KARACHI: Ten members of the newly formed Tehreek Islami Lashkar-e-Mohammadi were arrested Friday with weapons, explosives, chemicals and poison, Jihadi literature, and hit lists of high-profile people, politicians, international and national NGOs and police officials. The organization is anti-Semitic.
The police held a press conference with IG Azhar Ali Farooqui, DIG South Javaid Ali Shah Bukhari, DIG CID Saud Ahmed Mirza, SSP Raja Umer Khattab and SP Lyari Town Fayyaz Khan to disclose the findings. The IGP said that the alleged militants had passed a message to the government, political parties, intelligence agencies, the police, NGOs, welfare associations, judges, lawyers, international financers and businessmen, clerics and scholars of religious parties: “We announce the promulgation of the Islamic Shariah Emirate Islamia Pakistan on behalf of Lashkar-e-Mohammadi. Following the promulgation, any act contrary to the provisions of the Shariah will not be tolerated anywhere in Pakistan.” They did not contact the media and the IG said he could not say why.
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Report: 2 men suspected of involvement in 2006 ETA airport bombing in French custody
February 16, 2008
PARIS: Two men suspected of involvement in the deadly 2006 ETA bombing at Madrid's airport have been taken into custody in France, a news report said Friday. Spain's El Pais newspaper said the men were arrested at a house in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in southwestern France on Friday. A third man was also detained on suspicion of involvement with the armed group, the paper said.
The massive truck bombing on Dec. 30, 2006, at Terminal 4 of Madrid's airport destroyed a multi-story parking garage and killed two Ecuadorean immigrants who were sleeping in cars inside the building. El Pais named the two bombing suspects in custody in France as Joseba Iturbide and Mikel San Sebastian, and it named the third man as Jose Martinez Mur. According to the report, France's elite RAID force detained the three.
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February 15, 2008
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- The University of Miami issued an alert to students and faculty about a suspicious man who has been walking around campus. The alert said: "A suspicious Caucasian male (5 feet, 10 inches, to 6 feet, 2 inches) has been coming into the offices on the third floor of the Wolfson Building and has been spotted in other buildings around campus."
The alert said that the man is not a student and will not identify himself when asked. "He carries a large dark green bag with leather straps on his shoulder. He has a very thick accent that reportedly sounds Russian. When asked if he can be helped, he typically responds that he is looking to buy used books, but quickly leaves. He also is always on a cell phone, speaking in another language," according to the alert.
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