for us it is easy, we will take our Dire Revenge™ in less than a few months."

Khalid and his men are now hiding in the mountains, and appear to be well-armed with assault rifles and other weapons. They are also shown with a laptop and a radio.

The group use cycle of violences and a station wagon, camouflaged under several inches of mud, to move around.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, dozens of fighters attacked security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistain, killing two coppers and wounding several others.

Up to 100 fighters reportedly stormed the post near the Khyber tribal area, a stronghold for Taliban fighters.

The Taliban have staged a number of attacks in Pakistain since bin Laden was killed in a US raid on May 2 near the Pak capital Islamabad.

Last Friday, at least 76 people were killed in a double suicide kaboom on a Frontier Constabulary training centre in the northwestern town of Charsadda.

The Pak Taliban said they carried out the attack - this year's deadliest on the security forces - to avenge bin Laden's death in a compound in the Pak town of Abbottabad.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Dire Revenge®
Posted by: mojo   2011-05-19 21:56  

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