Taliban Leader Vows to Hit U.S. Targets Outside Pakistan
by IPT News . Jun 6, 2011 at 8:43 pm <http://www.investigativeproject.org/2947/taliban-leader-vows-to-hit-us-targ ets-outside> http://www.investigativeproject.org/2947/taliban-leader-vows-to-hit-us-targe ts-outside Taliban Leader Vows to Hit U.S. Targets Outside Pakistan by IPT News . Jun 6, 2011 at 8:43 pm http://www.investigativeproject.org/2947/taliban-leader-vows-to-hit-us-targe ts-outside A top Taliban commander <http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/06/us-pakistan-taliban-idUSTRE755314 20110606> pledged that his group will avenge the death of Osama bin Laden by attacking U.S. targets outside of Pakistan. "Our war against America is continuing inside and outside of Pakistan," said Taliban commander Omar Khalid Khorasani in a video sent to Reuters. "When we launch attacks, it will prove that we can hit American targets outside Pakistan." Since bin Laden was killed in a Pakistani garrison city by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs in early May, attacks by the al-Qaida linked Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), more commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban, has <http://www.investigativeproject.org/2901/taliban-revenge-attacks-mostly-tar get-pakistanis> mostly targeted Pakistani security forces - including a Peshawar police station, a Karachi naval base and a paramilitary academy. The Taliban did <http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=6139&Cat=13&dt=5/21/201 1> attack several American consular vehicles on a Peshawar road May 20th. A bomb planted in a roadside car hit only one of those vehicles, injuring two consulate officials. "These attacks were just a part of our revenge. God willing, the world will see how we avenge Osama bin Laden's martyrdom," said Khorasani. "We have networks in several countries outside Pakistan," he said. It would not be the first time it has attacked American targets abroad. The group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing of Times Square in May 2010. According to the U.S. government, failed bomber Faisal Shahzad <http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/1383.pdf> received explosives training from the TTP in December 2009. Shahzad <http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/1383.pdf> appeared in a TTP video during which he "discussed his plan to attack the United States and encouraged other Muslims to follow his example." The TTP also <http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/1383.pdf> gave Shahzad $12,000 to help finance the attack. Similarly, the TTP was <http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2010/09/pakistan-taliban-leader-ch arged-in-cia-attack> implicated in a 2009 suicide bomb attack which killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan. In response to that attack, the U.S. <http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2010/09/pakistan-taliban-leader-ch arged-in-cia-attack> designated the TTP as a terrorist group on Sept. 2, 2010 Read more at: <http://www.investigativeproject.org/2947/taliban-leader-vows-to-hit-us-targ ets-outside> http://www.investigativeproject.org/2947/taliban-leader-vows-to-hit-us-targe ts-outside [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
