Pakistan Security Brief – January 12, 2010

Pakistani military operation into Orakzai reportedly imminent; Karachi residents protest pre-dawn raids; U.S. drone strike kills a Jordanian Taliban commander in Waziristan; militants attack a security checkpoint in Mohmand; 30 suspected militants arrested in Kohat; police detain an alleged TTP commander in Karachi; report details violence in Pakistan throughout 2009.



[2] “Pre-dawn raids in Lyari spark massive protest,” Dawn, January 12, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/06-political-violence-sparks-protest-in-karachi-rs-02. “Political violence sparks protest in Pakistan's Karachi,” AFP, January 11, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100111/wl_asia_afp/pakistanunrestkarachiprotest.
[3] “Commander Zeidan killed in US drone attack: SITE,” The News, January 12, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=95857.
[4] “One killed, three injured in Mohmand agency attack,” Dawn, January 12, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/14-one-killed-3-injured-in-mohamnad-agency-attack-zj-02.    
[5] “Thirty suspected militants arrested in Kohat,” Dawn, January 11, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-thirty-suspected-militants-arrested-in-kohat-am-05.
[6] “Taliban commander nabbed from Karachi,” Dawn, January 11, 2010. Available at
[7] Saeed Shah, “Pakistan terrorist violence spiked 45 percent in 2009,” McClatchy Newspapers, January 12, 2010. Available at http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/82077.html. Declan Walsh, “Pakistan suffers record number of deaths due to militant violence,” The Guardian, January 11, 2010. Available at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/11/pakistan-militant-violence-death-toll.

 

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