70 Germans Received Paramilitary Training in AfPak, A Third Returned Home
05 October 2010
Taliban "Remove German Militants' Bodies" after Attack, BBC News, 5 October 2010
EXCERPT: "The Taliban have removed the bodies of eight militants killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan, the BBC has been told. Pakistani security officials say that four of the dead were German nationals. They were killed by two missiles fired at a house in North Waziristan. A number of people were said to have been wounded. Security...
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Border Row Highlights Pakistan's "Complicated Interests" in Afghanistan: Analysts
05 October 2010
Pakistan Keeps Khyber Pass Closed as US Strikes Drone On, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 October 2010
EXCERPT: "A US drone strike in Pakistan's lawless North Waziristan may have killed eight German Muslims who allegedly hoped to return to Europe some day and murder civilians, but the real danger continues to lie in Pakistan's closure of the Khyber Pass ? a key supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan. That's not because...
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France Arrests 12 in Anti-terror Raids amid Attack Warnings
05 October 2010
, AFP, 5 October 2010
EXCERPT: "French police arrested 12 people and seized guns Tuesday in anti-terror raids that came as Western security officials warn that Al-Qaeda may be planning Mumbai-style attacks in Europe. Police from France's anti-terrorism squad made nine arrests in the southern port of Marseille and in nearby Avignon, police said. They seized 'some weapons,...
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Times Square Bomb Plotter Sentenced to Life in Prison
05 October 2010
Times Square Bomb Plotter Sentenced to Life in Prison, BBC News, 5 October 2010
EXCERPT: "The man convicted of an attempted car bomb attack in New York's Times Square has been sentenced to life in prison. Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-born US citizen, pleaded guilty in June to 10 weapons and terrorism charges. At his sentencing in Manhattan, Shahzad told the judge 'war with the Muslims has just begun', with the...
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Musharraf Admits Pakistan Trained Militants to Fight in Kashmir
05 October 2010
"Pakistan is Always Seen as the Rogue" [interview with Pervez Musharraf], Spiegel, 4 October 2010
EXCERPT: "[Q]Why did you form militant underground groups to fight India in Kashmir? [A] They were indeed formed. The government turned a blind eye because they wanted India to discuss Kashmir. [Q] It was the Pakistani security forces that trained them. [A] The West was ignoring the resolution of the Kashmir issue,...
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