THE PUNJABI TALIBAN
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR–PAPER NO. 566
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The interrogation of Muhammed Aquil alias Dr.Usman, the only surviving member of the group of nine terrorists, which launched a commando-style attack on the Pakistan Army’s General Headquarters (GHQ) at Rawalpindi on October 10,2009, which lasted a little over 20 hours, has [...]
WHO WAS AMJAD FAROOQI IN WHOSE NAME PAK GHQ HAS BEEN RAIDED?
INTERNATIONaL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO.563
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A news agency report says as follows: "The Tehreek-e-Taliban has claimed responsibility for the brazen attack on the Pakistan Army’s Headquarters in Rawalpindi on Saturday, which left four of its militants and eight soldiers dead. The outfit has again demanded a halt in the [...]
CONTINUING THREAT FROM INDIAN MUJAHIDEEN
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO.559
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It is one year since the last reported terrorist attack (in New Delhi in September last year) by the Indian Mujahideen (IM) and its mentor the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Not only has there been no jihadi terrorist attack in Indian [...]
BLOW TO ATTEMPTS TO FORM NEO-LTTE
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO 548
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The post-Prabakaran attempts by some never-say-die sections of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora across the world to resurrect the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suffered a blow on August 6,2009, when the Malaysian security agencies handed over to their Sri Lankan [...]
END OF BAITULLAH MEHSUD?
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR— PAPER NO.547
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( To be read in continuation of my article of June 26,2009, titled "Co-Ordinated Hunt For Baitullah Mehsud" at http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers33/paper3275.html . Article annexed for easy reference)
The co-ordinated hunt for Baitullah Mehsud, the Amir of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), undertaken by the [...]
ARRESTS OF TERRORIST SUSPECTS IN AUSTRALIA
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO. 546
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The police authorities of Melbourne charged before a local court on August 5,2009, four Muslims with "conspiring to commit an act in preparation or planning a terrorist act." The police alleged that the charged persons were planning to carry out [...]
EGYPT: Opposition Equated With Terrorists
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By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani
CAIRO, Aug 4 (IPS) – The Egyptian government is now accusing the Muslim Brotherhood of links to Palestinian resistance groups and of establishing "global networks". Recent months have seen a host of government accusations – which critics say are [...]
PRO-AL QAEDA ELEMENTS REGROUPING FOR FRESH STRIKES
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR–PAPER NO. 545
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Though there have been no reports of any violent incidents in the Xinjiang province of China for over three weeks now, the Chinese authorities are taking no chances with internal security and law and order in the province.
2. The army units, which were inducted into [...]
CHINESE FEAR OF AVIATION TERRORISM BY PRO-AL QAEDA UIGHURS
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On March 7,2008, the Chinese authorities had claimed to have foiled an attempt by three Uighurs to blow up a plane of the China Southern Airlines flying from Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang province, to Beijing. The persons involved had allegedly managed to smuggle inside the [...]
WILL THE PM EMULATE REAGAN?
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The explanation of the Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh, in the Lok Sabha on July 29,2009, on the statement issued by him jointly with Yousef Raza Gilani, the Pakistani Prime Minister, at Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt on July 17,2009, skillfully sought to control the damage done by the ill-advised [...]
