Top JeM terrorist held in Jammu and Kashmir

TIMES OF INDIA ^ | 24 Jun 2009, 1833 hrs IST, PTI | n/a

[Cindy]

SNIPPET: "SRINAGAR: In a joint operation, the Jammu and Kashmir police, CRPF and the army on Wednesday arrested a top Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist from Sopore distrcit in North Kashmir.

The security personnel, on a tip-off, arrested Abid alias Assadullah, who has been active in this region for the last two years and is involved in various attacks on security forces, at Wetlab, 65km from here on Sopore-Bandipora Road, official sources said.

Abid is a resident of Peshawar in Pakistan, they said. Police recovered one Chinese pistol, one magazine and four rounds of ammunition Abid, who was the Battalion Commander of the banned terrorist organisation.

[swarthyguy]

This may give you a chuckle, for a change jihadis attack Pakistani(!) troops in Pakistani Kashmir.....oh, my!

Suicide bomber kills 2 soldiers in Pak-occupied Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber today targeted an army vehicle for the first time in Pakistan- occupied Kashmir killing two soldiers and injuring three others.

The attacker blew himself up near the army vehicle in the Shaukat Lines area of Muzaffarabad, the capital of PoK, early this morning, the army said in a statement.

Two soldiers were killed instantly. The three injured personnel were rushed to the Combined Military Hospital in Muzaffarabad, the statement said.

Cities across Pakistan have been hit by a wave of suicide attacks and bombings, most of them targeting security personnel, since the army launched an operation against the Taliban in the northwestern Swat valley and adjoining areas.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for today’s attack, but it could signal that Taliban militants facing Pakistani army offensives in the northwest are prepared to retaliate against Pakistani forces in PoK as well.

However, there had been no such attacks in PoK so far.

Indian officials say a number of banned militant groups, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen, have bases in PoK. (PTI