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Pakistan: Al-Qaeda linked militants threaten new attacks
 (AKI) - The Islamist militant group, Fidayeen-e-Islam, on Wednesday threatened to carry out fresh terrorist attacks in Pakistan.The Al-Qaeda-linked group that claimed responsibility for the devastating bomb attack on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad at the weekend, threatened to target those "who help American forces in the country". A mobile text message signed by an alleged spokesman for the group was sent to the Arab television network Al-Jazeera. It had the same initials that had been used to claim responsibility for the Marriott attack that killed at least 53 people and injured 266 others. It also threatened to attack Sadruddin Hashwani, proprietor of the hotel targeted in central Islamabad on Saturday. "What the Pentagon said concerning the death of two marines in the attack on the Hotel Marriott is false," the text message said. "Because at the time of the hotel attack it was full of marines, CIA agents, the FBI and European diplomats." Until this week, the Fedayan al-Islam was a little known militant organisation. The group is based in Pakistan's tribal areas and connected Posted by: Fred 2008-09-25 |
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