ISLAMABAD, Dec 18 (KUNA) -- Security around US and British diplomats and nationals have been beefed up following intelligence reports that militants of an outlawed religious extremist group are planning to avenge the airstrike on its religious seminary last month that killed over 80 alleged militants.
The wanted leaders of Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), Maulvi Inayatur Rehman and Maulana Faqir Mohammad, at large, have pledged before their supporters to target VIPs in Pakistan and US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, according to the intelligence report submitted to the Interior Ministry.
A local English newspaper, Daily Times (DT), citing the intelligence report Monday said that British and US diplomats and nationals were also possible targets of the militants. In November, the army conducted airstrike on a religious seminary, run by TNSM, in Bajaur tribal agency, bordering Afghanistan. The strike killed about 80 militants and wounded several others.
Interior Ministry sources told KUNA that security around British and US nationals and all airports across the country have been beefed up.
The US state department last week issued a travel advisory, warning its citizens from traveling to Pakistan DT said three other Al-Qaeda linked militant groups, Harkatul Mujahideen, Lashker-e-Jhangvi and Khudamul Islam have also pledged to cooperate with the TNSM and called for a joint strategy to take revenge.
The intelligence reports said these banned militant organizations have procured explosives and recruited and trained a number of suicide bombers.
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His attorney said Friday that Talal "Ted" Ali Chammout is a U.S. citizen who loves America, adores his children and is a respectable mini-mart owner in Porterville.
But federal prosecutor Carl Faller said Chammout, 47, wanted to purchase missiles and rocket launchers and other weaponry to send to terrorists in Iraq, Syria and Jordan.
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Bomb scare at Fort Wayne International Airport causes evacuation
Mon, Dec. 18,2006
A hand-written note inside a magazine onboard a Chautauqua Airlines commuter plane forced the evacuation of about 25 passengers and three crew members at Fort Wayne International Airport Monday evening. Chautauqua Airlines is operated by Delta.
Fort Wayne police, using a bomb-sniffing dog and a robot, searched the aircraft, but no bomb was found on board the plane, said Fort Wayne police deputy chief Marty Bender.
According to Bender, the plane was preparing to take off about 3:50 p.m. when a passenger found a magazine in which someone had written that a bomb was on board. Airport officials and police referred additional questions to the FBI.
“These types of incidents have occurred many times since 9/11, and we’d rather err on the side of caution,” Wendy Osborne, FBI special agent, said. Additional information related to this story will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Journal Gazette