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US men held in Pak tried to join terror groups
Washington, Dec 11 (PTI)
Five Americans arrested in Pakistan have been grilled by the FBI and US security agencies and had tried to join terrorist groups linked to al Qaeda intending to travel to the Taliban heartland in the country's restive northwest.
Police officials said the five men were planning to strike ''sensitive installations'' in Pakistan. All the five were picked up with their laptops, maps and videos suggesting that they intended to join extremist terrorist groups to fight US forces in Afghanistan, media reports said.
The five men were arrested on Wednesday in Sargodha, about 180 kilometres south of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, and were all US citizens with origins in other countries, including two Pakistani-Americans, one Egyptian-American and two Ethiopian-Americans.
"They tried to contact jihadi groups in Pakistan through YouTube and other websites," Sargodha district police chief Usman Anwar was quoted by the media as saying.
"From the documents and maps that they were carrying, it appeared that their destination was Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal district. This indicates what they were up to."
North Waziristan is where Al-Qaeda, Taliban and other militant groups have carved out sanctuaries and training camps in the hostile region outside direct government control.
In an interview with CNN, the Pakistani official said: "They were there for jihad... They could have done anything. They had US passports. They would have access to many, many places."
Their arrests have raised fears that Muslim radicalisation is gaining momentum in the US, creating high-value recruits for Islamist groups.
As these reports came in, President Barack Obama vowed an investigation into how and why the five men left the US for Pakistan.
"There will undoubtedly be a series of investigations surrounding these events, so I'd prefer not to comment on them at this point," Obama said.
Mindful of how easily Muslim Americans can gain access to distorted and extremist teachings on the Web, Obama warned the Administration would have to ensure that Internet did not "affect our young people."
Its time we eradicated this religion;the most belligerant and the most impassionate religion which cant get along with any other religion or within itself(shia sunni conflict),from this world.It has no respect to irs own followers` life or others,They like to kill and get killed.We must not flinch or hesitate to kill these `koran morons` lest they kill us.I am sure they wont think twice to kill any of us.They are all like Ajmal Kasabs.We must do this before they they get the nukes; cause they will demolish all others like they demolished the `Buddah` statue.They simply dont care about the consequences,Defenitely no-brainers on this aspect.We must torture them giving them Hyderabad Goli,pricking them with a small Pin till they die,take videos and publish those pictures in mass media so that even if they are going to get the virgins after their death,they have to go through this ordeal.This might plug their desire to become `Jihadis`.We must also do the same as these Koran Morans did when they propagated their Hirrible religion+`capture and convert` them to other religions telling them that ISLAM IS SLUGGED OUT FROM THIS WORLD and `ALLA ILLA(in kammsda it meansAlla is not there).
Its time we eradicated thus religion;the most belligerant and the most impassionare religion which cant get along with any other religion,from this world.It has no respect to irs own followers` life or others,They like to kill and get killed.We must not flinch or hesutate ti kill these `koran morons` lest they kill us.I am sure thet would think twice ti kill any of us.Rhey are all like Ajmal Kasabs.We must do this before they they get the nukes; cause they will demolish all others like they demolished the `Buddah` statue.They simply dont care about the consequences,Defenitely no-brainers.We must torture them giving them Hyderabad Goli,pricking them with a small Pin till they die,take videos and publish those pictures in mass media so that even if they are going to get the virgins after their death,they have to go through this ordeal.This might plug their desire to become `Jihadis`.We must also do the same as these muslims when they propagated their Hirrible religion;`capture and convert` them to other religions telling them that ISLAM IS SLUGGED OUT FROM THIS WORLD and `ALLA ILLA(in kammsda it meansp-Alla is nit there).
Sir,
It seems that before the US must first clean off David Headly like terrorist from its own back-yard before becoming a global policeman.
-Deepak Ghanvatkar.
they were too stupid to go to college and get a decent education, so they went to paki to become terrorists. after they are deported back to the usa they should be sent to jail and become someones boyfriend in prison, b/c thats exactly whats going to happen.
Police officials said the five men were planning to strike ''sensitive installations'' in Pakistan. All the five were picked up with their laptops, maps and videos suggesting that they intended to join extremist terrorist groups to fight US forces in Afghanistan, media reports said.
