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Pakistan Arrests Taliban Planning Attacks
[An Nahar] Pak police said on Saturday they had juggedYouse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! five Talibs who were planning "terror attacks" in the central city of Multan and other towns in the region. "The hard boyz belonging to Noor Gul group of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) were jugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! on an intelligence tip off," city police Chief Aamer Zulfikar told news hounds. The 'Noor Gul' group has not been heard of previously, and Zulfikar did not say where or when the arrests were made. "They were planning to carry out terrorist activities on the eve of the martyrdom anniversary of Hazarat Ali, the fourth caliph of Islam, falling next week," he said. He added that the group was active in the southern part of the Punjab province, and had planned to target other towns and cities in the region. The police also seized heavy weapons and ammunition including pistols and assault rifles from the jihad boys. Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for... six people were killed in an kaboom triggered in fireworks material stored in a house in Multan on Saturday. Zulfikar said several nearby buildings were damaged in the blast, which also maimed at least 10 people. "We are trying to ascertain what triggered the kaboom in the factory," he said. Posted by: Fred 2012-08-05 |
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