ISLAMABAD,
April 13 (IslamOnline) – An informed Pakistani security source
expressed fears of U.S. citizens being taken hostage to pressurize
Israel to release thousands of Palestinian detainees. The source
explained that this could be executed by pro-Palestinian Pakistani or
Afghani groups.
The
source specified the areas where U.S. citizens could be exposed to
such risks: southern and eastern parts as well as states neighboring
the border strip inhabited by Pashtun tribes, including Kandahar,
Zabel, Ghazni, Baktica, Baktia and Khost.
The
source, who asked to remain unnamed, told IslamOnline: “There is a
remarkable increase of attacks on U.S., international and pro-U.S.
Afghani troops in Kandahar, Kabul and Khost as well as different
Afghani areas, particularly after the start of the barbaric campaign
led by Sharon against the Palestinians, and in light of evident U.S.
support of Israel.”
The
leader of the Taliban movement, Mulla Mohamed Omar issued a statement
days ago, published in Pakistani papers, and maintained that he was
prepared to fight U.S. troops in Afghanistan until death.
Mulla
Omar wonders in his statement about the U.S. pretexts for supporting
Zionist terrorism and the barbarc treatment of the Zionist entity for
the unarmed Palestinian people. He has pledged to take revenge upon
the Americans for the injustice done to the Palestinian people.
Days
after the statement was issued by Taliban movement leader, the
Al-Qaeda network issued a statement – published by Pakistani media
– entitled “A message from Al-Qaeda to our Islamic nation &
heroic people of Palestine.”
The
Al-Qaeda statement says that the war against the U.S. will continue.
It makes it clear that Osama bin Laden is safe, secure and in good
health, and that he is preparing a jihad program based on the current
developments.
The
statement also says that the 18 Americans taken hostage by the Taliban
during Operation Anaconda in Gardez under the leadership of Saifullah
have all been killed.
A
handwritten statement, distributed on April 10 in Kandahar, warns
traitors of cooperating with U.S. troops in Afghanistan by providing
them with information. The statement says that U.S. troops will depart
someday, leaving them to face each other. The statement also pledges
to take revenge upon the Americans.
Sources
say that the “arrested suspects from Al-Qaeda in Faisalabad and
Lahore planned to target U.S. interests in Pakistan, in retaliation
for the injustice done by the U.S.-supported Zionist entity to the
unarmed Palestinian people.”
