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Karachi is the new al-Qaeda/Taliban hang-out
| We've only been calling it Terror Central for a coupla years now... |
Karachi is emerging as the new centre of activity for the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, claimed Dr. Farooq Sattar, the parliamentary party leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). Talking to reporters here, Sattar was quoted by The News as saying that these two extremist groups were receiving assistance from armed elements of local religious parties, who had been shifted to Karachi after the closure of Jihadi chapters in Kashmir, Afghanistan and WANA. Sattar also accused the JI (Jamaat-e-Islami) and PPP (Pakistan Peoples' Party) for the killing of MQM workers during and after the recent by-election in Karachi. He claimed that over a dozen party workers had been killed over the last 20 days. The MQM leader further said that the aim of these killings and violence was to punish the people of Karachi who had defeated the MMA and PPP candidates by electing the Muttahida candidates.(ANI)
Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-05-23 |
