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Pakistan: Suspected Marriott bombing 'mastermind' emerges (Qari Zafar)
adnkronos.com ^ | September 24, 2008 | Syed Saleem Shahzad

Posted on 09/24/2008 10:49:36 PM PDT by HAL9000

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Karachi, 24 Sept. (AKI) - By Syed Saleem Shahzad - The alleged mastermind of last Saturday's deadly truck bombing of the Marriott hotel in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, has emerged.

The suspect, Qari Zafar (photo), has become part of Al-Qaeda's hardline Takfiri inner circle. He enjoys the protection of Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud and is believed to be hiding out in the lawless South Waziristan tribal area of North West Frontier Province.

Zafar is not only the suspected mastermind of the Marriot bomb blast, but has created a network which will shortly target strategic installations belonging to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, military headquarters in Karachi and police stations across the country, according to security officials.

"Zafar is behind the planning, arrangement of transportation and procurement of explosives for the attack against the Marriott Hotel on 20 September,” a top security source told Adnkronos International on Thursday on condition of anonymity.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; baitullahmehsud; deadjihadi; deadjihadis; globaljihad; gwot; isi; islam; islamabad; jihad; marriott; mehsud; mohammedanism; pakistan; qari; qarimohammadzafar; qarizafar; taleban; taliban; waziristan; wot; zafar
Photo of Qari Zafar at the source link.
1 posted on 09/24/2008 10:49:38 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000
Rewards for Justice - Qari Mohammad Zafar
2 posted on 09/24/2008 10:52:05 PM PDT by HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)
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3 posted on 09/24/2008 10:53:55 PM PDT by PureSolace (God save us all)
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To: PureSolace

Dead man walking.


4 posted on 09/24/2008 10:56:01 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: PureSolace

Guilty!


5 posted on 09/24/2008 11:05:56 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Free Republic: Please make "Tagline" spaces "foreign font" capable!!)
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oh wait.. whats his name again?
6 posted on 09/24/2008 11:17:34 PM PDT by wafflehouse (RE-ELECT NO ONE !)
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To: HAL9000

What a coincidence...another terrorist mass murderer is a Muslim...

Is it their water or their religion?


7 posted on 09/24/2008 11:18:18 PM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: HAL9000

Why do they call these guys “masterminds”? How much of a brain does it require to fill a truck with high explosives, and attack a civilian target?

We just call them what they are: Radical Islamic fascist murderers, bent on killing civilians. Pure evil.


8 posted on 09/25/2008 4:06:59 AM PDT by Be Free (Liberalism is a disease.)
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UPDATE:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/03/taliban_confirm_want.php

“Taliban confirm wanted terror leader Qari Zafar killed in US airstrike”
By BILL ROGGIO
March 2, 2010 9:49 AM

Qari Mohammad Zafar, a leader of the Fedayeen-i-Islam.

SNIPPET: “The Taliban confirmed that a terrorist leader who was behind multiple terror attacks in Pakistan and was wanted by the US for murdering a consular official in Karachi was killed in an airstrike in North Waziristan last week.

The Taliban released a statement confirming that Qari Mohammad Zafar, a leader of the al Qaeda and Taliban-linked Fedayeen-i-Islam, was killed in the Feb. 24 airstrike in the town of Dargi Mandi near North Waziristan’s main town of Miramshah. The strike hit a vehicle and a compound run by the Haqqani Network; between eight and 13 terrorists were reported killed in the attack.

The Taliban vowed to avenge Zafar’s death, and said they would strike against the Pakistani government.

‘’The mujahideen will soon take revenge against the Pakistani government for his killing anywhere in the country,’’ the Taliban said in a statement faxed to the local Pakistani media, Dawn reported.

Rumors of Zafar’s death first surfaced on Feb. 25, one day after the attack, but the reports could not be confirmed. US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal said the best evidence of Zafar’s death would come from the Taliban themselves, as the region is outside of Pakistani government control.”


9 posted on 03/03/2010 3:30:36 AM PST by Cindy
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