Pakistani officials have contacted Egyptian authorities to verify the alleged statement of al-Qaeda claiming it had carried out suicide attack on Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz, the local news agency News Network International reported Wednesday. The statement issued in the Arabic language said that al-Qaeda's Islam Bu Ali brigade carried out the attack on Aziz last Friday.
| We've seen it spelled "Islambouli" in other reports. I believe an Islambouli is kind of like a folded up pizza, stuffed with goat meat and green peppers... |
"The Egyptian government has been approached and it will have to be seen now how much it succeeded in identifying the organization which claimed responsibility of the attack," Foreign Office Spokesman Masood Khan told reporters.
"Mahmoud! You ever hear of the 'Islambouli brigades'?"
"Sure! They make great Islambouli down at Ahmed's deli!" |
"We are trying to check out every kind of details internally aswell as externally. However, as you know I cannot go into the details of the investigation as it is a sensitive case. But every aspect is being considered," the spokesman said.
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