Zawahiri Behind Red Mosque Bloodbath
Charles Johnson
Sat Jul 14, 2007 at 9:28 pm PDT • Views: 350
Was the Egyptian physician, Ayman al-Zawahiri, pulling the strings behind the Red Mosque revolt? The Sunday Times says so: Bin Laden’s deputy behind the Red Mosque bloodbath.
AL-QAEDA’S leadership secretly directed the Islamic militants whose armed revolt at the Red Mosque in Islamabad ended last week with more than 100 deaths after it was stormed by the Pakistan army.
According to senior intelligence officials, the troops who finally took control discovered letters from Osama Bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri. They were written to Abdul Rashid Ghazi and Abdul Aziz, the brothers who ran the mosque and adjacent madrasah.
Government sources said up to 18 foreign fighters — including Uzbeks, Egyptians and several Afghans — had arrived weeks before the final shootout and set up firing ranges to teach students, including children, how to handle weapons.
Al-Qaeda has wanted to open a Pakistan front in its global jihad since President Pervez Musharraf sided with America after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
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