ISLAMABAD. A senior Pakistani army commando died early Sunday after being shot by Islamic militants besieged in the Red Mosque in Islamabad, the country's military spokesman said.
Colonel Tariq Islam was leading overnight operations against the radical mosque, which has been in a violent standoff with government troops for six days, when he was shot several times. He died in a nearby army hospital.
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Al-Qaeda Evil Is Spreading Like A Virus
July 7, 2007
Terrorist cells are spreading across the UK so fast that an MI5 security map pinpointing them has "gone off the scale." The shocking updated map — showing hotspots of extremist groups — has now extended into Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. And in the wake of the London and Glasgow car bomb bids, one senior security source told the News of the World: "Cells are popping up everywhere.
"There are now so many people of interest to us that the MI5 map's red zones are merging into one another. "The frustrating thing is that we cannot keep them all under surveillance. It's really only a matter of time before one slips through the net and we get another bomb attempt."
As our terrifying map shows, the biggest hotspot is the West Midlands with more than 80 terror cells monitored. Surprisingly, that's nearly twice as many as London which has around 35 suspect groups.
Most regions now appear under threat. Leeds, Bradford and Manchester have around 60 cells being watched, while Merseyside has another 20 cells. Wales has 10 terror groups, Scotland 12 and Northern Ireland two. Security chiefs believe terrorists are moving into quiet towns and villages to evade MI5's radar.
Our source said: "This map really gets across how terrorism is a national problem which affects the entire country. "People are wrong to assume that London is the only place under threat. This has been proved by the events of the last few days. "Terror cells are reaching every corner of the UK — everyone should be aware of that." Each cell involves dozens of individuals — and the number of people thought to have links to terrorism is said to have DOUBLED in the last two years.
Hundreds of people are under MI5 surveillance and thousands more are being monitored Existence of the MI5 map was first confirmed two years ago by Inspector of Constabulary Denis O'Connor, who called for smaller English police forces to be amalgamated to combat the menace. He said: "I'm confident these problems are more widespread than just a few cities."
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“Al-Qaeda Evil Is Spreading Like A Virus”
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