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Europe London Bombers with Ties to Terrorist Haroon Rashid Aswat picked up in Sargodha, Pakistan One of the London terrorists, Shahzad Tanwee attended a Madrassa in Lahore, Pakistan and is associated with Usama Nazir, a known terrorist and member of the terrorist group Jaish e-Mohammed (JEM). Another London terrorist, Mohammad Sidique Kahn telephoned Aswat the morning of the 7/7 attack. A total of 22 calls to two of the London terrorists took place in the days leading up to the 7/7 attacks. ^{1, 2} It should also be noted that a French Symposium ¹⁶ on Terrorism (where MILNET contributor Dr. Mohamed Ibn Guadi was a featured speaker) cited a report that indicates the runaway French Muslim population may contribute to a huge increase in Terrorism in Europe. Then on August 4, 2005, a copyrighted Wall Street Journal article on this very subject included a map which shows the disproportional western European Muslim population. ¹⁷	The Middle East Sunni Terrorists in Iraq have ties to several Pakistani terrorist group also supported by Iran's Sunni clerics and terrorist groups. Many Madrasah and training camps in Pakistan receiving funds from Iranian "charity" contributions. See MILNET's profiles on Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM), Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazlur Rehman faction (JUI-F) and Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami (HUJI). ⁶The arrest of suspect Hashim Qadeer in the slaying of Daniel Pearl in Pakistan also reminds us that the Wall Street Reporter was killed in Karachi, Pakistan. The other four suspects arrested in the case where Islamic Extremists in Pakistan and were convicged and executed some months after Pearl's murder. The new suspect is believed to have arranged the meeting between Pearl and one british born Pakistani Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh in a hotel in Rawlipindi, Pakistan. ¹⁴	North America Terrorist Haroon Rashid Aswat Aswat was sent to U.S. in 1999 to build a Jihadist training camp in Oregon. Known terrorist informer James Ujaama has been telling the CIA about Aswat for some time, and a third terrorist associaated with Aswat remains under surveillance. ⁹In Virginia, a group of 11 men were arrested and four convicted of charges they participated in a conspiracy to support or train with the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar al-Taiba (a.k.a. Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)) Convicted were Khan (8 counts), Chapman(3 Counts), and Abdur-Rheem (3 counts). Later a 3rd teacher in a Maryland Muslim School, Ali Asad Chandia was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison ²². Two other men were convicted and sentenced in the case, Randall Todd Royer (sentenced to 20 years) and Ibrahim al-Hamd (sentenced to 15 years). Others pled-out against the charges, including Ibrahim Al-Hamdi, Yong Kown, Mohmmad Aatique, Donald Surratt, and Mahmoud Hasan. A key figure in the case is Ali Al-Timimi ^23, 24,25 who was indicted and then convicted and is serving a life sentene for exhortating aid and support for the terrorist group. All those convicted in teh Virginia paintball case were followers of Al-Timimi and most were involved in what prosectuors called paintball training aimed at learning tactics for carrying on Jihad in the U.S. Timimi encouraged his followers to attend training camps in Pakistan, and someof them followed his advice.
French Analysts recently released a report citing some 6 million Muslims who have settled there, the majority are attending Wahhabits or other Islamic Extremist Madrasah. ¹⁰ Riots in the Muslim neighbornhoods in France were attributed to poor living conditions and "disenfranchised Muslims" despite the fact they lived far better there and received much support in the form of welfare from the extremely liberal French government. Italy too has a burgeoning Muslim community	A Bangladesh Islamic terorist group Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami - Bangledesh (HUJI-B) is believed to exchange recruits and funding with one or more of the Pakistani terrorist groups, as well as support of Militant Islamic Jihadist Madrasah in Pakistan. ⁶	In the Lodi terrorism case, Hamid and Umer Hayat are related to the families of former Mujahadeen Pakistan. Hamid's grandfather, is the son of a cleric who signed the Fataw authorizing Osama Bin Laden's Jihad against the west. The grandfather lives and teaches at the Madrasa in Rawalpindi today. ¹¹ Two clerics and of their sons from the Hayat's Mosque were implicated but were allowed to flee back to Pakistan under immigration charges. Umer was eventually convicted of another charge, lying to the FBI when his case resulted in a hung Jury, and Hamid was convicted of 4 of five counts including several terrorist counts. His sentencing awaits efforts to seek a new trial.Hammad Samana plead not guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with the L.A. terrorism case ²⁸ -- he is a Pakistani muslim in the U.S. as a registered alien.
In the Summer of 2006, British, Pakistani and U.S. anti-terrorism units were tracking several individuals of Pakistani descent who intended to carry liquid explosives on board a number of airliners and simulataneously bring them down. When the trackers began to get nervous, they set off the alam and once again airline travel was subject to long lines and very careful inspections. In the U.K. no liquids could be carried on board and electronic devices were not allowed. U.S. airlines prohitibed liquids, even toiletries to be carried on board. According to MSNBC, "Officials told NBC News that the alleged mastermind of the plot is still in Pakistan and has yet to be captured." and some 24 suspects had been arrested in the plot.^{26,27, 28} In January of 2007, nine Pakistani immigrants were arrested in connection with a plot to kidnap a Muslim British soldier and others, then broadcast their beheadings on the Internet. ²⁹	Another group known to London officials is Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT). After the collapse of the Taliban, LJ members became active in aiding other terrorists with safehouses, false identities, and protection in Pakistani cities, including Karachi, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi. Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, is the armed wing of the Pakistan- based religious organization, Markaz-ud-Dawa- wal-Irshad (MDI)--a Sunni anti-US missionary organization formed in 1989. Based in Muridke (near Lahore) and Muzaffarabad. ⁶	Accused Dirty Bomb terrorist Jose Padilla is known to have gone to Lahore, Pakistan to learn about bomb making. Benjamin Ahmed Mohammed, an accomplice of Padilla was taken into custody in Pakistan after Padilla left there on a flight where U.S. agents on board watched him closely before his arrest upon arrival in the U.S. ⁸

Details of Jihadists in Pakistan

Name	Led By	Description	Importance
International Groups
Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) (Movement of the Warriors) a.k.a. Jamiat ul-Ansar (JUA)	Fazlur Rehman Khalil, in mid-February 2000 stepped down as HUM emir, turning the reins over to the popular Kashmiri commander and his second in command, Farooq Kashmiri. Khalil (Links to Al Qaeda) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	The HUM is an Islamic militant group based in Pakistan that operates primarily in Kashmir. It is politically aligned with the radical political party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazlur Rehman faction (JUI-F). Longtime leader of the group, Fazlur Rehman Khalil, in mid-February 2000 stepped down as HUM emir, turning the reins over to the popular Kashmiri commander and his second in command, Farooq Kashmiri. Khalil, who has been linked to Usama Bin Ladin and signed his fatwa in February 1998 calling for attacks on US and Western interests, assumed the position of HUM Secretary General. HUM operated terrorist training camps in eastern Afghanistan until Coalition airstrikes destroyed them during fall 2001. In 2003, HUM began using the name Jamiat ul-Ansar (JUA), and Pakistan banned the successor JUA in November 2003. First designated in October 1997. Based in Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi, and several other towns in Pakistan (See MILNET Lodi Five briefing). The HUM trained its militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan and thus may still have strong support networks in either or both countries.	Supporters throughout Pakistan, rallies the so called "Arab Street" in Pakistan. Provides Jihadist training to Muslims in country and is believed to fund and help operate Madrasah in Pakistan. May be hiding Osama Bin Laden in the regions bordering Afghanistan.
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazlur Rehman faction (JUI-F)	Fazlur Rehman	Associated with the Deobandi Islamic tradition, a Sunni extremist faction of the Muslim faith. The group is associated with no less then two other former Aftghan fighter terrorist groups (Jarakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) and Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islmami (HUJI)), as well as links to terrorists operating in the Kashmir region of Pakistan/India.	Maintains and supports the Deobandi Islamic extremist ideology, with Madrasas that are believed to recruit candidates for Jihadist training camps in Pakistan or perhaps Afghanistan.
Jaish e-Mohammed (JEM) (Arm of Mohammad) a.k.a. Tehrik ul-Furqaah, Khuddam-ul-Islam Note: Bahar Idriss Abu Garda has emerged as the leader of what is now called the JEM collective (Justice and Equality Movement), and active in northern Africa (the Sudan) and active in the Darfu region. He has identified the reason for forming the collective leadership in Sudan is the failure of Khalil Ibrahim and several unnamed conspiracies by the leader. The original North African JEM and the splinter "collective" have no relationship to the JEM in South Asia.	Mosoos Azhar, arrested in December of 2001, but was released in December of 2002. Other's identified in leadership roles are: Qari Mansoor Ahmed Abdul Jabbar (HUM) Saijad Usman Shah Nawaz Kan (a.k.a. Saijiid Jehaid/Gazi Baba of HUM) MuftixMohdxAsgharx(HUM)x¹³	Extremely militant and violent Isalmic, pro-Taliban group active in India and the Kashmir region. Jaish takes the battle to the people of India, however, attacking innocent targets deep inside India rather than focusing only on Kashmir. a U.S. State Department release on 10/12/01 identified this group officially as a terrorist group and the U.S. Justice Department added the group to the list of groups whose funds will be seized worldwide by members of the Anti-Terrorist Coalition. Ties to Al-Qaida (Osama Bin Laden) and the Islamic Egyptian Jihad (Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri). Thought to have many of its members trained by Al-Qaida and related organizations in Afghanistan. Most of the JEM’s cadre and material resources have been drawn from the militant groups Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI) and the Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM). The JEM had close ties to Afghan Arabs and the Taliban. Usama Bin Ladin is suspected of giving funding to the JEM.	Maintains a number of supporters in Pakistan and bordering areas of Afghanistan, may be hiding Osama Bin Laden
Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami (HUJI) (Movement of Islamic Holy War)	Amin Rabbani	HUJI, a Sunni extremist group that follows the Deobandi tradition of Islam, was founded in 1980 in Afghanistan to fight in the Jihad against the Soviets. It is also affiliated with the Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam Fazlur Rehman faction (JUI-F) and the Deobandi school of Sunni Islam. The group is made up primarily of Pakistanis and foreign Islamists who are fighting for the liberation of Kashmir and its accession to Pakistan. Also believed to have links to the Kashmiri Al-Faren terrorist group that claimed credit for the kidnap of five Western tourists in July of 1995.	Maintains and supports the Deobandi ideology in Madrasah in Pakistan and perhaps Afghanistan. Believed to use the Madrasah to recruit into Jihadist training camps in Pakistan and perhaps Afghanistan
Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami - Bangledesh (HUJI-B)	Shauqat Osman (founder and still commander-in-chief)	The mission of HUJI-Bx¹⁴ is to establish Islamic rule in Bangladesh. HUJI-B has connections to the Pakistani militant groups Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI) and Harak ul-Mujahidin (HUM), who advocate similar objectives in Pakistan and Kashmir. HUJI-B was accused of stabbing a senior Bangladeshi journalist in November 2000 for making a documentary on the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh. HUJI-B was suspected in the July 2000 assassination attempt of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. HUJI-B has an estimated cadre strength of over several thousand members. Funding of the HUJI-B comes primarily from madrassas in Bangladesh. The group also has ties to militants in Pakistan that may provide another funding source.	Provides addtional support to Pakistani terrorists via training and recruitement, however, Madrasah in Bangledesh may provide funds to supporters of Pakistani terrorist groups who in turn provide those funds to Pakistani training camps or Madrasah who recruit for those trainng camps.
Jama'at ul-Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB) 13 (Bangladesh Assembly of Holy Warriors) Possible a.k.a. Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB).	Maulana Abdur Rahman and second-in-command, Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai "Prior to the March 30, 2007 execution, JMB was led by a triumvirate consisting of its ‘supreme commander’ Abdur Rahman, a former activist of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai of the Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) and Muhammad Asadullah al-Ghalib, an Arabic language lecturer at the Rajshahi University and chief of the Ahle Hadith Andolon Bangladesh (AHAB)" ¹³	Believed to have been formed in 1998 in the Jamapur district of Bandladesh. In May 20, 2002, eight Islamist militants were arrested at Parbatipur in the Dinajpur district and where authorities seized 25 petrol bombs and documents detailing the outfit's activities. The group is thought to be responsible (and many cases has claimed responsiblity for February 13, 2003 attacks with seven bomb explosions in the Chhoto Gurgola area of Dinajpur town where three persons were wounded and an Aygyst 17, 2005 series of blasts across the country where leaflets claiming responsibilty were found near each blast site. The list of attacks from JMB is horrendously long yet according to the Jamestown Foundation, Bangledesh was, as late as May of 2205, continuing to be in denial ¹⁴ of the level of terrorism in country.	Essentially a Bangledesh operating outfit, the JMB has ties in Pakistan with radical sympathizers not satisfied with the HUJI-B organization which also recruits heavily in Pakistan. "The outfit is known to maintain about 10,000 fulltime and 100,000 part-time cadres. Reports also suggest that there are approximately 10 lakh trainees of the outfit." 13 "The JMB has reportedly received funds from individual donors in countries like Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Libya. Several international NGOs such as the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage and Doulatul Kuwait, UAE-based Al Fuzaira, Khairul Ansar Al Khairia, Bahrain-based Doulatul Bahrain and the Saudi Arabia-based Al Haramaine Islamic Institute have provided, over the years, a generous amount of funding to the outfit." 13
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) a.k.a. Lashkar-i-Jhangvi	Original Founders: Riaz Basra (killed in 2002 at Mali, Multan), Akram Lahori and Malik Ishaque. Lahori is believed to be the current Saalar-i-Aalax(commander-in-chief) however he is in police custody and it is quite possible bodyguard Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi may be contributing in his place. A later leader Asif Ramzi was killed in Allahwal Town, Karachi, Pakistan. Another leader indentified in LJ is Qari Abdul Hai (Linked to Al Qaeda)	Pakistani Islamic terrorists linked to attempts on the life of Pakistani President, General Pervez Musharraf. Militant offshoot of the Sunni sectarian group Sipah-i- Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). The group focuses primarily on anti-Shia attacks and was banned by Pakistani President Musharraf in August 2001 as part of an effort to rein in sectarian violence. LJ is active primarily in Punjab and Karachi. Some members travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan. After the collapse of the Taliban, LJ members became active in aiding other terrorists with safehouses, false identities, and protection in Pakistani cities, including Karachi, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi.	Provides funding to Pakistani Madrasah which recruit into Jihadist training camps.
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) (Army of the Righteous)	MDI chief, Professor Hafiz Mohammed Saeed	Armed wing of the Pakistan-based religious organization, Markaz-ud-Dawa- wal-Irshad (MDI)--a Sunni anti-US missionary organization formed in 1989. One of the three largest and best-trained groups fighting in Kashmir against India, it is not connected to a political party but rather to a religious organization. Based in Muridke (near Lahore) and Muzaffarabad.	The LT trains its militants in mobile training camps across Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Afghanistan.
Local Groups
Ahle-Hadith ⁵	?	Sunni group responsible for secatarian violence, but very local and low on the list of terrorist groups (some analysts regard them more of a nuisance than a terrorist group). A large number of smaller factions and no clear leadership make the groups activities spurious at best.	May serve aa a recruiting ground for other, larger and more violent anti-Shia terrorist groups
Majlis-e-Dawah-wal-Irshad^x5xxxx	?	Sunni group responsible for secatarian violence, but very local and low on the list of terrorist groups (some analysts regard them more of a nuisance than a terrorist group). A large number of smaller factions and no clear leadership make the groups activities spurious at best.	May serve aa a recruiting ground for other, larger and more violent anti-Shia terrorist groups
Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan a.k.a. Anjuman Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASSP) a.k.a. Sipah-e- Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) ⁵	Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, Maulana Zia-ur-Rehman Farooqi, Maulana Eesar-ul-Haq Qasmi and Maulana Azam Tariq, 9/85	The SSP wants Pakistan to be declared a Sunni state. While fervently believing in hostility towards the Shias, the SSP also aims at restoring the Khilafat system. It also aims to protect the Sunnis and their Shariat (law). The SSP has declared that Shiites are non-Muslims. Opertational in Sargodha, Bahawalpur, Jhang, Multan and Muzaffargarh, 500 offices and branches in all 34 districts of Punjab.	The outfit joined the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Jamaat-e-Ulema-e Pakistan (JUP), Jamaat-e-Ulema-e-Islam, and Fazlur Rahman faction of JuI and Jamaat-e-Ahle Hadith in forming the Afghan Jehad Council
Muttahida Quomi Movement ⁵	Afaq Ahmed and Aamir Khan in June 1992	MQM-A, the suffix denoting the leadership of Altaf Hussain) which evolved from the Mohajir Quomi Movement, is the foremost among the ethnic based politico-terrorist formations in Pakistan. A break-away faction termed Haquiqi Mohajir Quomi Movement (literally meaning original MQM, and termed as MQM-H. The MQM-A and the MQM-H were locked in a violent war for domination of urban territory in the Sindh province. Following strong action taken by the Pakistani state in 1997-98, the MQM-A was seriously affected in terms of loss of cadre and equipment and has, since then, largely adopted peaceful means of protest.	Major political and violent force for sometime in the Sindh province of Pakistan. May retain links to Madrasah and low visibility terrorist training.
Sipah-e-Mohammed Pakistan (Army of Muhammad) ⁵	Maulana Mureed Abbas Yazdani founder, Ghulam Raza Naqvi leader	Ghulam Raza Naqvi is the Saalar-i-Aala (chief) of SMP. A dreaded hitman, when arrested in 1996, the government had placed a reward of Rs 2 million for his alleged involvement in about 30 cases of murder and dacoity. He is reported to have visualised the creation of a Quds force comprising both Shias and Sunnis to ‘liberate’ Jerusalem. He is now in prison. Goals is the protection of the Shiite community from Sunni fundamentalist and terrorist outfits. Its main rival is the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Headquarted in Thokar Niaz Be, a village near Lahore, Pakistan, numerous attacks in and around Lahore.	Maintains close links with the Shia regime in Iran, its HQ in Lahore, Pakistan is believed to be a central point for anti-Sunni extremism in Pakistan and may finance and provide guidance for Shia based Islamic Jihadist training in Madrasah associated to the anti-Sunni cause.
Tehreek-e-Jaferia Pakistan (TJP) (movement of the followers of Fiqah-e-Jaferia) ⁵	Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqv (previous leader was Allama Arif Husseini)	Formed in 1979 to protect the interests of the Shiite minority and to spread the ideas of Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian leader who led the successful Islamic Revolution that overthrew the Shah of Iran in 1979. The objectives projected by the TJP are: the creation of a society based on ‘pure Islam’, the protection of social, political and religious rights of Shiites, the propaganda of Shiite ideas, coordination of all Pakistani Shiite organisations and the fight against imperialism. It also believes in Islamic egalitarianism and social justice. Two TJP members are also members of the Pakistani Parliament. The TJP is reported to have links with the Iranian clergy. Proscribed by President Pervez Musharraf on January 12, 2002, the group never-the-less states they are a religious organization.	The terrorist group sources its finances from the Shiite community in Pakistan, Iran as well as certain commercial groups.
Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e- Mohammadi (TNSM) (The Movement for the Implementation of Mohammad's Sharia Law)	Sufi Mohammed (in jail in Pakistan) Faqir Mohammed Maulana Fazalullah (thought to have replaced Sufi Mohammed while he is in jail)	Active in the western sections of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan (NWFP), primarily in the Malakand and Swat districts, and clearly associated with the Yousafzi Pashtun tribe. Focused on rule by Shara law and throwing off western "chains" which has resulted in followers burning electronics such as CDs or CD players, radios, televisions, etc. Which of course further isolates them from world news and reality of the world outside their region.	Recruits all over the northwest of Pakistan however its finances are not clear. Judging by the number of people in Pakistan who have set fire to their elecrtronic appliances (some 10,000+) it is clear they have at least a few people willing to act on their preachings.
OTHERS
Al-Jihad a.k.a. Jihad Group, Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ)	Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri	Merged with Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda in June of 2001. Members operate independent of but in concert with Al Qaeda. Historically operated in the Cairo area, but most of its network is outside Egypt, including Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom, and its activities have been centered outside Egypt for several years.	Maintains recruiting operations throughout the Middle East as well as criminal organizations providing funds to Al Qaeda through drug and human trafficking.
Al Qaeda (aka al-Qaida) "The Base"	Usama bin Laden (aka Osama bin Laden) Dr. Ayman Zawahiri	Formed from the remnents of Maktab al-Khadamat, which was led by Abdallah Azzam and later aided by Usama bin Laden. Helped finance, recruit, transport, and train Sunni Islamic extremists for the Afghan resistance to the Soviet occupation. Current goal is to "reestablish the Muslim state" throughout the world. Works with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems "non-Islamic" and remove Westerners from Muslim countries. Issued statement under banner of "The World Islamic Front for Jihad Against The Jews and Crusaders" in February 1998, saying it was the duty of all Muslims to kill US citizens, civilian or military, and their allies everywhere. Has confessed to dozens or its associate groups claimed hundreds of attacks, including the 9/11 attacks on the U.S.	Maintains recruiting operations throughout the Middle East as well as criminal organizations providing fund through drug and human trafficking. Provides funds to loosely associated terrorist groups who basically can become famous overnight by committing a publicly spectacular attack and professing to associated with Al Qaeda.
The Taliban Army	Mullah Omar (Spirtual Leader), Maujana Qazi Fazlullah (Swat and Shangla, Pakistan), Baitullah Mehsud (Pakistan), Sufi Mohammed and Faqir Mohammed (Bajaur Province in Afghanistan). Killed in recent U.S. and NATO attacks were: Mullah Akhtar Osmani, Mullah Azizullah, Mullah Ibrahim, Mullah Abdul Ghafoo, Mullah Tor Jan the son of Taliban police chief, Jahi Aghar Mohammad. Mohammed Nabi was captured in a raid in Helmand and Mullah Daud Trabi was captured in Khost. Remaining well known leaders are: Mullah Hayatullah Khan, Qari Hazrat, Hamidullah, Matiullah Agha, Mullah Qassim, Haji Aghar Mohammad, Mullah Abdul Rahim, Mullah Nizamuddin, Mullah Razayar Noorzai, and Haji Naimatullah and possibly Mullah Dadullah ⁹, all presumably targeted by NATO and U.S. special forces on a Taliban hit list.	Pre 9/11 Taliban Timeline Once in full control of the country of Afghanistan, the Taliban regime was spawned from the extremely radical elements of the Mujhideen fighters from the Afghan Insurgency fighting off the Soviet forces from Russia. The Taliban rule in Afghanistan was one of the most brutal in Islam and gave Usama bin Laden and Dr. Ayman Zawahiri a safe haven to build and then train members of Al-Qaeda. The Taliban was ousted from Afghanistan's seat of power and fled to the hills in the northeast settling in a wide area along the Afghan-Pakistani border. However, U.S. and European (NATO) forces were still battling pockets of the Taliban from the Afghanistan side of the border as late as January of 2008. Today it is believed the Taliban are found in the Pashtun tribal ⁸ areas and have tendrils spreading thorughout Pakistan and Afghanistan, especially in areas in western Pakistan as well as eastern and southern Afghanistan.	Recruits thorugh ideaology, specifically aiming at diseffected youth, older radically minded who believe or have been indoctrinated into believing the rule of Sharra law trumps all human rights and freedoms. The Taliban's popularity seems hard to believe in the West, however, there is ripe and furtile ground in the Middle East as well as South and Southeast Asia among muslim prospects. The preachings of Salyafist beliefs in Madrassah (religious schools) make excellent inroads for conversion of religioius ideals to violent Jihadists and the Taliban (and Al-Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah for that matter) are expert in this area. Whether Sunni or Shiite oriented, the idea of violent Jihad against infidels provides for numerous recruits for the Taliban in Afghanista and Pakistan.

Updates:

05/03/2007: A report from Terrorism Monitor mentioned in The Times Online web site, says that British "home grown" terrorists are traveling to Pakistan for Jihadist training. To make the trip, most travel through African nations and then on to Pakistan-- taking advantage of lax African visa laws. The article goes on to say that British and Pakistani authorities decided to look more carefully at British travelers going to Pakistan after it was discovered that two July 7 bombing terrorists, Mohammad Sidique Khan and Shezhad Tanweer, had traveled to Pakistan in the lead up to the bombings. There they had met up with suspected al-Qaeda leaders to receive instructions. The article also gives an example of South African intelligence agents warning that their country was becoming a save haven and transfer hub.

01/31/2007: 9 Pakistanis were arrested in Birmingham, U.K. on charges they were planning to kidnap a Muslim British soldier, and broadcast his beheading on the Internet. The soldier was only one of a number of targets mostly in the greater London area. The arrests occurred after a six month investigation.

8/28/2006: According to media reporting ^{18, 19}on the recent "liquid explosives" threat to airline security (which has created yet another nail in the coffin for the airline industry), the alleged terrorists who have been arrested also share a link to terrorist groups originating in (oh you have got to be kidding) Pakistan and several of these suspects are of Pakistani descent. Similar to the suspects in the London Subway bombings, the Pakistani immigrants lived in poorer immigrant sections in Europe and are part of an ever increasing population of Muslim immigrants found throughout the continent.

Two of the suspect's had recently traveled to Pakistan and had received funds from sources there prior to the arrests. An undisclosed U.S. Homeland Security contact is said to have reported that the plotters were about to begin rehearsals of their attacks, however little can be confirmed outside the usual media sources as government officials remain tight lipped about the facts of the plots. So far, only a handful of some reported 50 plotters have been identified: The most recently arrested, Umair Hussain age 24, Tayid Rauf, whose father had immigrated from the Mirpur district in Pakistan and whose brother Rashid is being interrogated by Pakistani officials, and 23 year old Amin Asmin Tariq, age 22 who had an all access privilige in his job at Heathrow airport outside of London, England. Another name was reported on 8/24 as Mehran Hussein who was arrested for having information on the terror plot and not reporting it. ¹⁹

Some eight persons were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and preparing acts of terrorism.

9/2005: Federal officals in L.A. testify that they have been watching a group of would be Islamic Terrorists in the Los Angeles area. The cell, begun by recruitment of Muslim converts at Folsom prison in northern California, was using bank and gas station robberies to fund their efforts. The first to be arraigned in a six count indictment is Hammad Samana, a Pakistani (there's a surprise!) national in the U.S. as a registered alien. Samana and several ex-cons attended Mosques in L.A. together and were members of xxx, a group formed in prison by one Kevin James, who is listed as the lead suspect in the indictment and who was and is serving a long sentence in Folsom prison when he formed the group.

8/5/2005: A Wall Street Journal Report validated Dr. Mohamed Ibn Guadi's opinion on the disproportional Muslim population not only in France, but throughout western Europe. ¹⁷

7/27/2005: Authorities in Pakistan picked up suspect Hashim Qadeer in the slaying of Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. The Wall Street Reporter was killed in Karachi, Pakistan. The other four suspects arrested in the case where Islamic Extremists in Pakistan and were convicged and executed some months after Pearl's murder. The new suspect is believed to have arranged the meeting between Pearl and one british born Pakistani Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh in a hotel in Rawlipindi, Pakistan. ¹⁴

7/25/2005: 88 people were killed in a blast at two Egyptian resort hotels and an open air market in SHARM EL-SHEIK. Named among the suspects (one must realize that Egypt can be counted upon to "round up the usual suspects") were five Pakistani suspects (Mohammed Anwar, 30; Rashid Ali, 26; Mohammed Aref, 26; Musaddeq Hussein, 18; and Mohammed Akhtar, 30). According to the MSNBC/A.P. report, the suspects were among nine Pakistanis who checked into a hotel in the Cairo suburb of Maadi on July 7, then disappeared two days later, leaving their bags behind. The report also speculates that some of the attackers may have been killed in the attacks, but interestingly, MSNBC's version of the A.P. story uses the term "suicide bombers" only once, and the word terrorist never appears in the article on MSNBC. The terrorists are identified in the article as attackers or bombers. 13

7/23/2005: In a July 23rd article on Fox News Online 12, an Islamic Group is said to have claimed responsibility for the atttacks in Egypt, identifying themelves as the Abdullah Azzam Brigade. The group claims to have ties to Al Qaeda (of course).