Pakistan Security Brief –April 30, 2010

Wali ur-Rehman is leading the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP); Hakimullah Mehsud reportedly releases a video; Pakistan warming to the idea of a military operation in North Waziristan; security forces clash with militants in Orakzai; Asian Tigers kill former ISI officer; tribal elders still believe South Waziristan is too dangerous; Indian soldiers kill three militants as they infiltrate India-controlled Kashmir; Punjab a hotbed for militant groups.

 

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[1] Karin Brulliard and Haq Nawaz Khan, “Pakistani intelligence officials say Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud is alive,” Washington Post, April 30, 2010. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/29/AR2010042903619_pf.html. Munir Ahmed and Ishtiaq Mahsud, “Pakistan Taliban chief said to survive US attack,” AP, April 29, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100429/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan. “Video of Hakimullah Mehsud released today,” Express Tribune, April 30, 2010. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/9965/video-of-hakimullah-mehsud-released-today/.
[2] Sabrina Tavernise, Carlotta Gall, and Ismail Khan, “Pakistan, in Shift, Weighs Attack on Militant Lair,” New York Times, April 29, 2010. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/world/asia/30pstan.html?ref=asia.
[3] “Troops kill at least eight militants in Orakzai,” Dawn, April 30, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-orakzai-fighting-8-killed-qs-07. “Darra Adam Khel clash kills one militant,” Dawn, April 30, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/22-darra-adam-khel-clash-kills-one-militant-01-jd.
[4] “Former ISI Khalid Khwaja found dead in Waziristan,” Dawn, April 30, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-khalid-khwaja-killed-qs-13.
[5] Ishtiaq Mahsud and Nahal Toosi, “Elders' absence hinders army goals in NW Pakistan,” AP, April 30, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100429/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_reluctant_to_return.
[6] “Indian army foils Kashmir infiltration bid, three dead,” Dawn, April 30, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-kashmir-infiltration-bid-foiled-qs-04.
[7] Saeed Shah, “Pakistan's Punjab heartland alive with extremist groups,” McClatchy, April 29, 2010. Available at http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/04/29/93168/pakistans-punjab-heartland-alive.html.
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