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July - 3 
According to Dawn, Britain intends to proscribe the Pakistan-based Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) as terrorist organisations, the British home office said on July 3. The groups will be under
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According to Dawn, Britain intends to proscribe the Pakistan-based Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) as terrorist organisations, the British home office said on July 3. The groups will be under an order now before Parliament, making it a criminal offence for anyone to belong to or encourage support for them. Britain accuses the TNSM of providing direct support to the al Qaeda and Taliban and of an attack against Pakistani soldiers. It said that the JMB has claimed responsibility for fatal bomb attacks across Bangladesh, including a 2005 suicide bombing.
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July - 9 
The ISPR Director General, Major General Waheed Arshad, denied the presence of al Qaeda or Taliban militants inside the Lal Masjid. He, however, admitted to The News that the militants holed up in the mosque might have links with some local banned mi
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The ISPR Director General, Major General Waheed Arshad, denied the presence of al Qaeda or Taliban militants inside the Lal Masjid. He, however, admitted to The News that the militants holed up in the mosque might have links with some local banned militant outfits. "Only local militants of banned organisations are present inside the Jamia Hafsa and Lal Masjid premises," he claimed. When asked about a list of persons present inside the mosque that was published in some newspapers on Monday, he said that any such list or its source was not in his knowledge. Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, Director-General of the National Crisis Management Cell, also conformed that there were no reports of presence of al Qaeda or Taliban militants inside the Lal Masjid.
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July - 11 
Al Qaeda has become entrenched in a remote corner of Pakistan and the United States fears a military strike could spawn new militant activity in the country, US officials said on July 11, Reuters reported. Top intelligence analysts, appearing befor
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Al Qaeda has become entrenched in a remote corner of Pakistan and the United States fears a military strike could spawn new militant activity in the country, US officials said on July 11, Reuters reported. Top intelligence analysts, appearing before the US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, said the militant network led by Osama bin Laden has become increasingly active in the ungoverned sections of Pakistan near the Afghanistan border, where bin Laden himself is believed to be protected by local tribal leaders. "They seem to be fairly well settled into the safe haven in the ungoverned spaces of Pakistan. We see more training. We see more money. We see more communications," said John Kringen, the Central Intelligence Agency’s Director of Intelligence. Thomas Fingar, deputy director of national intelligence for analysis, warned that US intervention could stir into action militants currently involved in struggles against India over Kashmir. "It is not too great an exaggeration to say there is some risk of turning a problem in northwest Pakistan into the problem of all of Pakistan," he said.
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July - 14 
President Pervez Musharraf has failed to contain al Qaeda and must regain control over areas bordering Afghanistan, said Stephen Hadley, President George Bush’s national security adviser, Daily Times reported. Answering questions in an interview with
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President Pervez Musharraf has failed to contain al Qaeda and must regain control over areas bordering Afghanistan, said Stephen Hadley, President George Bush’s national security adviser, Daily Times reported. Answering questions in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s ‘Political Capital with Al Hunt’, he said Musharraf’s strategy of giving tribal leaders more autonomy “has not worked the way it should have”. The US is working with the Pakistani government to thwart the latest threats, Hadley said, adding that the Musharraf government is “beginning to take some moves that will reassert control in those areas”.
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July - 17 
The National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a consensus view of all 16 US spy agencies, released on July 17 warned that al Qaeda “has protected or regenerated key elements of its homeland attack capability, including a safe haven in the Pakistani Feder
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The National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a consensus view of all 16 US spy agencies, released on July 17 warned that al Qaeda “has protected or regenerated key elements of its homeland attack capability, including a safe haven in the Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).” CBS News reports that the northern area of Pakistan has been taken over by al Qaeda. Pakistani soldiers in the region are all but helpless, it adds.
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July - 18 
President George W Bush's counterterrorism adviser said that US officials believe al Qaida wants to launch "a mass casualty, spectacular event" in the US but do not think it can do so. "Make no mistake, they're determined to figure out a way," said F
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President George W Bush's counterterrorism adviser said that US officials believe al Qaida wants to launch "a mass casualty, spectacular event" in the US but do not think it can do so. "Make no mistake, they're determined to figure out a way," said Frances Frago Townsend. The report concluded among other things that al Qaida is using its growing strength in Pakistan and Iraq to plot attacks on US soil, heightening the terror threat facing the US over the next few years.
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July - 18 
President Musharraf said that al Qaeda was on the run in the tribal areas and the flow of Taliban from Pakistani territory to Afghanistan had been reduced. He pointed out that the Pakistan Army was dispatching two full divisions of troops to the trou
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President Musharraf said that al Qaeda was on the run in the tribal areas and the flow of Taliban from Pakistani territory to Afghanistan had been reduced. He pointed out that the Pakistan Army was dispatching two full divisions of troops to the troubled areas in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and also raising new paramilitary forces to aid civil power. He explained that in National Security Council meetings the NWFP chief minister had fully supported the federal government’s strategic plan to put down the Taliban in the frontier regions and win hearts and minds. He implied he would continue to woo the moderate mainstream mullahs everywhere because they too were against religious extremism and violence, and thereby isolate and crush the extremists by a combination of military, political and religious moves.
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July - 18 
The United States (US) on July 18 said that it will insist on a tougher approach to fighting al Qaeda in Pakistan, acknowledging that a strategy pushed by President General Pervez Musharraf had not worked. "There’s no doubt that more aggressive steps
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The United States (US) on July 18 said that it will insist on a tougher approach to fighting al Qaeda in Pakistan, acknowledging that a strategy pushed by President General Pervez Musharraf had not worked. "There’s no doubt that more aggressive steps need to be taken," White House spokesman Tony Snow said. "President Musharraf attempted to engage in...carrot diplomacy with tribal leaders in the tribal areas and it didn’t work. So what you have to do when something doesn’t work is you have to fix it, and that’s what’s going on now," he pointed out, and added, the strategy had "created an opportunity for Qaeda to find safe haven."
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July - 19 
According to Daily Times, the White House on July 19 refused to rule out striking at suspected terrorist targets inside Pakistan. George Bush’s top counter-terrorism adviser, Tony Snow, at the White House recently suggested that the United States is
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According to Daily Times, the White House on July 19 refused to rule out striking at suspected terrorist targets inside Pakistan. George Bush’s top counter-terrorism adviser, Tony Snow, at the White House recently suggested that the United States is not getting all the cooperation that they expected from Pakistani government in the global war on terrorism. "It is clear that Taliban and Al Qaeda, in the Northwest Territories and the federally administered tribal areas, have begun to put on operations that threaten the government of Pakistan itself," said Snow, and added, "President Musharraf, having tried one approach, in terms of dealing with the tribal leaders, is now going to have to be more aggressive and is being more aggressive moving forces into the region to deal with the security problems there."
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July - 22 
A senior White House aide said on July 22 that the US would consider using military force to neutralise alleged al Qaeda hideouts in Pakistan, according to Dawn. “Just because we don’t speak about things publicly doesn’t mean we’re not doing things y
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A senior White House aide said on July 22 that the US would consider using military force to neutralise alleged al Qaeda hideouts in Pakistan, according to Dawn. “Just because we don’t speak about things publicly doesn’t mean we’re not doing things you talk about,” said Frances Townsend, Homeland Security Adviser to President George W. Bush. She was reportedly responding to a question, asked during her interviews with CNN and Fox News, why the US does not conduct special operations to destroy al Qaeda hideouts. “Our job No 1 is to protect the American people. There are no options off the table,” she said. Her comments came a day after President Bush endorsed US intelligence reports that al Qaeda had built a safe haven in Pakistan’s tribal area.
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July - 22 
Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is alive and sheltering in the lawless parts of Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan, US National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell said on July 22, according to Daily Times. McConnell blamed President Pervez Mush
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Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is alive and sheltering in the lawless parts of Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan, US National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell said on July 22, according to Daily Times. McConnell blamed President Pervez Musharraf’s government for allowing al Qaeda to regroup via a peace deal with the militants in North Waziristan in September 2006. Asked about bin Laden, he told NBC Television, “My personal view is that he’s alive. I believe he is in the tribal region of Pakistan.” McConnell added that if Musharraf were forced from power by the Islamist violence and pro-democracy unrest sweeping Pakistan that could have a “severe impact” on the US struggle against terrorism.
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July - 23 
Commenting on a statement of by US intelligence chief Mike McConnell about the presence of al Qaeda safe haven in the FATA and the possibility of US strikes in these areas, she said: “We are committed and we will take firm action on the basis of info
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Commenting on a statement of by US intelligence chief Mike McConnell about the presence of al Qaeda safe haven in the FATA and the possibility of US strikes in these areas, she said: “We are committed and we will take firm action on the basis of information gathered by us through our own means or concrete and actionable intelligence shared with us… Like any other country, we remain deeply concerned over the possibility of al-Qaeda or any other terrorist entity establishing a sanctuary or regrouping or regenerating inside our territory.”
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July - 23 
Tony Snow, press secretary to US President George W. Bush, said on July 23 that Pakistan is a sovereign country, Daily Times reported. Commenting on the Pakistan Foreign Minister’s remarks about the inadvisability of a US strike in the FATA, Snow rep
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Tony Snow, press secretary to US President George W. Bush, said on July 23 that Pakistan is a sovereign country, Daily Times reported. Commenting on the Pakistan Foreign Minister’s remarks about the inadvisability of a US strike in the FATA, Snow replied, “I think there has been this notion afoot, or at least an attempt or an inclination somehow we’re going to invade Pakistan. We always maintain the option of striking actionable targets, but we also realise that Pakistan is a sovereign government and a very important player in the war on terror. Not only has Pervez Musharraf twice faced direct threats from al Qaeda, but also Pakistan, itself, has been a very important ally in trying to interrupt plots, to go after al Qaeda activists.”
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July - 23 
Pakistan on July 23 said it would not allow any attack by the United States on the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in a hunt for al Qaeda, saying the counter-terrorism measures would be taken by its own security forces, according to The Ne
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Pakistan on July 23 said it would not allow any attack by the United States on the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in a hunt for al Qaeda, saying the counter-terrorism measures would be taken by its own security forces, according to The News. “We have stated in the clearest terms that any attack inside our territory would be unacceptable,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told reporters in Islamabad. “Any such action would be irresponsible and dangerous,” she warned.
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July - 25 
According to a Reuters report of July 21, German authorities believe al Qaeda is targeting Germany for possible attacks and that German Islamists have been travelling to Pakistan for "terrorist training." Deputy Interior Minister August Hanning tol
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According to a Reuters report of July 21, German authorities believe al Qaeda is targeting Germany for possible attacks and that German Islamists have been travelling to Pakistan for "terrorist training." Deputy Interior Minister August Hanning told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, "The danger that there could be terrorist attacks here is very real… We have many indications that al Qaeda is targeting Germany and German installations abroad, such as embassies." Hanning, a former head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency, also said German Islamists were being trained in Pakistan. Three German Islamists who trained there returned to Germany at the beginning of June 2007, he disclosed. "We have to assume that the people who returned from Pakistan are planning attacks," he informed. He said the Interior Ministry was aware of 14 Islamists who went to Pakistan, some of whom were still there. He added that Berlin believed that there were more Germans who had gone to "terrorist training camps" in Pakistan. In recent months, Pakistani authorities have detained at least seven German Islamists "who could have been involved in planning attacks", he disclosed. "We need to do everything possible to find out who went to Pakistan and was trained there," Hanning said.
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July - 25 
Attacks by militants along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border doubled last month over the same period in 2006, but are decreasing now because of Pakistan’s new military operations on its side of the frontier, a top US commander said on July 25, accordin
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Attacks by militants along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border doubled last month over the same period in 2006, but are decreasing now because of Pakistan’s new military operations on its side of the frontier, a top US commander said on July 25, according to Daily Times. Army Major General David Rodriguez also said there has been a 50 percent to 60 percent increase over last year in the number of foreign fighters flowing into Afghanistan from Pakistan. "The Al Qaeda network is the one that brings most of the foreign fighters in," he said. Rodriguez estimated that foreign fighters account for less than five percent of insurgents there and said they execute a minority of attacks. But they provide money and other resources and have "leadership skills" to serve as a core for forming larger groups, he told Pentagon reporters via video conference from Afghanistan. He also said the number of larger scale Taliban attacks has declined from a high point in May and June, as a result of operations by US, NATO and Pakistani forces. The operations had "a significant impact on their leadership that has disrupted their capability to conduct many of those large attacks," he informed.
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July - 26 
The US Congress have passed a law that would tie US aid to Pakistan to significant progress by Islamabad in cracking down on al Qaeda, the Taliban and other militants, according to Reuters. The Senate passed the bill on July 26-night by 85 to 8 votes
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The US Congress have passed a law that would tie US aid to Pakistan to significant progress by Islamabad in cracking down on al Qaeda, the Taliban and other militants, according to Reuters. The Senate passed the bill on July 26-night by 85 to 8 votes. The House of Representatives is expected to send the bill to President Bush for signature by July 28 with its endorsement. The restriction would take effect from October 1, the start of the US budget year, according to Dawn. The legislation, which is tied to the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007, prohibits specified military assistance under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to Pakistan until 15 days after the US president certifies that the Pakistani government is making all possible efforts to prevent the Taliban, al Qaeda and other extremist groups from operating in areas under its sovereign control.
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July - 31 
A senior al Qaeda operative in an Internet video posted on July 31 praised the Islamists who died in clashes with security forces during a raid on the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad, Dawn reported. Abu Yahya al-Libi, one of al Qaeda’s leaders i
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A senior al Qaeda operative in an Internet video posted on July 31 praised the Islamists who died in clashes with security forces during a raid on the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad, Dawn reported. Abu Yahya al-Libi, one of al Qaeda’s leaders in Afghanistan, hailed as ‘martyrs’ the pro-Taliban militants who were killed when troops stormed the mosque on July 10-11. "They engraved a page in history, a story of fighting which seldom will be repeated," Libi said in the video, which was produced by al Qaeda's media wing and provided to AFP by the Washington-based SITE Intelligence Group. Libi also reportedly called for the overthrow of President Pervez Musharraf in the video, which had subtitles in Urdu.
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July - 31 
President Pervez Musharraf has urged the United States to review a bill linking aid for Pakistan to progress in tackling al Qaeda and other militants, saying the legislation could hurt the two countries’ strategic partnership, Daily Times reported. I
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President Pervez Musharraf has urged the United States to review a bill linking aid for Pakistan to progress in tackling al Qaeda and other militants, saying the legislation could hurt the two countries’ strategic partnership, Daily Times reported. In a meeting with the new US Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne Patterson, who called on him at the Presidency to present her credentials on July 31, General Musharraf rejected remarks by US officials that US forces could strike against terrorists in Pakistani territory, saying the Pakistan Army is fully capable of coping with militants in the tribal areas, and neither al Qaeda nor any other group would be allowed to make them a safe haven. The ambassador conveyed a message from US President George W. Bush to Gen. Musharraf, renewing his commitment to strong relations and strategic partnership between the two countries.
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July - 31 
The United States has asked Pakistan to hand over India's most wanted fugitive and international terrorist Dawood Ibrahim for his alleged links to al Qaeda-related terrorists groups and involvement in the global heroin trade, Press Trust of India rep
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The United States has asked Pakistan to hand over India's most wanted fugitive and international terrorist Dawood Ibrahim for his alleged links to al Qaeda-related terrorists groups and involvement in the global heroin trade, Press Trust of India reported. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) have sought assistance from Pakistan's Interior Ministry, the Anti-Narcotic Force and Inter-Services Intelligence to trace Dawood in Pakistan, according to The News. Dawood has been described by the American agencies as "an al Qaeda facilitator now living in Pakistan who has already been placed in the same category as top al Qaeda operatives with Interpol issuing a special notice against him." According to the DEA, Dawood is involved in large-scale shipment of narcotics to the United Kingdom and Western Europe and its smuggling routes from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa have shared links with Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. However, only the Interior Ministry has reportedly responded to the request of the US agencies so far, saying that any such help was impossible since no such person by the name of Dawood Ibrahim lived on Pakistan soil.
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July - 31 
The US Vice President Dick Cheney has discounted the possibility of American forces going into Pakistan to hunt al Qaeda even as they work closely with Islamabad, according to Daily Times. “Well, we work closely with President Pervez Musharraf and hi
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The US Vice President Dick Cheney has discounted the possibility of American forces going into Pakistan to hunt al Qaeda even as they work closely with Islamabad, according to Daily Times. “Well, we work closely with President Pervez Musharraf and his government in Pakistan. We’ve captured and killed a lot of al Qaeda in Pakistan. But it’s obviously a sovereign state. They’ve got reason to go after al Qaeda,” he said in an interview on July 31 to CNN.
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