Monday, May 23, 2011

The wave of violence leaves 27 dead in the Arab world

A wave of bombings in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan left at least 27 people yesterday. The deadliest attack happened in the Iraqi city of Taji, located 20 kilometers from Baghdad. A roadside bomb hit a U.S. military convoy and when police arrived, a suicide bomber walked into the crowd and detonated his explosives.

The balance was seven policemen and five civilians dead and 30 others injured. Earlier in Sadr City, a bomb hidden in trash killed one person and five more died after the explosion of a car bomb. In Pakistan, four soldiers were killed and nine wounded in a terrorist attack on a military base in the city of Karachi in the south of the country.

"It's a terrorist attack, more than 10 terrorists are inside, attacked a Marine air base located within the Air Force base, "said Shafudin Memon, head of the provincial Ministry of the Interior. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, condemned the bombing, which claimed the time was not, although they believe are behind the Taliban, who complain that Islamabad supported Washington's "war on terrorism" and accused the government and army of being accomplices of the U.S.

operation that culminated in the death of the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, on 2 May. In Afghanistan, Taliban attacked a police headquarters in Khost city, a move that left at least six officers dead. This operation was claimed by the Taliban, which is a new attack of the insurgency to more sensitive and theoretically protected and comes a day after another suicide bombing at a military hospital in Kabul that left six dead.

Saif al Adel, the new leader of Al Qaeda after the death of Osama bin Laden, vowed to "crush" London in revenge for the killing of Arab leaders, according to British newspaper Daily Mail "Our new leader has called for large plan London, "said Taliban spokesman, Ahsan Ahsanulá. "He believes that the UK is the backbone of Europe, and therefore must be crushed." The agency Europa Press reported that in response to increased threats against the British capital, British Transport Police (BTP) states the option to allow officers carry guns on trains in the capital, in stations and subway .

The transport secretary, Philip Hammond, could announce the plan next week. On the other hand, the U.S. central monitoring Islamist websites, SITE, revealed an audio message in which Ayman al Zawahiri, considered the number two of Al Qaeda, encouraged popular uprisings in the Arab world and called for the implementation of the sharia, Islamic law in Egypt.

The 49-minute message was recorded before operating on 2 May that killed Osama bin Laden. According to SITE, Zawahiri warned the Libyans against the bombing of the Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), stating that it seeks to "replace" Colonel Muammar Gadhafi to "his own tyrannical regime." But it also calls on Muslims from North Africa to procure weapons and join the fight against Gadhafi.

Our leader asked a grand plan for London. Believes that the UK is the backbone of Europe and therefore must be crushed Taliban spokesman.

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