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Al Qaeda planning to attack embassies
The government has received intelligence reports that 24 Al Qaeda members and about 12 other terrorists have entered Pakistan in the last couple of days and are planning to target some embassies of European countries and Indian High Commission, a source said. He said the terrorists first came to Dubai from India on Indian passports. Later, they went to a neighbouring country, from where they entered Pakistan.
Importing terrorists to Pakistan is definitely in the coal to Newcastle category. The itinerary's interesting, though. First they left India, on Indian passports — implying they're Indians. Kashmiris? Then they went to "a neighboring country." Why not say Afghanistan if it was Afghanistan? Or was it Iran? Hmmmm...
The source said, according to information, the Al Qaeda members would scatter in different cities to carry out their terrorist activities. They are reportedly planning to target Indian Consulate building in Karachi some time in August, besides hitting some European embassies in the federal capital, he said. The source said the German embassy was also on their hit- list. There are fears that terrorists may choose August 15, the independence day of India, for attack on Indian High Commission in Pakistan, he said. In the light of intelligence information, the government has put provincial governments, chief commissioner of Islamabad and local law enforcement agencies on security alert, the source said.
I'm still hung up on having to import them. Have the Paks actually hammered their domestic terror network that well? They've been very busy lately, but I'd be surprised to learn they've actually broken the Bad Guys' machine. That would imply the imports are specialists. This'll be one to watch...
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-07-22
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