First claim by al-Qaeda subcontinent wing: Pakistan Navy men ours

KGB agent · Sep 15, 2014

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First claim by al-Qaeda subcontinent wing: Pakistan Navy men ours

The newly-formed Indian subcontinent division of transnational terror group al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for Saturday night’s attack on a Naval dockyard in Karachi — the organisation’s first strike since its existence was made public last month. The attackers, the statement said, were former Pakistan Navy officers-turned-jihadists who were attempting to hijack a missile frigate to stage an attack on a United States aircraft carrier.
The claim was made in a statement released online on Thursday — the 13th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks — by Usama Mahmood, the spokesperson for Qaidat al-Jihad fi’Shibhi al-Qarrat al-Hindiya, or al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).
Few details are available on the attack, in which a Pakistan Navy officer was reported killed along with two terrorists. Karachi police chief Ghulam Qadir Thebo told the media that the slain attackers included former Naval official Owais Jhakrani, the son of senior police officer Ali Sher Jhakrani. Pakistani media reports said the attackers succeeded in briefly seizing control of the Chinese-made F22P-type frigate, the Zulfiqar.
Mahmood’s statement — in Urdu — says, “The Naval officers who were martyred on Saturday in the attack in Karachi were al-Qaeda members. They were trying to attack American marines and their cronies”. Following training at an al-Qaeda camp, the men were tasked with hijacking the missiles through which they were to attack an American carrier, says the note.
“They had taken over control of the ship and were proceeding to attack the American carrier when they were intercepted by the Pakistan military,” the statement says. “These men thus became martyrs. The Pakistani military men who died defending enemies of the Muslim nation, on the other hand, are cursed with hell”.
In a brief statement which did not describe the circumstances of the attack, the Pakistan Navy said four attackers had been arrested, leading to raids by “intelligence agencies which led to arrest of other collaborators and accomplices from different parts of the country.” Karachi-based newspapers have reported that those arrested included two Naval officers, but there has been no official confirmation.
Mahmood’s statement promises that al-Qaeda will soon released the videotaped last testaments of the attackers — a longstanding practice of the organisation. The release of the videotapes could enhance the credibility of the claim, which comes in the wake of similar but less-detailed statements by two rival factions of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan — both, however, with links to al-Qaeda.
In March 2011, Tehreek-e-Taliban and al-Qaeda cadre had stormed the PNS Mehran airbase near Karachi, destroying military assets including P-3C Orion aircraft valued at $35 million, and killing 15 military personnel. Muhammad Aqeel, one of the terrorists captured during the strike, was a former Pakistan Army nurse, while three Naval officers were court-martialled for aiding the attack.
Brigadier Ali Khan, serving at the military headquarters in Rawalpindi, was held in connection with a 2009 terrorist attack on the continued…
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A nuclear armed country is rigged with islamism. Being a temporary Captain Obvious, I must say that it is a very serious threat. Today they are capturing frigates, I guess it is only a matter of time they get close enough to nukes.
Take it as you wish.

AlpinLuke · Sep 15, 2014

A nuclear armed country is rigged with islamism. Being a temporary Captain Obvious, I must say that it is a very serious threat. Today they are capturing frigates, I guess it is only a matter of time they get close enough to nukes.
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Don't underestimate Pakistani military security, it's not that easy for fundamentalists to "get close enough to nukes" ...

KGB agent · Sep 17, 2014

They controlled the navy vessel for two hours. The vessel, which is capable of sinking another ship at 120 km distance.

You are underestimating their economical and political instability and weakness, which are used by islamists very well in Iraq.

Regular Joe · Sep 17, 2014

The excerpt says that the idea was to attack a US Carrier. Rotsa Ruck.
The frigate *might* be able to sink an undefended freighter or recreational cruiser, but against ANY US Naval vessel, they wouldn't get within 120 miles. If they did manage to launch a missile, that wouldn't get within 5 miles. It's a good thing I read this little thread, as I need something to make me sleepy....

KGB agent · Sep 18, 2014

Regular Joe said: ↑

The excerpt says that the idea was to attack a US Carrier. Rotsa Ruck.
The frigate *might* be able to sink an undefended freighter or recreational cruiser, but against ANY US Naval vessel, they wouldn't get within 120 miles. If they did manage to launch a missile, that wouldn't get within 5 miles. It's a good thing I read this little thread, as I need something to make me sleepy....
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Oh, wet dreams are sooooo wet.

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Same Issues · Sep 20, 2014

KGB agent said: ↑

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That was somewhat surprising

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