3 suicide bombers enter Islamabad, Lahore, may target key installations

July 30th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Intelligence agencies have warned that the Taliban could target oil depots, grid stations, railway tracks and river bridges in Punjab. According to a notification issued by the provincial Home Department, the Taliban has already dispatched a teenage suicide bomber to target government buildings and other important installations in the province.

July 23rd, 2009 LAHORE - At least three explosive laden vehicles have entered Punjab and may target important installations in the province. The Pakistan Interior Ministry has received intelligence inputs that two Toyota Corollas and a pick up van have been sent to the province to attack high value targets, The Daily Times reports.

July 21st, 2009 KABUL - Eight suicide bombers attacked several government buildings in two eastern Afghan provinces Tuesday, killing at least five Afghan security forces personnel, officials said. Six bombers attacked three government buildings in Gardez, the provincial capital of the southeastern province of Paktia, Tuesday morning, killing at least two policemen and three intelligence agents, Rohullah Samoon, a spokesman for the provincial governor told DPA.

July 20th, 2009 LAHORE - Three explosives-laden cars have been sent to Islamabad and major cities of Pakistan's Punjab province, according to intelligence reports available with the Interior Ministry. According to the reports, terrorists are likely to target law-enforcement agencies, important installations, buildings and offices; and target mosques on the motorway in suicide bombings, the Daily Times reported.

July 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Security officials have arrested a cleric of a madrassa in Nurpur Thal village of Buland District on charges of imparting terror training to teenage boys and converting them into suicide bombers. According to sources, a madrassah organizer, Muhammed Rafeeq brainwashed youths and then send them to terror training camps based in the tribal areas.

July 4th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud may target Chinese nationals in the country, as he has dispatched disabled teenage suicide bombers for the purpose. The Interior Ministry has issued a circular warning to all the concerned authorities about the threat.

July 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud is virtually running an 'assembly line' of suicide bombers to wreak havoc in the troubled nation. A report in The Washington Times quoted US officials as saying, that Mehsud is recruiting small children as young as six or seven, to serve as suicide bombers.

June 18th, 2009 RAWALPINDI/LAHORE - At least 30 explosive-laden vehicles have entered Punjab as well as the garrison town of Rawalpindi adjacent to the Pakistani capital Islamabad from the tribal areas of the country, a media report Thursday said. The intelligence agencies had warned of the entry of the 30 explosive-laden vehicles, Online news agency reported, quoting a private TV channel.

June 16th, 2009 LAHORE - The Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has claimed that terrorists had targeted the Lahore office of the Inter-Services Intelligence in the May 27 bomb and suicide attack. He was speaking during the Punjab Assembly's 13th session.

June 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A policeman was killed in a foiled suicide bombing at an emergency police office here Saturday, a security official said. "A suicide bomber tried to enter the building from the outer wall when a constable retaliated and opened fire at him.

June 4th, 2009 KARACHI - At least seven trained Al Qaeda commanders have entered Pakistan to carry out attacks on President Asif Ali Zardari and other important personalities in the country, Pakistan intelligence agencies have learnt. According to the Daily Times, a meeting between the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and top al-Qaeda commanders took place in Afghanistan's Paktiya province on May 3, where it was the decided that both outfits would carry out joint terror strikes across Pakistan.

May 31st, 2009 LAHORE - The deteriorating law and order situation and the expanding writ of extremists in Pakistan, and especially in Punjab can be gauged from the fact that at least 486 people including army, navy and police officials, have lost their lives in suicide attacks in the province since 2007. Besides that about 1,573 people have been injured in terror strikes since 2007 to till date, The News reports.

April 26th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Security has been beefed-up here following intelligence reports about two suicide bombers trying to enter the city. According to a senior police official, two out of six suicide bombers could enter Rawalpindi, and the remaining four could trigger suicide blasts in Karachi.

April 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban is recruiting children and teenagers in Pakistan to transform them into suicide bombers to carry out deadly attacks across the country, in which scores of people have been killed in the recent past. According to a report in the Daily Times, at least 5000 child suicide bombers aged between 10 to 17 years have been trained by the Taliban till now, and are waiting to strike at the orders of their masters.

April 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that 14 trained militants have entered Lahore and Islamabad to carry out attacks similar to the Manawan police training academy strike. According to sources, these terrorists are hiding in the cities in the garb of preachers.