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| Pakistan Arrests U.S. Consulate Bomb Suspect |
| 2002-07-24 |
| Police and Interior Ministry officials say they have arrested Mohammed Ashraf, treasurer of the Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen al-Almi, whose two top leaders were arrested this month and who police say have confessed to roles in the June 14 car-bombing in Karachi. Fifty people were injured. The group and its leaders also are suspected in the May 8 homicide bombing at the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi. Eleven French engineers and three other people, including the bomber, were killed. That's pretty interesting. I wonder if this Mohammad Ashraf is the Haji Muhammad Ashraf who was among the Ashraf was among the group that planned the consulate attack, in which all the victims were Pakistanis, police said. "Ashraf also provided money for the purchase of explosive material to carry out the attack on U.S. consulate in Karachi," an Interior Ministry official in Islamabad said. Ashraf also confessed his role in scores of terrorist acts, including a February rocket attack on the Karachi airport. The state-run news agency Associated Press of Pakistan reported that Ashraf disclosed names of other group members involved in planning the attack. They included Mohammed Imran, chief of Harkatul-ul-Mujahedeen al-Almi, and Mohammed Hanif. Imran and Hanif, both arrested this month, also allegedly conspired to kill President Gen. Pervez Musharraf during his April visit to the violence-ridden city. I wonder if they'll just stick with getting the Bigs of this low-level mob, or if they'll try and tie it to Qazi and his cohorts? Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen al-Almi, a splinter group of Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen, or Movement of Holy Warriors, worked closely with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan before the collapse of Taliban rule last year. Thanks for explaining that. It appears they're also al-Qanoon and a few other organizations, too. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |