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| Taliban plan to strike Karachi airport, ministries |
| 2008-11-25 |
| Intelligence agencies have warned of a suicide attack at the Karachi airport as well as ministries in Islamabad during the current month, Daily Times learnt on Monday. The Interior Ministry, after receiving information from intelligence agencies, has informed law enforcement agencies that the month of November would be crucial and terrorists have planned to carry out suicide attacks at Jinnah International Airport Karachi, and also at the offices of various ministries in Islamabad. No further detail about the modus operandi of the terrorists was disclosed in the intelligence information conveyed to the Interior Ministry. The authorities have directed law enforcement agencies to take immediate action to ensure security at the airport and the ministries' offices. A source privy to the matter, seeking anonymity, told Daily Times that terrorists have planned to strike in prominent cities of the country in retaliation to the ongoing operation in the Tribal Areas and have dispatched suicide bombers to Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. The source added that intelligence agencies have also sent complete details of two would-be suicide bombers recently dispatched by the leader of defunct TTP, after which law enforcement agencies and the intelligence network have been put on high alert. |
| Posted by:Fred |