Islamabad terrorist commander linked to Red Mosque leader

LONG WAR JOURNAL.org ^ | June 1, 2009, 9:37 pm | by Bill Roggio

[Cindy]

Note: Photo included.

SNIPPET: "Pakistani security forces have detained a senior terrorist leader behind suicide attacks in the capital who has links to the leader of the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque.

A terrorist commander known as Fidaullah was arrested on May 27 along with Shah Abdul Aziz, a former member of parliament. The arrests took place outside the home of Maulana Abdullah Aziz, the former leader of the Red Mosque who was released from prison in mid-April on $2,500 bail."

SNIPPET: "Fidaullah was a recruiter and handler of suicide bombers; he reportedly recruited from religious schools in Islamabad and sent the men to Waziristan for training. He also planned attacks and scouted targets. He is said to have been behind two recent suicide attacks against security forces in the capital of Islamabad: the April 4 suicide attack at Frontier Constabulary camp that killed eight paramilitary policemen, and the March 23 suicide attack outside a police Special Branch office that killed one officer."

SNIPPET: "Police have not arrested Maulana Abdullah Aziz despite the links to Fidaullah and the former member of parliament, and the fact that both men were arrested outside his home.

Maulana Aziz has a long history of inciting violence and supporting Taliban and terrorist activity in Pakistan."

[Jack Hammer]

More Mennonites involved in perfidy. Meanwhile, old ladies and children are still searched at airports and everyone else is inconvenienced because “profiling” is “impolite.”