Pakistan Taliban warns of Retaliation
The Pakistani Taliban have issued their first videotaped message since Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals earlier this month. In the exclusive footage, obtained by Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Islamabad, the group is shown vowing revenge for the al-Qaeda leader's death. The message, from a man called Umar Khalid, said the group would "take revenge" for Osama's killing, saying that Pakistan and the US's intelligence agencies were now on its "hit list". He added that bin Laden's influence was still strong despite his death. "Osama bin Laden has given us the ideology of Islam and Jihad ... by his death we are not scattered ... but it has given us more strength to continue his mission," he said. "It took the Americans 11 years to kill Osama but for us it is easy, we will take our revenge in less than a few months." Khalid and his men are now hiding in the mountains, and appear to be well-armed with assault rifles and other weapons. They are also shown with a laptop and a radio. The group use motorcycles and a station wagon, camouflaged under several inches of mud, to move around. Meanwhile on Wednesday, dozens of fighters attacked security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, killing two policemen and wounding several others. Up to 100 fighters reportedly stormed the post near the Khyber tribal area, a stronghold for Taliban fighters. The Taliban have staged a number of attacks in Pakistan since bin Laden was killed in a US raid on May 2 near the <b>...</b>
Source: http://article.wn.com/view/2011/09/30/Karzai_abandons_peace_talks_with_the_Taliban/
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