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10 militants, Editor of Jaish mouthpiece detained in Pak
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan police have arrested 10 militants as also the
Editor and staff of a weekly run by terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed
from different cities in Punjab province, two days after President
Pervez Musharraf ordered a new crackdown on banned jihadi groups.
Police raided the office of the weekly "Zarb-i-Islam", the mouthpiece
of Jaish in Karachi, and picked up its Editor Nasir Ali Jahangir and his
assistant Mohammad Saleem for allegedly spreading hate literature,
Daily Times reported. Police seized copies of the weekly from the office
premises and sealed it, the report said on Sunday.
"We have picked up the Editor and his assistant and kept them in the
police station. No case has been registered against them and we are
waiting for further orders from high-ups," a police official said.
Different newspaper stalls at Saddar in the city were also raided and
six hawkers picked up for selling copies of another Urdu weekly
"Zarb-i-Momin," the report said.
In a separate crackdown, police of the Punjab province have detained
10 militants, the paper said. Four were arrested from Faisalabad, Toba
Tek Singh and Kamalia. Two were identified as Nazir and Shahzad.
Four others were arrested from Lahore but three were later set free.
"Two Jaish-e-Muhammad activists were arrested from Gujranwala on
Saturday and are being interrogated," the paper said adding that
another major operation was expected on Sunday.
The crackdown came two days after Musharraf told a meeting of top
police officials from all the provinces to launch a countrywide
campaign against collection of donations, display of arms, holding of
gatherings by banned outfits as also to remove all hate material from
markets by December this year.
His orders followed reports that suspects in the recent London
bombings visited and stayed at various madrasas or Islamic schools in
Pakistan. There were other reports of regrouping of militant training
camps after a gap of one year.
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Al Qaida obtains foothold in Somalia
Middle East Newsline ^ | 2005 Jul 18
Posted on 07/18/2005 1:28:17 AM PDT by Wiz
The International Crisis Group said in a report that Al Qaida has taken over parts of the Arab League state. ICG reported that the Al Qaida network, based in the capital Mogadishu, has been abducting foreign aid workers.
"The threat of jihadi terrorism in and from Somalia is real," the report said. "Since 2003, Somalia has witnessed the rise of a new, ruthless independent jihadi network with links to Al Qaida."
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