"Pakistan Taliban" Behind NY Plot
10 May 2010
Pakistan Taliban "Behind NY Plot", Al Jazeera, 9 May 2010
EXCERPT: "The Pakistani Taliban was behind the failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in the heart of New York City, the United States attorney general has said. Eric Holder's revelation on Sunday came almost a week after US authorities arrested Faisal Shahzad, a naturalised US citizen born in Pakistan, and charged him with planting the bomb in Times Square. 'We've...
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Following NY Plot, US Pressures Pakistan to Act
10 May 2010
, The New York Times, 8 May 2010
EXCERPT: "The Obama administration has delivered new and stiff warnings to Pakistan after the failed Times Square car bombing that it must urgently move against the nexus of Islamic militancy in the country's lawless tribal regions, American and Pakistani officials said. The American military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal,...
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Hostage Confusion Highlights Split among Taliban
10 May 2010
, Asia Times Online, 11 May 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] Colonel Ameer Sultan Tarrar, nicknamed 'Colonel Imam' by the mujahideen as he was instrumental in helping to raise the Taliban militia, was abducted by a Punjabi group, the Asian Tigers, on March 25, along with journalist Asad Qureshi. The Tigers ignored instructions from Taliban leader Mullah Omar that the men should be freed, instead issuing a list...
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Pakistan Urges Broader Scope for G8 Border Initative
10 May 2010
Pakistan Wants Changes to Canadian Led G8 Border Initiative, CTV News, 10 May 2010
EXCERPT: " [...] Pakistan says it is grateful for the 'Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Region Prosperity Initiative' that was announced by G8 foreign ministers in March, but says it doesn't do enough to lift up the fortunes of the vulnerable, economically-backward region that is now become a safe haven for al Qaeda terrorists. Pakistan has asked...
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