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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Threatens Pakistani Lawmakers and Truck Drivers Against Resumption Of NATO Supplies, Says 'The Lawmakers Should Know That They Would Not Be Safe In Their Homes'

March 30, 2012, 11:58 am -0400

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP or the Movement of Pakistani Taliban) has threatened to target Pakistani parliamentarians and political leaders if they gave approval to the reopening of routes for transporting supplies to the U.S. and NATO ...

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September 13, 2011, 8:13 pm -0400

Video of French Hostages in Yemen Emerges Yemeni Opposition Rejects President Saleh's Offer for Dialogue Egyptians Protest Reestablishment of Emergency Laws Saudi Arabia to Establish World Center for Discourse ...

Pakistani Taliban Kidnaps Pakistani Children to Exert Pressure on Pakistani and Afghan Governments

September 13, 2011, 2:09 pm -0400

Following are excerpts from a report on Pakistani children kidnapped by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which aired on Al-Jazeera on September 8, 2011. To read the full report, click here. YOU MUST BE A JTTM SUBSCRIBER TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT. ...

Kurdish Alliance Threatens to Boycott Government and Parliament if Oil Law Adopted

September 13, 2011, 12:24 pm -0400

The Kurdish Alliance [comprising the two leading Kurdish political parties] has threatened to boycott the government and parliament if the government version of hydrocarbon law was approved by the majority in parliament. The Kurds claim that the ...

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Denies Recruiting Children: 'The Islamic Emirate has Not Been Facing Any Shortage of Manpower of Mujahideen'

September 13, 2011, 12:23 pm -0400

In a new statement, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban's shadow government) has criticized media reports that the Taliban use young children for martyrdom operations. To read the full report, click here. YOU MUST BE A JTTM ...

Allawi: National Partnership is Difficult to Attain; Solution in Early Elections

September 13, 2011, 12:22 pm -0400

In a comprehensive interview with the daily al-Sharq al-Awsat, the leader of al-Iraqiya bloc, Ayad Allawi, maintains that the lack of confidence among the leaders of the various political groups would render national partnership in government ...

AQAP Takes Responsibility For A Suicide Attack Against Houthis, Decries U.S. Air Strikes Against Civilian Targets In Yemen

September 13, 2011, 12:22 pm -0400

On September 12, 2011, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) published two separate statements on the Shumoukh Al-Islam Internet forum in which it claimed responsibility for a suicide attack against a Shi'ite Houthi gathering in the town of ...

Al-Sadr, Al-Maliki Rapprochement; Redrawing of Political Map

September 13, 2011, 12:21 pm -0400

The Iraqi government appears to have accepted the three conditions set by the pro-Iran Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to postpone the anti-government "demonstration of one ...

New Releases from Al-Qaeda's Media Wing Al-Sahab Celebrating 10th Anniversary of 9/11: Al-Zawahiri in Audio Message: 'Arab Spring' Will Be 'American Winter'; Bin Laden in Previously Unreleased Video Message: Major U.S. Corporations Are the Real World Lead

September 13, 2011, 12:21 pm -0400

Note to media and government: For a full copy of this report, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email. On September 12, 2011, the ...