07-09-2007, 02:47 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Suicide jackets distributed among Lal mosque militants </b>
ISLAMABAD: The suicide jackets have been distributed among the Lal Mosque militants and they could resort to suicide attacks, the reports said.
A foreign news agency quoting the security authorities said that a big action is likely to be taken against the militants holed up in Lal mosque.
Islamic militants from a group linked to Al-Qaeda and to the murder of Daniel Pearl are believed to be leading hold-outs at a Pakistani mosque, officials and a mosque source said.
At least two commanders from the banned group Harkatul-Jihad-e-Islami, whose name means Movement of Islamic Holy War, are inside the besieged Red Mosque in Islamabad, the officials said on condition of anonymity.
"We believe there are militants from Harkatul-Jihad-e-Islami, which was involved in the Pearl murder. Based on intelligence we suspect that two commanders from the group are in there," one senior official told a foreign newswire.
"They have taken control and they are putting up fierce resistance." The information was based on "intercepts" and other intelligence, the officials said, without naming the men.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
ISLAMABAD: The suicide jackets have been distributed among the Lal Mosque militants and they could resort to suicide attacks, the reports said.
A foreign news agency quoting the security authorities said that a big action is likely to be taken against the militants holed up in Lal mosque.
Islamic militants from a group linked to Al-Qaeda and to the murder of Daniel Pearl are believed to be leading hold-outs at a Pakistani mosque, officials and a mosque source said.
At least two commanders from the banned group Harkatul-Jihad-e-Islami, whose name means Movement of Islamic Holy War, are inside the besieged Red Mosque in Islamabad, the officials said on condition of anonymity.
"We believe there are militants from Harkatul-Jihad-e-Islami, which was involved in the Pearl murder. Based on intelligence we suspect that two commanders from the group are in there," one senior official told a foreign newswire.
"They have taken control and they are putting up fierce resistance." The information was based on "intercepts" and other intelligence, the officials said, without naming the men.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->