Pakistan Security Brief – February 5, 2010

Two separate bombs kill at least 22 in Karachi; TTP spokesman says Hakimullah Mehsud is alive; Taliban flog three in Orakzai agency; protests supporting Kashmir occur throughout Pakistan; Sunni-Shia peace agreement reached in Hangu district; two Quetta police injured in bomb blast; militants attacked a power grid station in Khyber agency.



[1] Salman Masood, “Blasts in Pakistan Kill Shiite Worshipers,” New York Times, February 5, 2010. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/world/asia/06pstan.html?ref=asia. Ashraf Khan, “Bomb hits hospital in Pakistan's Karachi city after earlier attack; 22 killed,” AP, February 5, 2010. Available at http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/world/police-say-bomb-explodes-in-southern-pakistani-city-of-karachi-several-feared-dead-83625202.html.
[2] “Pakistani Taliban leader alive, in hiding, spokesman says,” CNN, February 4, 2010. Available at http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/pakistan.mehsud/index.html.
[3] Zarar Khan, “New video shows Taliban flogging men in Pakistan,” AP, February 5, 2010. Available at http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN_FLOGGING_VIDEO?SITE=KMOV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT. “New video shows Taliban flogging men in Pakistan,” Dawn, February 5, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-new-video-shows-taliban-flogging-men-am-03.
[4] “Thousands rally for Kashmir in Pakistan,” AP, February 5, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanindiakashmir.
[5] Abdul Sami Paracha, “Hangu warring groups end hostilities after 14 years,” Dawn, February 5, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/12-hangu-warring-groups-end-hostilities-after-14-years-520--bi-10.
[6] “Blast wounds two policemen in Quetta,” Dawn, February 5, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/04-quetta-blast-police-wounded-qs-02.
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