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Subject: [iwar] [fc:Huge.Terror.Arsenal.Seized.as.Pakistan.Braces.for.Backlash]
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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.
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