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â313â responsible for sectarian killings
Yet another Jihadi grouping in Pakland, only this one has lamest name yet. I assume the group has 313 members, or perhaps it refernces the Quran.While holding the newly formed jihadi-cum-sectarian outfit â313â as responsible for Fridayâs killings in Karachi, investigators fear that more such incidents might take place by Ramazan anywhere in the country as the terrorists want to destabilise the Musharraf government. Well-placed sources in the Interior Ministry told The News that the outfit â313â was an alliance of three banned militant organisations - Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen al-Alami and Harkat Jihad-ul-Islami. Sounds like another name for the Muslim United Army "Basically, the organisation â313â was formed by militants of three proscribed outfits, who had fought in Afghanistan alongside the Taliban. It aims to target Western interests in the country and its activists may also have connections with al-Qaeda," said a senior government official, adding: "But we have reports that in order to destabilise the government, the militants belonging to 313 may carry out sectarian killings and attacks on minorities as well." A senior intelligence official said: "The outfit 313 was involved in the Quetta carnage that left 53 people dead. But it was decided at the very high level that the name of this organisation should not be disclosed. We believe that the same organisation is also behind todayâs incident." Sources disclosed that recently the Interior Ministry sent a list of more than a dozen well-known personalities, belonging to the Shia sect to the provinces, directing them to provide them foolproof security, as it was feared that these persons could be attacked by the militants of â313â. Intelligence sources feared that more such attacks might take place on places of worship of Shia and Sunni sects, as previous records showed that sectarian killings increased before the commencement of Ramazan. I guess these guys could have wacked Azam Tariq to stir up trouble, but I would still put the blame on Shias who had gotten sick of being slaughtered by his followers. Posted by: Paul Moloney 2003-10-09 |
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