Taliban and International Targets
May 10, 2010: NYC: Holder: Pakistani Taliban helped direct Times Square plot
-- John Brennan and on Faisal Shahzad and Taliban
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/09/times.square.suspect/?hpt=T1
-- Taliban behind NY bomb plot: US
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\10\story_10-5-2010_pg1_2
-- US puts blame on Taliban for NY bomb plot
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-pakistani-taliban-behind-failed-new-york-attack-us-rs-01
May 10, 2010: Taliban shifts focus to targets in US, the West
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\10\story_10-5-2010_pg1_6
May 9, 2010: Taliban recruiting sees surge after Times Square bomb failure,
says leader
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/05/09/2010-05-09_taliban_recruiting_sees_surge_after_times_square_bomb_failure_says_leader.html
-- "'With all this new technology, it's not difficult to recruit people in the
West' says an Afghan Taliban planner and organizer who operates on both sides of
the border. Over the past two years, he says, several jihadist Web sites linked
to the Afghan Taliban have received hundreds of e-mails from aspiring jihadists
in the West who 'want to join us.'"
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2010/05/07/how-jihadist-recruiters-check-for-spies.aspx
May 30, 2009 - Daily Telegraph: Taliban target Britain on 'orders' from
al-Qaeda
-- "A Taliban-trained terrorist was part of a cell sent to bomb Britain as
revenge for their presence in Afghanistan, it has emerged"
-- "British investigators believe that the cell, which was allegedly planning
attacks on the Trafford and Arndale shopping centres over the Easter holidays"
-- "The information echoed claims made by British security services that a
terrorist cell was sent to Manchester from the Taliban heartland in Pakistan's
lawless tribal areas."
-- "It is claimed the attacks were to begin on the Barcelona underground system
and then spread to the other European countries with a presence in Afghanistan,
thought to include Britain, according to new documents"
-- [Informant] "Ahmed told them he had trained at a terrorist camp in
Waziristan, in Pakistan's tribal areas, and met [Taliban leader Baitullah]
Mehsud"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5407321/Taliban-target-Britain-on-orders-from-al-Qaeda.html
December 16, 2008 - L'Express: Threats of the Taliban against France since
August
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lexpress.fr%2Factualite%2Fmonde%2Fles-menaces-des-taliban-contre-la-france-depuis-aout_726708.html%3Fxtor%3DRSS-182&lp=fr_en&.intl=us&fr=yfp-t-501
-- in French
http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/les-menaces-des-taliban-contre-la-france-depuis-aout_726708.html?xtor=RSS-182
November 26, 2008 - Los talibanes vuelven a amenazar directamente a Espana a
traves de un vídeo
http://www.cadenaser.com/internacional/articulo/talibanes-vuelven-amenazar-directamente-espana/csrcsrpor/20081126csrcsrint_1/Tes
--- includes Taliban video showing threat to US, Israel, Australia, France,
Spain, Denmark, and the United Nations
November 26, 2008 - Spanish News: The Taliban threaten Spain in video message
-- "directed by the leader of the Taliban - Shaykh Abd al-Basit"
-- "has related groups in a number of countries such as Pakistan, Kashmir,
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Europe"
-- video threatens Spain, "US, Israel, Australia, Denmark, the United Nations
and France"
http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2008/11/video-of-terrorist-threat-to-spain.html
November 26, 2008 - Le Parisien: Afghanistan: the Taliban threaten several
countries in a video
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leparisien.fr%2Fliveafp-monde%2Fafghanistan-les-talibans-menacent-plusieurs-pays-dans-une-video-26-11-2008-323030.php&lp=fr_en&.intl=us&fr=yfp-t-501
November 17, 2008 - AFP: Taliban threaten France with attacks: video
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gfjEwPQkO2DBOivsE_QlKoEzaQsw
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2008/11/18/taliban-threaten-paris-attacks/
November 17, 2008 - Taliban threatens Parisians with attacks
http://www.centralasianews.net/story/431306
June 2, 2008: IHT: Taliban commander Baitullah
Mehsud was quoted on
June 2, 2008
"Islam does not recognize boundaries"
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/02/asia/02pstan.php
February 25, 2008 - Sydney Morning Herald: Europe warned of Taliban return
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/europe-warned-of-taliban-return/2008/02/24/1203788147685.html?s_cid=rss_national
February 5, 2008 - AP: British group names Taliban in Pakistan as worsening
global threat
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/05/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Taliban-Threat.php
January 9, 2008:
NBC
has reported that Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah uses his radio programs
to call for the restoral of the Islamic caliphate
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/09/565301.aspx
January 29, 2007 - BBC: Pakistan Taleban vow more violence
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6292061.stm
-- BBC on Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud:
-- "'Allah on 480 occasions in the Holy Koran extols Muslims to wage jihad. We
only fulfil God's orders. Only jihad can bring peace to the world,' he says."
-- "The militant leader on several occasions in the past had openly admitted
crossing over into Afghanistan to fight foreign troops."
-- "'We will continue our struggle until foreign troops are thrown out. Then we
will attack them in the US and Britain until they either accept Islam or agree
to pay jazia (a tax in Islam for non-Muslims living in an Islamic state).'"
October 23, 2006 - Taliban Commander: We're Planning Attacks in Europe
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,223918,00.html
October 23, 2006 - SA: 'Taliban plans to attack Europe'
http://rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news24.com%2FNews24%2FWorld%2FNews%2F0%2C%2C2-10-1462_2018868%2C00.html
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