Taliban Chief Vows 'Amazing' Attack on Washington 'Soon'

$$ICE$$ · 04-01-2009, 07:18 PM

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, ****stan — The commander of the ****stani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a ****stani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the White House that would "amaze" the world.
Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the U.S., said Monday's attack on the outskirts of the eastern city of Lahore was retaliation for U.S. missile strikes against militants along the Afghan border.
"Soon we will launch an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world," Mehsud told The Associated Press by phone. He provided no details.
Mehsud has never been directly linked to any attacks outside ****stan, but attacks blamed on his network of fighters have widened in scope and ambition in recent years. The threat comes days after President Barack Obama warned that Al Qaeda is actively planning attacks on the United States from secret havens in ****stan.
****stan's former government and the CIA named Mehsud as the prime suspect behind the December 2007 killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. ****stani officials accuse him of harboring foreign fighters, including Central Asians linked to Al Qaeda, and of training suicide bombers.

In his latest comments, Mehsud identified the White House as one of the targets in an interview with local Dewa Radio, a copy of which was obtained by the AP.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said he had not seen any reports of Mehsud's comments but that he would "take the threat under consideration."
Mehsud also claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing that killed four soldiers Monday in Bannu district and a suicide attack targeting a police station in Islamabad last week that killed one officer.
Such attacks pose a major test for the weak, year-old civilian administration of ****stani President Asif Ali Zardari that has been gripped with political turmoil in recent weeks.
An Interior Ministry spokesman said it was too early to respond to Mehsud's claim, but the Interior Ministry chief said Monday that authorities had information linking the attack to Mehsud. He said at least one of the attackers arrived in Lahore about 15 days ago from Mehsud's stronghold of South Waziristan near the border with ****stan and rented a house.
The gunmen who attacked the police academy killed seven police and two civilians, holding security forces at bay for about eight hours before being overpowered by ****stani commandos. Some of the attackers wore police uniforms, and they took hostages and tossed grenades during the assault.
Earlier Tuesday, a spokesman from a little-known militant group linked to the ****stani Taliban also claimed responsibility for the attack and a similar ambush-style attack against the Sri Lankan cricket team earlier this month in Lahore. It was not immediately possible to reconcile the two claims.
Omar Farooq, who said he is the spokesman for Fedayeen al-Islam, said the group would carry out more attacks unless ****stani troops withdraw from tribal areas near the Afghan border and the U.S. stops its drone strikes. The group previously said it was behind the deadly September bombing of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad that killed 54 people.
Mehsud declined to comment on Fedayeen al-Islam's claim that it carried out the attack or to say whether the group is linked to his own. The ****stani Taliban leader also said he was not deterred by the U.S. bounty on his head: "I wish to die and embrace martyrdom."
The AP has spoken to Mehsud several times in the past and recognized his voice, and a request for an interview with Mehsud was submitted through his aide. The militant leader also granted phone interviews to other media organizations.
The ****stani Taliban has links with Al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban militants who have launched attacks against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan from a base in the border region between the two countries.
****stan faces tremendous U.S. pressure to eradicate militants from its soil and has launched several military operations in the Afghan border region.
The U.S. has stepped up drone attacks against militants in the area, causing tension with ****stani officials who protest they are a violation of the country's sovereignty and kill innocent civilians.
Monday's highly coordinated attack highlighted that militants in the country pose a threat far outside the border region. It prompted Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik, ****stan's top civilian security official, to say that militant groups were "destabilizing the country."
After gunmen stormed the academy, masses of security forces surrounded the compound, exchanging fire in televised scenes reminiscent of the militant siege in the Indian city of Mumbai in November and the attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team.
Officials Tuesday were still trying to sort out how many attackers were involved, giving varying accounts to the media.
A senior Lahore police investigator, Zulfikar Hameed, told the AP that three of the attackers blew themselves up when commandos retook the police academy and one was shot by security forces. Hameed said it was difficult to say precisely how many militants carried out the attack and some may have escaped.
Tasneem Qureshi, a top official at the Interior Ministry, told an Express News TV that four attackers were in custody and "one, who was wounded, managed to escape."
Punjab police chief, Khawaja Khalid Farooq, said one of the captured militants had provided useful information and that about 50 other people in Lahore were detained overnight for questioning.

**Hudson** · 04-01-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by $$ICE$$

said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the White House that would "amaze" the world.

He sounds more like a magician than a terrorist.

I wouldn't imagine the CIA or Homeland security or whoever is in charge is too worried. Its one thing to **** up a target in ****stan but I've been in D.C and unless its literally something amazing (i.e something completely original like burrowing up into the white house in the technodrome)I cant see a group whose m.o is assaults and bombings getting close to the whitehouse.

$$ICE$$ · 04-01-2009, 07:32 PM

No one expected the plane thing lol and they have had 8 years to plan another magic trick so you never know.

**Hudson** · 04-01-2009, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by $$ICE$$

No one expected the plane thing lol and they have had 8 years to plan another magic trick so you never know.

Yeah but now you've taken precautions against hijackers. Thats what I mean, it has to be something no one expects because there is precautions against everything else, particularly around the white house.

I'd say he was just vamping for his supporters, like when a band says your city is 'the best damn audience ever'.

Swagger · 04-01-2009, 08:20 PM

If anything happens it will be because our President is staging it with them.

twinkle toez · 04-01-2009, 08:59 PM

wow.. for some reason reading this I had such a sence of deja-vu .. All I can say Is these people are worse than heathens and they attack just because they are bloodthirsty villians .. It does not matter what the United Staes or any countrydoes for that matter .. they kill even their own ..just because they are evil men. I wish we had nuked that whole part of the world. minus the innocents that would be no loss to this world . I hope they burn in hell .

Sarah1975 · 04-01-2009, 09:42 PM

Swagger, I hope you are wrong...but wouldnt be shocked if you aren't... and Doodz...I agree, may they burn .

ßäbý ®ü±h · 04-01-2009, 11:52 PM

i like how he wasn't directly blamed for anything out of pakistan
he kinda just blew his cover

Unknown Soldier · 04-02-2009, 06:33 AM

I don't know (and don't care) if this one is talking out his ass or not ... it's to be expected. *Refer back to "chickens coming home to roost" comment from years back.

Kudos to them if they can get through the ghetto to get to the "White" House.

I did find one thing curious tho ...

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The threat comes days after President Barack Obama warned that Al Qaeda is actively planning attacks on the United States from secret havens in ****stan.

.. how does he know?.. Cousins dropped him a line,eh? Email? Tweeker? ....

**Hudson** · 04-02-2009, 06:49 AM

Obama wants a mandate to escalate attacks on ****stan so he says Al Qaeda is planning to attack the US from inside ****stan (which is probably true because what else is A.Q going to do with its time)

Luckily, coincidentally (or strategically) this guy no one in the west had heard of says he's a big bad terrorist and capable of attacking not just America, not just Washington D.C but the very white house itself.

Either this guy is just hyping himself and his groups capacities up because he likes the aura around him of 'terrorist mastermind' or this has been picked up on/planted to make the Taliban in ****stan seem like more of a threat.

A "terrorists" job is to make people afraid,concerned,worried,etc,etc,etc. Essentially what I'm saying is don't believe everything you read in the papers. Just because some guy in a cave with a beard and an AK says he can attack America doesn't mean he can.

04-01-2009, 07:18 PM	#1
$$ICE$$ I talk too much! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In your closet beside the umbrella. Posts: 1,584	Taliban Chief Vows 'Amazing' Attack on Washington 'Soon' DERA ISMAIL KHAN, **stan — The commander of the stani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a stani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the White House that would "amaze" the world. Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the U.S., said Monday's attack on the outskirts of the eastern city of Lahore was retaliation for U.S. missile strikes against militants along the Afghan border. "Soon we will launch an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world," Mehsud told The Associated Press by phone. He provided no details. Mehsud has never been directly linked to any attacks outside stan, but attacks blamed on his network of fighters have widened in scope and ambition in recent years. The threat comes days after President Barack Obama warned that Al Qaeda is actively planning attacks on the United States from secret havens in stan. stan's former government and the CIA named Mehsud as the prime suspect behind the December 2007 killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. stani officials accuse him of harboring foreign fighters, including Central Asians linked to Al Qaeda, and of training suicide bombers. In his latest comments, Mehsud identified the White House as one of the targets in an interview with local Dewa Radio, a copy of which was obtained by the AP. In Washington, State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said he had not seen any reports of Mehsud's comments but that he would "take the threat under consideration." Mehsud also claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing that killed four soldiers Monday in Bannu district and a suicide attack targeting a police station in Islamabad last week that killed one officer. Such attacks pose a major test for the weak, year-old civilian administration of stani President Asif Ali Zardari that has been gripped with political turmoil in recent weeks. An Interior Ministry spokesman said it was too early to respond to Mehsud's claim, but the Interior Ministry chief said Monday that authorities had information linking the attack to Mehsud. He said at least one of the attackers arrived in Lahore about 15 days ago from Mehsud's stronghold of South Waziristan near the border with stan and rented a house. The gunmen who attacked the police academy killed seven police and two civilians, holding security forces at bay for about eight hours before being overpowered by stani commandos. Some of the attackers wore police uniforms, and they took hostages and tossed grenades during the assault. Earlier Tuesday, a spokesman from a little-known militant group linked to the stani Taliban also claimed responsibility for the attack and a similar ambush-style attack against the Sri Lankan cricket team earlier this month in Lahore. It was not immediately possible to reconcile the two claims. Omar Farooq, who said he is the spokesman for Fedayeen al-Islam, said the group would carry out more attacks unless stani troops withdraw from tribal areas near the Afghan border and the U.S. stops its drone strikes. The group previously said it was behind the deadly September bombing of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad that killed 54 people. Mehsud declined to comment on Fedayeen al-Islam's claim that it carried out the attack or to say whether the group is linked to his own. The stani Taliban leader also said he was not deterred by the U.S. bounty on his head: "I wish to die and embrace martyrdom." The AP has spoken to Mehsud several times in the past and recognized his voice, and a request for an interview with Mehsud was submitted through his aide. The militant leader also granted phone interviews to other media organizations. The stani Taliban has links with Al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban militants who have launched attacks against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan from a base in the border region between the two countries. stan faces tremendous U.S. pressure to eradicate militants from its soil and has launched several military operations in the Afghan border region. The U.S. has stepped up drone attacks against militants in the area, causing tension with stani officials who protest they are a violation of the country's sovereignty and kill innocent civilians. Monday's highly coordinated attack highlighted that militants in the country pose a threat far outside the border region. It prompted Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik, *stan's top civilian security official, to say that militant groups were "destabilizing the country." After gunmen stormed the academy, masses of security forces surrounded the compound, exchanging fire in televised scenes reminiscent of the militant siege in the Indian city of Mumbai in November and the attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team. Officials Tuesday were still trying to sort out how many attackers were involved, giving varying accounts to the media. A senior Lahore police investigator, Zulfikar Hameed, told the AP that three of the attackers blew themselves up when commandos retook the police academy and one was shot by security forces. Hameed said it was difficult to say precisely how many militants carried out the attack and some may have escaped. Tasneem Qureshi, a top official at the Interior Ministry, told an Express News TV that four attackers were in custody and "one, who was wounded, managed to escape." Punjab police chief, Khawaja Khalid Farooq, said one of the captured militants had provided useful information and that about 50 other people in Lahore were detained overnight for questioning. __________________ Last edited by $$ICE$$; 04-01-2009 at 07:23 PM.*

04-01-2009, 07:32 PM	#3
$$ICE$$ I talk too much! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In your closet beside the umbrella. Posts: 1,584	No one expected the plane thing lol and they have had 8 years to plan another magic trick so you never know. __________________

04-01-2009, 08:20 PM	#5
Swagger Junior Chatterbox Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Posts: 1,067	If anything happens it will be because our President is staging it with them. __________________

04-01-2009, 08:59 PM	#6
twinkle toez Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 8,567 Blog Entries: 3	wow.. for some reason reading this I had such a sence of deja-vu .. All I can say Is these people are worse than heathens and they attack just because they are bloodthirsty villians .. It does not matter what the United Staes or any countrydoes for that matter .. they kill even their own ..just because they are evil men. I wish we had nuked that whole part of the world. minus the innocents that would be no loss to this world . I hope they burn in hell . __________________

04-01-2009, 11:52 PM	#8
ßäbý ®ü±h College Chat Mod Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: drama free zone Posts: 5,033 Blog Entries: 1	i like how he wasn't directly blamed for anything out of pakistan he kinda just blew his cover __________________ . +o(

04-01-2009, 09:42 PM	#7
Sarah1975 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: I live in the midwest USA Posts: 693	Swagger, I hope you are wrong...but wouldnt be shocked if you aren't... and Doodz...I agree, may they burn .

04-02-2009, 06:49 AM	#10
Hudson Universal Forum Mod Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Terroristland Posts: 5,918 Blog Entries: 52	Obama wants a mandate to escalate attacks on **stan so he says Al Qaeda is planning to attack the US from inside stan (which is probably true because what else is A.Q going to do with its time) Luckily, coincidentally (or strategically) this guy no one in the west had heard of says he's a big bad terrorist and capable of attacking not just America, not just Washington D.C but the very white house itself. Either this guy is just hyping himself and his groups capacities up because he likes the aura around him of 'terrorist mastermind' or this has been picked up on/planted to make the Taliban in **stan seem like more of a threat. A "terrorists" job is to make people afraid,concerned,worried,etc,etc,etc. Essentially what I'm saying is don't believe everything you read in the papers. Just because some guy in a cave with a beard and an AK says he can attack America doesn't mean he can. __________________ (D.S.G)

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