Author: PTI
Publication: The Times of India
Date: April 26, 2009
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Baitullah-sends-300-terrorists-to-Pak/articleshow/4451064.cms
Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud plans
to carry out terror attacks in major cities, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi
and Lahore, and has despatched his top five commanders along with 300 terrorists
and suicide bombers to execute the mission.
The five Taliban commanders will supervise
the terrorist operations planned by Mehsud and the Taliban Himayat Tehrik
in these cities, interior ministry sources told The News daily.
The Taliban commanders who had left North
Waziristan on the mission were identified by intelligence agencies as Shikaari,
Inayatullah, Walid, Mujahid and Abdali, sources said.
A security official said the Taliban commanders
had left North Waziristan Agency for Islamabad on April 11 along with an explosives-laden
Toyota Corolla car with the registration number IDG-8720.
The sources, quoting an intelligence report,
said about 300 terrorists and suicide bombers would reach Islamabad with the
five commanders.
However, law enforcement agencies are unaware
whether the militants have reached their destination or postponed their operation,
the official said.
Interior Secretary Kamal Shah confirmed the
report and said foolproof security measures have been adopted to thwart the
threats.
"The law enforcement agencies have chalked
out counter strategies to deal with the situation," he said.
