New Taliban Chief named in Pakistan

It appears the goat humping Jihadikazes in Pakistan may have a new leader...

The announcement was made by Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, the deputy of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Pakistani Taliban Movement, on Saturday.

Mohammad said that Hakimullah Mehsud had been unanimously appointed by the movement’s shura (council) as successor to Baitullah Mehsud at a meeting in north Pakistan on Friday.

Mehsud is believed to have been killed in a US missile strike earlier this month in the South Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan. But Taliban commanders say Mehsud survived the attack but is seriously ill.

"Baitullah is alive but he is seriously sick," Mohammad said, adding: "God forbid if Baitullah is dead, Hakimullah will be his successor." (Al Jazeera)

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Pakistani Taliban Leader Baitullah Mehsud - Dead or Alive?

Earlier this week it was reported that one of Pakistani Taliban leader & mastermind behind the assassination of Prime Minister Benizir Bhutto, Baitullah Mehsud, wifes were killed in a U.S. drone attack. Subsequent reports indicated that Mehsud may have also been killed in that same attack.

Reports from his shoulder fired missile carrying jihadikazes in the area are disputing this claim....

A fellow commander in the Pakistani Taliban denied Baitullah Mehsud, the movement's leader, was killed in a suspected US drone attack this week, the BBC reported on Saturday.

Hakimullah Mehsud, who controls fighters in the Orakzai, Kurram and Khyber tribal regions, described reports of Mehsud's death as "ridiculous" and said it was "the handiwork of the intelligence agencies", the BBC Urdu service website said.

There was no independent confirmation of the claim, the BBC said, and Pakistan's foreign minister said late on Friday that he was "pretty certain" Mehsud was killed in the drone attack on Wednesday. (Hindustan Times)

Pakistani Taliban Leader looking for new mate; Wife killed by U.S. Drone

Pakistani warlord & leader of the local Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, the mastermind behind the assassination of Prime Minister Benizir Bhutto, will have a couple of empty place settings at his next dinner...

The wife and father-in-law of the leader of the Pakistani Taliban have reportedly been killed in an air raid in Pakistan's South Waziristan region.

A missile, suspected to have been fired from a US drone, reportedly destroyed the home of Akramud Din, the father-in-law of Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban, early on Wednesday.

"I confirm that the female that was killed in the strike was the wife of Baitullah Mehsud," a relative told the Reuters news agency by telephone on Wednesday. (Al Jazeera)

Is India Supporting Terrorists in Pakistan?

The other day I posted on how, like Osama Bin Laden, Baitullah Mehsud would soon become a household name... well here he is again.

There are unconfirmed reports that India, Pakistans sworn enemy, is now getting involved and acting as an enabler for Mehsud. Reports state that as an attempt to cause global concern on the safety of Pakistani nukes, which there already should be, India is paying Mehsud to attack their nuclear installations.

From National Terror Alert --

According to a report by Ahmed Quraishi’s at the International Analyst Network, India has paid terrorist leader Baitullah Mehsud nearly $25 million to mount a spectacular attack on a major Pakistani nuclear site. Government officials have not confirmed this report however; there is speculation that it could be at least part of the reason for the stepped up effort to capture Mehsud and quickly end his reign of terror in the region.

The report states that Meshud has created a special force of nearly 500 recruits to mount the operation, a terror mission intended to “shock the world”. The purpose, Quraishi states, is to create an event that will capture global media attention and convince the world of the need for military intervention in Pakistan. Another objective he says, ” is to neutralize voices of reason within the U.S. government that believe Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is secure”.

While there are no specific details of when the plan was conceived, or whether the 500-strong force, now thought to be operating in smaller cells has been activated, Pakistan remains on a high state of alert, according to the report.

Ahmed Quraishi told the NTARC, “although the Strategic Plans Division (SPD) that oversees Pakistan’s nuclear and strategic programs is taking this threat very seriously, they won’t comment in public. He also added that at least one individual claiming to be a resident of the tribal region has been arrested near Islamabad conducting what appears to be ‘reconnaissance-type activity” in an area designated as a military zone.

Bin Laden Tape Intercepted

The King Islamikaze - Osama Bin Laden - just released his 32nd tape recording. In this one the towel headed cave-dweller calls for his jihadikazes to rise up against his latest allies of Satan, the Pakistani government.

From Global Terror Alert --

A new audio tape, reportedly from Osama bin Laden, entitled ‘Our Family Pakistan’ has been intercepted.

Targeted Actionable Monitoring Center (TAM-C) of the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response is analyzing.

Osama Bin Laden told Pakistanis their leaders are “allies of Satan” in a newly released tape, urging them to fight the offensive in tribal areas where Al Qaeda and the Taliban are entrenched.

“Are you for the establishment of the shariah or are you for those who wage war against it, from America, [Pakistani President] Zardari and his aides?” Bin Laden said, according to a transcript of the tape provided to the Daily News.

“Zardari and his army are the allies of Satan.”

#1 Enemy of the Free World -- Baitullah Mehsud

Baitullah Mehsud

Remember that name! Why? Because it will soon become a household name.

From National Terror Alert --

Meet Baitullah Mehsud Pakistan’s biggest problem, and the man who has taken his country of 176 million to the center of the West’s war on terror. Once described by a Pakistani general as a “soldier of peace,” he now carries a 50 million rupee (about $615,300) bounty on his head from Pakistan and a $5 million one from the United States.

Mehsud is earning the ire of the Pakistani military and Western policymakers alike as his movement destabilizes Pakistan, and the United States has destroyed several of his hide-outs with drone strikes in recent months.

His now-famous 2008 press conference — which came almost exactly a decade after Osama bin Laden called for the killing of Americans in a similar announcement just across the border in Khost, Afghanistan — was an extraordinary piece of stagecraft even for a commander with a certain penchant for public flare.

By incautiously exposing his location to a big group of journalists, Mehsud should have facilitated his own capture; that he didn’t serves as ongoing testament to the incompetence (and perhaps lack of will) of those who purport to pursue him.

Mehsud’s growing influence is of particular concern to Western policymakers because Pakistan represents the gravest general security threat to the international community — the prospect of a nuclear-armed al Qaeda. Keeping Pakistan’s nuclear weapons out of the hands of Islamist extremists is contingent on a stable Pakistani state, and Mehsud is the one man perhaps most capable of destabilizing it.

I have previously posted about the dangers of Mehsud. Wanting to be bigger than Osama Bin Laden, Mehsud is much more dangerous and is hell bent on obtaining nuclear weapons... and he is much closer than what is being reported.

In these previous posts, you will see Mehsud is best of buddies with Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Father of the Pakistan nuclear bomb. Kahn, a former spy, is responsible for selling nuclear technology to North Korea & Iran and was involved with Mehsud in the assassination of Prime Minister Benizir Bhutto.

Pakistan truce with Taliban leads to Kidnapping of Pakistani Official

Another great result from negotiating with terrorists!

The truce between Pakistan and a Swat Valley Taliban group, Tehrik-e-Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi, appears to be falling apart – at least in western standards. Agreeing to what they believed was a permanent truce and the Taliban looked at as a 10-day truce, Swat valley officials are now missing an official.

After the commissioner for Malakand, Syed Mohammad Javed, agreed to allow Sharia Law be implemented and policed by the local Taliban of the Swat valley – a government administrator, Khushal Khan, and six of his guards were kidnapped.

A spokesman for the local jihadikazes has acknowledged they have Khan, but deny he is a hostage…

"He [Khan] is our guest. We have to discuss some issues with him. We will serve him tea and then free him."

Now, Javed, the negotiator of the truce feels and feeling like a bigger idiot than he already is, is calling the Taliban “miscreants.”

Sen. Feinstein Should be Removed from Senate Intelligence Committee

Instead of leaking information to the press that endangers the well-being of our soldiers and jeopardizing our mission like before, now they democrats just blurt out classified information in public.

Senator Dianne "Blabbermouth" Feinstein should be immediately removed from her post as chairwomen of the Senate Intelligence Committee!

From National Terror Alert --

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s blurt during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing last week forced the U.S. intelligence and military community to acknowledge on Thursday that the U.S. is targeting Al Qaeda and Taliban operatives using unmanned drones based in Pakistan.

The senator’s slip sent reporters into overdrive and led to the discovery of a 2006 picture provided by Google Earth that appears to show Predator drones at Shamsi air base 200 miles southwest of Quetta.

Feinstein’s remarks, which were characterized as “foolish” by U.S. officials, were unusual for the experienced chairwoman of the intelligence panel.

Taliban Behead Polish Hostage

It has been a busy weekend of beheading and kidnapping for the Jihadikazes in Pakistan. Taliban fighters from the South Waziristan area of Pakistan have beheaded a Polish hostage.

The timing of this beheading and the release of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Father of the Pakistan nuclear bomb, may be a coincidence - I doubt it.

Kahn, is a known cohort of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, namely Baitullah Mehsud, a ruthless tribal warlord from South Waziristan. In my opinion, Mehsud is in some way tied into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benizir Bhutto.

From Al-Jazeera

Taliban fighters in Pakistan have beheaded a Polish geologist captured in the northwest of the country four months ago, the movement has said.

A spokesman, identified only as Mohammed, told several news organisations that Piotr Stancza was killed after authorities failed to meet a deadline set for the release of some of the group's fighters.

"We have killed the man after authorities refused to release our colleagues," he told the Reuters news agency.

"We will now only hand over his body after our demands are met." More...

In other terrorist news, The Baluchistan Liberation United Front kidnapped, John Solecki, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office last week when his car was ambushed in Quetta....

"We have three demands, and if our demands are not met, then John Solecki will lose his life," a spokesman, identifying himself as Shahak Baluch, told the agency.

"We want the United Nations to secure the release of 141 women in Pakistani torture cells, provide information about more than 6,000 missing persons, and resolve the issue of Baluch independence under the Geneva Convention." More...

Being the deft negotiators that they are, Solecki should just begin saying his prayers.

Father of Pakistan Nuclear Bomb set Free from House Arrest

This is not good!

Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, aka "Father of the Pakistan Nuclear Bomb," has been freed from house arrest. Kahn, a former spy for Pakistan, was placed under house arrest by Pakistani officials in 2004 when he admitted selling nuclear technology to North Korea, Iran & Libya.

Over the years of creating his own black market "Wal-Mart for Nukes," besides helping out NK, Iran & Libya, he also helped Iraq & Syria with their quest for nuclear weapons. Our entrepreneurial muslim nuke nut has established ties & worked with Islamic militant groups in Kashmir, the Taliban, Osama Bin Laden & Al-Qaeda since at least 1996.

Kahn's detention and friendship with terrorist, Baitullah Mehsud, a ruthless tribal warlord from South Waziristan in northern Pakistan has been given as one of the reasons for the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

US Kills Al Qaeda Mastermind of Airline Liquid Bomb Plot

I sure hope Allah has a bunch of virgins – our boys sent him another present…

From National Terror Alert --

In what would be another major blow to al Qaeda, a CIA missile strike reportedly killed the long-sought British al Qaeda figure believed to have coordinated and planned the 2006 plot to use liquid bombs to blow up eight aircraft bound for the United States and Canada.

27-year old Rashid Rauf was killed, according to Pakistani officials, in an unmanned
Predator missile strike against a home in the North Waziristan village of Khaisur shortly before dawn today.

A senior Pakistani intelligence official told ABCNews.com his death cannot be officially confirmed until the results of DNA tests are known because the bodies were burned beyond recognition in the attack.

But the official said the U.S. believes it is certain Rauf was killed. More...

Al-Qaeda No. 4 Killed In Pakistan

Allah better get some virgins ready - our boys just sent him another one!

From National Terror Alert --

A missile attack from a U.S. drone aircraft is believed to have killed Khalid Habib, an Egyptian who is described by the CIA as the No. 4 in the Al-Qaida hierarchy, according to a former member of a militant group in the region.

The attack, on the village of Taparghai in Pakistan’s volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killed four people, some of them Arabs, according to initial Pakistani intelligence reports on Thursday. Habib was in a parked Toyota pickup, the favored vehicle of insurgents, when he was hit by the missile.

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Pakistan Army given green light to attack U.S. Troops

In response to President Bush giving secret orders for cross border attacks in Pakistan on any terrorist elements - the Pakistani poppy heads respond by giving their soldiers permission to attack U.S. troops...

From National Terror Alert --

Pakistan’s military ordered its forces Tuesday to take the offensive if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said.

The orders, which come in response to a highly unusual Sept. 3 ground attack by U.S. commandos, are certain to heighten tensions between Washington and a key ally against terrorism. Although the ground attack was rare, there have been repeated reports of U.S. drone aircraft striking militant targets, most recently on Sept. 12.

I guess this is how the Pakistani's are going to help us.... their troops will now become target practice for our fine soldiers.

Bush gave Secret Orders for recent U.S. assaults in Pakistan

Good for President Bush!

From Global Security --

A U.S. newspaper is reporting that President George Bush gave secret orders in July authorizing U.S. armed forces to carry out ground assaults in Pakistan without seeking approval from Pakistan's government.

The New York Times newspaper quotes senior U.S. officials who said the military will notify Pakistan's government when it conducts raids, but will not seek its permission.

The officials, who insisted on remaining anonymous, said the orders are part of a broader push to assert U.S. control over the Afghan-Pakistani border, considered a stronghold for the Taliban and al-Qaida. More...

As we increase our efforts against Al-Qaeda in this region, Bush cannot allow Sadr, Al-Qaeda in Iraq and other extremists groups to create uprisings in secured areas of Iraq.

The "Surge" in Iraq has worked and those efforts are continuing to pay dividends in the form of some U.S. troop withdrawal and more areas turned over to Iraqi Control. We cannot allow the blood and lives of our soldiers be wasted by allowing Iraq to become a terrorist haven again.

President Bush is right in giving permission for these raids without first getting approval from Pakistan. Knowing there are terrorist elements in Pakistans government he would have only jeopordized the lives of our soldiers by possibly having the operations leaked.

Musharraf Resigns

From Global Security --

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, under a serious threat of impeachment from the country's governing coalition, has announced he is resigning from office "in the interest of the nation."

Musharraf said in an hourlong televised speech that he can prove that allegations made against him by his political opponents in parliament are false. But he said doing so would result in a long political crisis -- and that no mater who won that battle, Pakistan would suffer.

"After looking at the whole situation and, after consulting my legal advisers and close political supporters, and on their advice, I am announcing my resignation today," he said. "My resignation will be delivered to the speaker of the National Assembly today." More...

Pakistan - Missiles & Chaos

Pakistan testing another missile with nuclear capabilities will be sure to make the country of India happy.

Pakistan has just successfully tested a short range missile, Ghazanvi missile, with nuclear capabilities. A few weeks ago I posted on Pakistan's successful testing of a medium range missile, the Shaheen-1, that can carry multiple nuclear warheads.

From IHT --

Pakistan's military said Wednesday it has successfully test-fired a short-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear device.

The army's Strategic Missile Group launched the Ghazanvi missile, which has a range of 290 kilometers (180 miles), from an undisclosed location, a military statement said.

Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro, top army officials and scientists witnessed the test, it said.

Soomro said Wednesday that Pakistan seeks peace in the region, but "peace comes from strength" and "weakness invites aggression." More....

I would bet 10 to 1 this latest test will be sure to have Ohio Sen. George "The Great Horned One" RINOvich, once again caterwauling, for congress to pass the completely mind boggling 123 Agreement between the U.S. & India. The 123 Agreement basically says the U.S. will fund & support nuclear technology in India for the next 40 years! (Click here for text of 123 Agreement)

Because of the instability in the area we need to be working to decrease the amount of nuclear capable ordinance in this region - not adding fuel to the fire by pushing an agreement that is sure to turn the arms race with Pakistan & India into a NASCAR event!

Every countries greatest fear is terrorist's getting their little jihadakaze hands on nukes. If they do - you can just about guarantee the link will be through Pakistan.

There are still undeniable consistencies in the allegations that Baitullah Mehsud, a ruthless tribal warlord from South Waziristan in northern Pakistan, had former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed to protect the rogue Islamic nuke nut - Dr. Abdul Qadeer Kahn, aka "Father of the Pakistani Bomb."

Recent events in Pakistan should raise more than a few eyebrows. The power struggle between Musharraff and the Pakistani Army continues, Mehsud with his Al-Qaeda linked groups are turning northwest Pakistan into a bigger safe-haven for terrorists, two technicians for Pakistan's Atomic Agency and Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan were kidnapped....

The new army chief of Pakistan has ordered the withdrawal of military officers from the government's civil departments, officials said Tuesday, an action that reverses an important policy of his predecessor, President Pervez Musharraf.

The order by the army chief, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, was the boldest step he has taken to disentangle the military from the civilian sphere of the government since President Musharraf stepped down as military chief in November and Kayani replaced him.

The news came as the country faced further deterioration of law and order in the northwestern tribal areas straddling the border with Afghanistan, a refuge for Taliban and Al Qaeda Islamic militants and their allies. Two technicians working for Pakistan's atomic agency were reported to have been kidnapped Tuesday in the northwest, and the police said there was no word on the fate of Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, who was reported missing on Monday after he tried to drive through the Khyber Pass en route to Afghanistan. More...

Any suckers want to take me up on the bet that Pakistan is where terrorist's first get possession of nukes?