All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up

Washington Times:

Despite growing success targeting militants in Pakistan's northwest, the U.S. is refusing to share intelligence with Pakistan about al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban leaders thought to be hiding in the southwest province of Baluchistan, three senior Pakistani officials say. (read the article

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CNN:

Several people who traveled from New York to Pakistan last year with a man accused of plotting a terrorist attack have since returned to the United States, sources close to the investigation told CNN. (read the article)

AFP:

Pakistan's military has ordered an inquiry into a video clip apparently showing members of the security forces viciously beating suspected militants, the army spokesman said Saturday. (read the article)

BBC:

Pakistan's Supreme court is set to hear petitions seeking the prosecution of the main opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif, for murder. (read the article)

AP:
The Pakistani Taliban acknowledged Tuesday that the militants' top leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was dead, ending weeks of claims and counterclaims over his fate following a U.S. missile strike on his father-in-law's home this month (read the article)

The Daily Times:

Elements in the intelligence agencies who were sympathetic towards terrorists had resigned and had been arrested, a private TV channel quoted Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday, adding they were officers of the rank of major and wanted to target army generals. (read the article)

New York Times:
To government psychiatrists, Aafia Siddiqui has been faking symptoms of mental illness, hoping to avoid a criminal trial on charges of trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan.
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Los Angeles Times:
Baitullah Mahsud was at the funeral of a militant commander but left before a suspected U.S. drone attack that killed 80 people, residents in South Waziristan say.
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New York Times:
At least 13 people have been killed and several wounded in an attack Thursday suspected to have been carried by American drones against the camp of a local Taliban commander in South Waziristan, a Pakistani intelligence official based in the area said.
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New York Times:
American officials say they are seeing the first evidence that dozens of fighters with Al Qaeda, and a small handful of the terrorist group’s leaders, are moving to Somalia and Yemen from their principal haven in Pakistan’s tribal areas. In communications that are being watched carefully at the Pentagon, the White House and the Central Intelligence Agency, the terrorist groups in all three locations are now communicating more frequently, and apparently trying to coordinate their actions, the officials said.
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