BRUM LINK TO KILLER BLASTS; Terror mastermind 'behind bombings'.Byline: BEN GOLDBY A MILITANT group
The Militant Group was an early British Trotskyist group, formed in 1935 by Denzil Dean Harber, former leader of the Marxist Group, as an entrist group headed by Birmingham-born terror mastermind Rashid Rauf Rashid Rauf, a dual citizen of Britiain and Pakistan, was arrested in Bhawalpur, Pakistan in connection with the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot in August 2006, a day before the arrests were made in Britain. has been linked to the new wave of deadly violence in Pakistan. The country was rocked by a series of bombings on Wednesday - including a huge car blast in Peshawar - which have killed more than 100 people. Now it has emerged Rauf and his Jaish-e-Mohammed group had reportedly linked up with Taliban fighters for the attacks. Around 300 Pakistanis have died in more than ten separate bombing raids in the space of a month, as the army looks to rid the disputed Kashmir Swat Swat (swät), district of the Malakand division, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Saidu Sharif is the capital. The largely inaccessible region is reached by air and through mountain passes from the south and east. Valley of Taliban-backed insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. . Recent simultaneous attacks in Kohat, Lahore and Peshawar have been attributed to the Pakistani branch of the Taliban. They continue to defy security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the despite their feared leader Baitullah Mehsud being killed in a US drone attack in August. The bombings bear the hallmarks of Rauf 's "terror spectaculars", which included the 2006 liquid bomb plot to down ten transatlantic planes using makeshift bombs made from Lucozade bottles. The recent carnage in Pakistan has been launched from South Waziristan, where the Brummie is believed to be hiding out. Last month we revealed the baker's son survived a US drone attack in November 2008, despite claims he was among those who died in a missile strike on suspected Al Qaida militants. Pakistani papers have reported that Rauf, 28, is among a number of high profile Kashmiri militants to join the ranks of the Taliban in tribal borderlands. His well-trained, battle-hardened Jaish-e-Mohammed fighters are also understood to be actively involved in the planning and execution of suicide attacks and car bombings. The former Washwood Heath High pupil was named number five in a secret list of the top ten most wanted terror operatives in the lawless tribal regions of North West Pakistan. The list, distributed to field commanders in September, showed for the first time that Rauf, a chief recruiter for Al Qaeda attacks in Europe, is still at large despite last November's US airstrike. The body of Rauf, whose arrest led to the capture of the three men convicted earlier this year of plotting transatlantic airline liquid bomb attacks, was never produced - and no DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. were samples taken to confirm that he died. His family has consistently denied he is dead and signals intelligence intercepts by the CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). and other intelligence agencies suggest he is still on the run. Rauf turned to terrorism after fleeing to Pakistan in 2002 following the brutal murder of his uncle Mohammed Saeed in Alum Rock, Birmingham Alum Rock (also known as "The Rock") is an inner-city suburb located roughly 2 miles east of Birmingham city centre, and is officially a division of Saltley. . He met and married a close relative of Maulana Masood Azhar Maulana Masood Azhar is a former clergyman who's family settled in Bahawalpur, Pakistan at the time of its independence. He is active in Terrorist activities in the Kashmir valley. , the notorious founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed, in 2003. Since then he has risen to become a leading figure in the group and is reported to be Al Qaida's contact for British men travelling to Pakistan to fight allied forces in Afghanistan. ben.goldby@sundaymercury.net CAPTION(S): LINKED: Terror mastermind Rashid Rauf. DEVASTATION: People visit the site of Wednesday's huge car blast in Peshawar, Pakistan |
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