Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2882-1002962769-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 13 Oct 2001 01:47:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 14344 invoked by uid 510); 13 Oct 2001 08:45:57 -0000 Received: from n33.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.83) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 13 Oct 2001 08:45:57 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2882-1002962769-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by n33.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Oct 2001 08:46:10 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 13 Oct 2001 08:46:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 65771 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2001 08:46:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 13 Oct 2001 08:46:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 13 Oct 2001 08:46:09 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id BAA00970 for iwar@onelist.com; Sat, 13 Oct 2001 01:46:09 -0700 Message-Id: <200110130846.BAA00970@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 01:46:09 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Huge.Terror.Arsenal.Seized.as.Pakistan.Braces.for.Backlash] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Huge Terror Arsenal Seized as Pakistan Braces for Backlash Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001 Country: Pakistan Source: Agence France Presse Story: ISLAMABAD, Oct 11 (AFP) - Pakistani authorities Thursday seized more than 2,700 grenades from a man suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in response to US-led attacks on neighbouring Afghanistan. The capture of the deadly arsenal came as the country braced itself for a massive backlash over the US action and mounting reports of civilian casualties inside Afghanistan. President Pervez Musharraf met with provincial governors, police chiefs and other top security officials to review preparations to contain nationwide demonstrations scheduled to start after prayers on Friday, the Muslim holy day. Protests which erupted when the US airstrikes began on Sunday have left 10 people dead and scores injured already this week. Officials said they found the grenades in Landikotal, a remote town in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, which borders Afghanistan and arrested a man called Rasheed (eds: one name). The suspect was a member of the Pashtun ethnic group which is the largest tribe in Afghanistan and a large minority in Pakistan. "He had dumped some 2,746 hand grenades in a warehouse in Landikotal," local administration official Kifayatullah (eds: one name), told AFP. Officials said they believed the alleged terror arsenal was intended to be used for terrorist attacks in major cities. An investigation is underway into how Rasheed came to obtain the grenades. Musharraf has vowed he will crack down hard on any attempts to foment unrest over his support for the US action against Afghanistan. More than 300 Islamic radicals have already been taken into custody or placed under house arrest. Undeterred by the crackdown, thousands of Islamic militants were descending on Quetta Thursday in preparation for what hardline religious parties predicted would be a massive anti-US show of force. Quetta has seen the worst violence this week with five people killed and another 28 injured in rioting on Tuesday. Police used live bullets to quell the demonstrators. Despite the fiery rhetoric of the Islamic radicals, who have called on their followers to fight alongside Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, Musharraf is widely seen as having succeeded in keeping the lid on protests, at least so far. Most Pakistanis, profoundly shocked at the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, appear to have accepted his argument that the country had little option but to support US efforts to hit back at terrorism. But reports of mounting civilian casualties in Afghanistan are expected to strengthen the position of the hardliners. Taliban officials claimed Thursday that scores of civilians had been killed in overnight bombing raids, 10 of them from the same Kabul family and 100 in a village in eastern Afghanistan which was hit by a missile intended for a terrorist training camp. ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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