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Pakistan Gunmen Torch Dozens of NATO Tankers

Driver killed as key border crossing remains closed

(Newser) - Gunmen torched more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel to NATO troops and killed a driver today in the sixth attack on convoys taking supplies to Afghanistan since Pakistan closed a key border crossing almost a week ago. The Khyber Pass crossing was closed after a NATO helicopter attack in...

5 German Terror Suspects Die in Pakistan Drone Strike

Hamburg cell believed to be behind Europe terror plot

(Newser) - An American missile attack has killed at least five German nationals suspected of being part of a terror cell training in Pakistan, Pakistani officials say. The missile hit a house in Waziristan, the region where authorities believe a terror cell training for an attack on Europe was hiding out, the...

Dozens of European Terrorists Training in Pakistan

Plus, 20 NATO oil tankers attacked

(Newser) - As Japan joined the list of countries issuing travel alerts for Europe, intelligence officials report that dozens of Muslim militants with European citizenship are believed to be training in Pakistan for terror missions—possibly in Europe. One senior Pakistani official puts the number of such extremists at "several dozen,...

Pakistan: Blockade Only Temporary

Foreign minister blames blockade on public outrage

(Newser) - Pakistan doesn't intend to keep up its Afghanistan blockade forever. In an interview with the AP today, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said that the route was closed thanks to public outrage over NATO strikes in the border region, and would reopen once things normalized. "The supply has been...

CIA Secretly Ramps Up Drone Hits on Pakistan

Two US strikes reportedly kill 18 today

(Newser) - A Reuters report that two US drone strikes killed 18 people in Pakistan today could become a common refrain: The CIA has significantly increased its drone attacks in the country over the last month, thanks to a secret diversion of weapons from the US military in Afghanistan, according to the...

Bin Laden to Muslim World: You Failed Pakistan

Second tape in 24 hours blasts response to floods

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's getting downright chatty these days, releasing his second video in 24 hours to blast Muslim nations' response to the devastating floods in Pakistan (click here for the lowdown on the first). "The (UN's) secretary-general came to witness the catastrophe for himself, and yet no Arab leaders...

Bin Laden Calls for Pakistan Flood Relief

Al-Qaeda leader releases new video depicting government as uncaring

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden has released a new video, but this time he wasn’t calling for violence—he was calling for the creation of a new aid group aimed at helping Muslims in general, and victims of Pakistan's massive floods in particular. “What governments spend on relief work is...

NATO Supply Trucks Torched in Pakistan

Attack comes a day after blockade

(Newser) - Gunmen set fire to more than two dozen NATO supply trucks this morning in southern Pakistan, just a day after Pakistani authorities blocked the main supply route into Afghanistan. Attacks on supply trucks are fairly common, but the blockade made the trucks especially easy targets this time. “Around 20...

Euro Terror Plot Hatched By Germans, Brits in Pakistan

Intel officials intercepting their phone calls

(Newser) - Eight Germans and two British brothers are using Pakistan as a safe haven from which to plan Mumbai-style terror shootings across Europe, a Pakistani security official tells the AP . The group is coordinating the plot by phone with acquaintances in Germany and London. Pakistani, British, and German intelligence officials are...

Pakistani Troops Appear to Kill Unarmed Men on Tape

Pakistan says it's jihadist propaganda

(Newser) - A blurry amateur video has surfaced that appears to show Pakistani troops lining up and gunning down six blindfolded young men, in what would appear to be an unlawful execution. A group called the International Pashtuns’ Association posted the video to Facebook, saying it was shot during the military’s...

Pakistan Blocks NATO Supply Route

Move seems to be in retaliation for morning's helicopter strikes

(Newser) - Pakistan blocked a major NATO supply line into Afghanistan today, in apparent retaliation for a cross-border helicopter attack. A pair of NATO helicopters opened fire on a border village in Pakistan’s Kurram region this morning, killing three Frontiers Corps troops, Pakistani security tells Reuters . Within hours, roughly 100 NATO...

NATO Crosses Into Pakistan for Airstrikes

Says it doesn't violate agreements

(Newser) - NATO helicopters crossed from Afghanistan into Pakistan at least twice over the weekend, and again this morning, in pursuit of Taliban insurgents, CNN reports. At least 49 people were killed in the attacks Friday and Saturday. NATO initially denied those attacks, according to the New York Times , but now confirms...

Police Suspect Hoax in Airline Bomb Scare

Canadian woman phoned in tip about male passenger

(Newser) - The bomb scare that required a Pakistani passenger jet with 273 people aboard to make an emergency landing in Stockholm was apparently a hoax. Authorities diverted the plane, which took off from Toronto, after getting a tip that a man aboard had explosives. He turned out to be clean and...

Pakistan Jet Evacuated in Sweden After Bomb Threat

Karachi-bound flight diverts after Canada reports threat

(Newser) - A Pakistan International Airlines plane bound for Karachi diverted this morning to Sweden, where it was evacuated over reports of a passenger carrying explosives, reports the AP. Police detained a man they described as a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin as passengers were being evacuated, but have thus far found...

CIA Has Covert 3,000-Man Army in Pakistan
CIA Has Covert 3,000-Man Army in Pakistan
Woodward Book
Sep 22, 2010 11:44 AM CDT

CIA Has Covert 3,000-Man Army in Pakistan

NPR confirms book's report

(Newser) - Most of the reporting on Bob Woodward’s new book has focused on the internal strife in the Obama administration (see our item on that here .) But JJ Sutherland of NPR noticed another revelation in the recap by the Washington Post : The CIA has a clandestine 3,000-man paramilitary...

Pakistani Politician Stabbed to Death in London

He had sought asylum in UK, saying he was under 'threat'

(Newser) - Prominent Pakistani politician Imran Farooq was murdered outside his London home last night, suffering multiple stab wounds and head injuries. Police assume the killing was politically motivated, and are reviewing the security of other Pakistani politicians living in London, the BBC reports. Scotland Yard’s SO15 terrorism unit is handling...

After Floods, Pakistan Celebrates Eid in Tents

Joyous holiday not so festive for millions of victims

(Newser) - Millions of Pakistani flood victims celebrated Islam's most joyous festival in donated tents and makeshift shelters on Saturday as the country's leaders, criticized for an inadequate response to the disaster, pledged more aid. The water has receded in many places, but remains head-high in others, forcing victims to stay outside...

Angelina Jolie Visits Pakistan Flood Victims

UN goodwill ambassador to record fresh appeal for help

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie flew to Pakistan today to meet people displaced by flooding and film fresh appeals for international aid. The actress—a goodwill ambassador for the UN's refugee agency—describes the crisis as an "economic and social catastrophe," Radar reports, with "one-fifth of Pakistan under water" and...

1M More Displaced in Pakistan
 1M More Displaced in Pakistan 
Aug 27, 2010 10:54 AM CDT

1M More Displaced in Pakistan

Southern levee bursts, flooding new areas

(Newser) - A new levee crumbled against the weight of the Indus River in Pakistan, flooding new areas in the southern Sindh province and displacing nearly 1 million more people, the AP reports. Around 175,000 people—70% of the population of the city of Thatta—are thought to have fled their...

CIA Pinpoints Yemen's al-Qaeda as a Major Threat

Expect more drone attacks in coming months

(Newser) - It looks like Yemen is about to get a lot more attention from the CIA. Both the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal have front-page stories declaring that the US sees the nation's al-Qaeda offshoot as a serious threat to American security, perhaps even bigger than Pakistan's. The result...

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