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| Pak arrests 97 militants, busts 3 major terror networks | ||||
| 2016-02-13 | ||||
[Daily Excelsior] Pakistain army today said nearly 100 hardcore holy warriors have been juggedInto the paddy wagon wit' yez! , who were involved in several major terror attacks and planning to free top al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh,
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ... (LeJ) and Tehrik- e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), were arrested from here during ongoing intelligence-based operations in the city. The holy warriors had set up joint task team for carrying out terror attacks in the country and they had been involved in some major terror attacks in the past like the Mehran airbase 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... , Jinnah airport in Karachi, PAF base in Kamra and several others, Bajwa said. "The first few holy warriors were arrested a few months ago and it led to more arrests," he said.
Umer Sheikh, who was released by India in 1999 and given safe passage to Afghanistan in exchange for the nearly 150 passengers of hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814, allegedly also played a crucial role in the September 2001 attacks in the US. The perpetrators also had a list of 35 prisoners they wanted to kill, he said. Bajwa said Karachi operation launched in September 2013 had achieved major success as over 12,000 suspects were arrested in over 7,000 raids, leading to dramatic decrease in crimes of killings, kidnapping and extortions. He, however, stressed that more work needed to be done to completely rid the metropolis of violence and terrorism. "The Karachi operation will continue till complete peace is achieved in the city," he said.
...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... presser: "A deputy leader of Al-Qaeda in the Subcontinent named Mussanah was criminal mastermind of the plan and was arranging all the finances while he was aided by the deputy chief of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ... Naeem Bukhari." Mussanah, Bukhari, and a man said to be their handler, named Huzaifa, were later paraded before the media in handcuffs. Bajwa said the perpetrators had prepared two explosive-laden vehicles which they were supposed to ram into the gate of the prison. | ||||
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