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India-Pakistan
Two Islamic State campaigners arrested in Peshawar
2015-05-17
[DAWN] The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to have placed in durance vile
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
two campaigners of the self-styled Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS) from Notia Bazaar Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
late on Friday.

Leaflets and pamphlets calling for support for proscribed IS Lion of Islam organization were also recovered from the arrested suspects.

The arrested men are affiliated to a Lion of Islam organization and were preaching for IS in Peshawar's Notia Bazaar area when they were arrested, according to CTD officials.

Cases have been registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 against the campaigners.

According to initial intelligence information both the suspects were trained in Afghanistan.

Security in Peshawar was put on high alert after the incident.

Daesh -- or Islamic State -- had recently announced it was setting itself up for operations in Pakistain and Afghanistan.

Attackers of the Safoora Goth carnage in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
last week had also left an IS pamphlet at the scene of the crime before fleeing on cycle of violences.
Posted by:Fred

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