The Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, Shri E. Ahamed informed the Rajya Sabha today that there are reportedly 52 terrorist training camps in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
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Al-Qaeda suspect arrested in Kuwait
8/24/06
KUWAIT CITY: A suspected and wanted activist of Al Qaeda was arrested Wednesday in Kuwait.
According to security officials, Hammad Al Harbi belonged to Sher Arab organization that has nexus to Al Qaeda based in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
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KARACHI - Hezbollah has emerged as the new champion of the jihadist world, eclipsing even al-Qaeda as it battled the might of the US-backed-and-supplied Israel Defense Forces.
Shi'ite Hezbollah's newfound international popularity is likely in turn to encourage closer ties between it and Salafi-dominated al-Qaeda, which had fallen in Hezbollah's esteem for its targeting of Shi'ites in Iraq.
An Iranian intelligence official explained to Asia Times Online, "There have been some contacts between Hezbollah and al-Qaeda in the past, but those contacts were at the individual level. The two organizations never spoke to each other officially. Neither did they exchange any official delegations.
"However, nobody can deny that individuals of both organizations carried out operations jointly. And as the situation is emerging, there are chances that any time soon the two organizations will be compelled to interact officially."
This is confirmed by a Pakistani intelligence source who is part of an international intelligence cartel investigating regional arms markets.
He told Asia Times Online, "There are so many common interests between the two organizations that it is impossible that bitterness about Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's role against Shi'ites [in Iraq] will continue to be an irritant between Hezbollah and al-Qaeda.
"There is a big arms black market in Central Asia, and Iraqi Kurdistan is the main route [through which] goods are smuggled into Afghanistan and into Syria and then Lebanon. Both Hezbollah and al-Qaeda have been dealing in the same markets, and many times with the same dealers.
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