Pakistan Security Brief – January 15, 2010

New reports indicate Hakimullah Mehsud injured in a fresh drone strike on Friday; Pakistan’s Interior Minister reports on Ashura blast in Karachi; roadside bomb kills Mohmand peace committee members; five bullet-ridden bodies found in Orakzai Agency; strikes called throughout Balochistan; US indicts three individuals on terrorism charges.



[1]“U.S. drone attack may have killed Pakistani Taliban chief,” The Washington Post, January 15, 2010. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/14/AR2010011403033.html. Rasool Dawar, “Pakistan Taliban chief tape emerges post-strike,” AP, January 15, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100115/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan. “Fresh drone strike targets Hakeemullah again,” Dawn, January 15, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-fresh-drone-strike-targets-hakeemullah-again-ss-05.
[2] Amir Wasim, “Malik blames LJ for Karachi Ashura blast,” Dawn, January 15, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-lashkar-i-jhangvi-involved-in-karachi-ashura-blast-am-05
[3] Shah Nawaz Mohmand and Shakirullah, “Mohmand peace body chief killed in blast,” The News, January 15, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=218850.     
[4] “Bodies of five suspected militants found in Pakistan,” BBC, January 15, 2010. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8460584.stm.
[5] “Strike in Balochistan over Karachi target killings,” Dawn, January 15, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/04-strike-balochistan-karachi-killings-qs-03.
[6] Andrew Stern, “U.S. charges Pakistani in Danish newspaper plot,” Reuters, January 14, 2010. Available at http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60E0AU20100115.
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