19 May 2010
The Man Who Trained the Times Square Bomber, Macleans, 17 May 2010
EXCERPT: "One week following the attempted bombing of New York's Times Square, a Maclean's investigation has learned that the man allegedly behind the latest plot to attack the U.S. had been searching for a militant group in Pakistan to back him for years. [...] But he had visited Pakistan in mid-June 2006 to receive training at a camp belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba...
19 May 2010
Pakistan Forces "Kill 40"; U.S. Officials in Talks, Reuters, 19 May 2010
EXCERPT: "More than 200 Pakistani Taliban attacked a security post in the northwestern region of Orakzai on Wednesday, triggering a clash in which at least 40 militants and two soldiers were killed, officials said. [...] Pakistani forces have increased their attacks in the Orakzai and Khyber regions of the northwest in recent weeks after largely clearing...
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US Praises Pakistan's "Excellent Cooperation"; Security Pledge Made
19 May 2010
, AFP, 19 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan and the United States vowed to step up efforts to prevent terror plots Wednesday as US officials briefed Islamabad on inquiries into a New York bomb plot blamed on the Pakistani Taliban. US national security adviser General James Jones and CIA Director Leon Panetta flew into Islamabad on what the White House called a mission to probe the failed May 1...
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Taliban Threaten Girls' Schools in Balochistan
19 May 2010
"Follow Islamic Dress Code or Else?", The Express Tribune, 16 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Suspected militants have threatened several girls schools in Quetta to follow 'proper Islamic dress code' or else they will be attacked. The threat was issued in letters sent to several girls school in the provincial capital. The letter warned teachers and administrators of dire consequences if they ignored the letter. It claimed that...
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Taliban Claim Retaliatory Suicide Attack on Police
19 May 2010
, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2010
EXCERPT: "A bomb blast aimed at a police van in the Pakistani city of Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday killed 12 people, furthering a string of attacks in the northwest near where the Army is pursuing the Taliban. Some 10,000 troops are conducting a major operation in Orakzai tribal agency as part of a year of offensives in which the military has gained...
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