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To: PghBaldy
I have no idea who did it, though there are reports it was an Indian male.

Indian or Pakistani ?

US House bill seeks to designate Haqqani as a terror network

17 posted on 07/20/2012 5:31:43 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: justa-hairyape
Haqqani Network

The Haqqani Network is an insurgent group fighting against US-led NATO forces and the government of Afghanistan. Originating in Afghanistan during the mid-1970s, it was nurtured by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan.[4] Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son Sirajuddin Haqqani lead the group, which operates on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border; but U.S. officials believe it is based in Pakistan's Waziristan tribal frontier.[5] It is allied with the Taliban.[6][7][1]

According to US military commanders it is "the most resilient enemy network" and one of the biggest threats to the U.S.-led NATO forces and the Afghan government in the current war in Afghanistan.[8][9] In October 2011, U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton indicated that American officials had held a meeting with the representatives of the group during the previous summer.[10]

36 posted on 07/20/2012 5:49:04 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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