White House, London, NY my targets: Mehsud
Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud said in an interview with Al Jazeera that he wanted to destroy the White House, New York and London. Very soon, we will be witnessing jihads miracles. | Very soon, we will be witnessing jihads miracles, he said in his first-ever television interview that lasted 25 minutes. His face was obscured but his curly locks long jet-black hair was visible. Our primary aim is to finish Britain [and] the US, and to crush the pride of the non-Muslims, Baitullah Mehsud told Admad Zaidan, Al Jazeeras bureau chief in Islamabad, outside Peshawar at an undisclosed location.
Mehsud was recently chosen the leader of a militant coalition named the Taliban Movement of Pakistan, a collection of 40 groups that have come together to battle the Pakistani army and, as he claimed in the interview, fight US and Britain on their home soil. He accused President Pervez Musharraf of working for the interests of the nonbelievers. He said his coalition would fight back and teach him a lesson. Mehsud said the Taliban coalition was carrying out a defensive jihad.
The army is bombarding our houses and fighting with us, he said, We have formed this coalition to guarantee the safety of civilians.
Posted by: Fred 2008-01-30 |