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[SparklingCrescent]

Taliban own Karachi Ashura carnage

PESHAWAR/Karachi: The Taliban claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the suicide attack on an Ashura procession which killed 44 people in Karachi and injured 60 others. The terrorist organisation threatened more attacks over the next 10 days.

The claim was made by one of the country’s most wanted commanders of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). “We carried out the suicide bombing in Karachi,” Asmatullah Shaheen, a top militant commander based in South Waziristan, told news agencies by telephone from an undisclosed location.

“We will carry out more such attacks and also target government installations.”

The government announced a Rs10 million bounty for Shaheen when it published a list last month of 19 most-wanted TTP warlords, for whom it offered combined rewards equivalent to five million dollars.

Shaheen does not normally claim responsibility for attacks on behalf of the militants. But he said that Monday’s bombing had been assigned to his group, and so he was making the claim.

However, investigators in Karachi are not ready to believe it was a suicide attack and have called in their NWFP counterparts to help them determine the nature and make of the explosives used in the bombing.

Although Karachi city police chief Waseem Ahmed has set up two teams with different tasks related to investigations, he said he had sent an urgent request to the NWFP police chief to send in a team of experts who could help determine the nature of the blast.

“Several aspects need to be checked thoroughly and until that (is done) we cannot say with authority anything about the (blast’s) execution,” said Mr Ahmed.

Meanwhile, Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders at a press conference called upon President Asif Ali Zardari to constitute an inquiry commission comprising judges of the Supreme Court to investigate the Ashura attack and the incidents of arson so that culprits behind these incidents could be unmasked.

The party’s coordination committee member Raza Haroon demanded of the government to declare the Boulton Market a calamity-hit area and urged it to exempt from taxes the traders from there. —Agencies


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TTP denies hand in Karachi procession attack

KARACHI: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday denied any involvement in the Karachi Ashura procession attack which killed 44 people and left dozens others injured.

Azam Tariq, the TTP spokesman, denied having any involvement in the attack and said militant commander Azmatullah Shaheen's claim was baseless and that he 'acted on his own will'.

The TTP, said Tariq, does not target public places in Pakistan.

Earlier, on Wednesday, Asmatullah Shaheen, a top militant commander based in South Waziristan told news agencies by telephone that the TTP was behind the attack, warning that they would carry out more such attacks and also target government installations. —DawnNews


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Who do we listen to???

 

[skeptic9]

I'd say "inside job". Since TTP and India/Israel/US have been thoroughly demonized they could be used for own gains.

My honest observation.

 

[abu usama]

Taliban own Karachi Ashura carnage

PESHAWAR/Karachi: The Taliban claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the suicide attack on an Ashura procession which killed 44 people in Karachi and injured 60 others. The terrorist organisation threatened more attacks over the next 10 days.

The claim was made by one of the country’s most wanted commanders of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). “We carried out the suicide bombing in Karachi,” Asmatullah Shaheen, a top militant commander based in South Waziristan, told news agencies by telephone from an undisclosed location.

“We will carry out more such attacks and also target government installations.”

The government announced a Rs10 million bounty for Shaheen when it published a list last month of 19 most-wanted TTP warlords, for whom it offered combined rewards equivalent to five million dollars.

Shaheen does not normally claim responsibility for attacks on behalf of the militants. But he said that Monday’s bombing had been assigned to his group, and so he was making the claim.

However, investigators in Karachi are not ready to believe it was a suicide attack and have called in their NWFP counterparts to help them determine the nature and make of the explosives used in the bombing.

Although Karachi city police chief Waseem Ahmed has set up two teams with different tasks related to investigations, he said he had sent an urgent request to the NWFP police chief to send in a team of experts who could help determine the nature of the blast.

“Several aspects need to be checked thoroughly and until that (is done) we cannot say with authority anything about the (blast’s) execution,” said Mr Ahmed.

Meanwhile, Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders at a press conference called upon President Asif Ali Zardari to constitute an inquiry commission comprising judges of the Supreme Court to investigate the Ashura attack and the incidents of arson so that culprits behind these incidents could be unmasked.

The party’s coordination committee member Raza Haroon demanded of the government to declare the Boulton Market a calamity-hit area and urged it to exempt from taxes the traders from there. —Agencies


DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Taliban own Karachi Ashura carnage


TTP denies hand in Karachi procession attack

KARACHI: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday denied any involvement in the Karachi Ashura procession attack which killed 44 people and left dozens others injured.

Azam Tariq, the TTP spokesman, denied having any involvement in the attack and said militant commander Azmatullah Shaheen's claim was baseless and that he 'acted on his own will'.

The TTP, said Tariq, does not target public places in Pakistan.

Earlier, on Wednesday, Asmatullah Shaheen, a top militant commander based in South Waziristan told news agencies by telephone that the TTP was behind the attack, warning that they would carry out more such attacks and also target government installations. —DawnNews


DAWN.COM | Pakistan | TTP denies hand in Karachi procession attack


Who do we listen to???

azam tarik did'nt disown asmatullah as a part of TTP, he only said that guy's faction did it at its own. conclusion: all is not well within TTP. After losing support within settled areas of Pakistan the TTP is disintegrating in tribal areas as well.The onslaught by Pakistan Army is too much for the terrorists, they are on the run and attacks like the one in Karachi or the one in moon market Lahore or the one in meena bazaar Peshawar are a clear reflection of the desperation of terrorist elements. Very soon the tribals are going to make sure that they kick out these ruthless barbarians out of the entire FATA. It now does'nt matter much whether the TTP owns such attacks or not, it's doomed.It's bursting at the seams and its different factions are at their own.The time taken to nominate the sucesssor to baitullah mehsud also indicated that this organization was falling apart. Although its foreign masters,the RAW will make all out efforts to save it from total collapse, i can see the beginning of the end to one of the most ruthless and barbaric terrorist organisation.

 

[TruthSeeker]

Typical Blackwater disinformation campaign. It is all cleverly designed to confuse the very intelligent and insightful Pakistani public. The Pakistani media should ask Imran Khan to sort out the truth. He probably knows exactly who is responsible.