European Jihadis Flock to Pakistan for Terrorist Training
03 August 2010
European Jihadis Flock to Pakistan for Terrorist Training, Sify News, 3 August 2010
EXCERPT: "In summer 2009, Hamza - a 21-year-old German of Turkish origin - told his family he was going to visit relatives in Turkey. But he was in Turkey only for three days before travelling to Pakistan via Iran, hiring human traffickers when needed, to join his comrades for jihad against infidel forces waging war against 'innocent' Muslims in...
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Al Qaeda Brigade 313 Launches Website
03 August 2010
Al Qaeda Brigade 313 Website Goes Online [blog], The Long War Journal, 2 August 2010
EXCERPT: "A website connected to al Qaeda's military arm in Pakistan has sprung up on the Internet in the past month. The website, called Al Qaeda Brigade 313, at www.aqbrigade313.com, was registered on June 2, 2010, and became active in early July. The site has 86 registered users and five administrators, according to a report at the Open Source...
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Cameron's Comments Used to Justify Indian Repression in Kashmir
03 August 2010
David Cameron's Words Are Being Used to Justify Indian Repression in Kashmir, The Guardian, 3 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Kashmiris may have become the unintended victims of David Cameron's verbal attack on Pakistan, which has encouraged the hardline Indian establishment to continue to brutalise Kashmiris in the Kashmir Valley, an open-air prison camp much like Gaza. As a salesman determined to shift as much deadly weaponry as he...
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Analysts Fear Militant-linked Flood Aid Will Increase Extremist Support
03 August 2010
Floods Stir Anger at Pakistan Government Response, Reuters, 3 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Islamist charities, some with suspected ties to militants, stepped in on Monday to provide aid for Pakistanis hit by the worst flooding in memory, piling pressure on a government criticized for its response to the disaster that has so far killed more than 1,000 people. The floods that ravaged the northwest and displaced more than a million people are...
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Karachi Politician's Murder Sparks Deadly Riots, Retaliation
03 August 2010
Pakistan Violence: Sparked by Karachi's 300th Assassination This Year, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The murder of a Pakistani politician on Monday sparked deadly riots in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi in which 35 people were killed and at least 80 wounded. The death of Raza Haider, a member of parliament and senior leader of the secular Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party, is the latest...
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