Pakistani Troops End Taliban Siege of Karachi Naval Base, 16 Killed
24 May 2011
Pakistani troops have ended a siege by militants who attacked a naval air force base in Karachi, killing at least 16 people - including 10 soldiers. The attackers managed to hold hostage several foreigners at the base, but officials say they were later rescued. The Pakistan Taliban says Sunday's raid was to avenge Osama Bin Laden's killing by US special forces in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad on 2 May. Many attacks have been carried out since...
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Mumbai Conspirator Alleges "Close Alliance" between ISI and Lashkar-i-Taiba at Chicago Trial
24 May 2011
A confessed Pakistani-American terrorist took the stand in a Chicago courtroom on Monday and described a close alliance between Pakistan's intelligence service and the Lashkar-i-Taiba terrorist group, alleging that Pakistani officers recruited him and played a central role in planning the 2008 Mumbai attacks. David Coleman Headley's long-awaited testimony at the start of a trial with international repercussions resolved one question at the outset:...
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Thousands of Pakistanis Protest US Drone Attacks as Strikes Continue
24 May 2011
Imran Khan, Pakistan's cricket-great-turned-politician and the chairman of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party (Movement for Justice), has led around 6,000 protesters in Karachi demanding an end to US drone strikes on Pakistani soil. Thousands of anti-US protesters had gathered since Saturday near the port of Pakistan's largest city Karachi to stage a two-day sit-in against what they regard as violations of Pakistan's territory by US and NATO forces. Khan...
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