e following is research published today from the MEMRI Special Dispatch Series and TV Monitor Project. Special Dispatch No. 4471—Pakistan/Jihad/South Asia Studies Project/Tom Lantos Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial Documentation Project By Tufail Ahmad* On January 3, 2012, the organization registered a website, representing a newly established group called Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC, or the Defense of Pakistan Council). This group has stepped up a public campaign against the U.S., India, Israel and other countries. The DPC's formation was triggered by two important developments: one, the November 26, 2011 NATO air raid on a Pakistani border post in which 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed; and two, the Pakistani government's decision to boost bilateral trade with India by granting the status of Most Favored Nation (MFN) to India as required under international trade laws. The DPC is presented as an independent group, but the lead coordinator of its public events is Jamaatud Dawa, whose members can be seen in large number waving its flags at public rallies in various Pakistani towns, at which leaders of like-minded ideological groups such as Jaamat-e-Islami Pakistan also deliver fiery messages against the U.S., India and Israel. In recent months, the DPC has held press conferences and public rallies attended by hundreds of thousands of people. Banners at the DPC's public rallies carry slogans like: "Defense of Pakistan – Jihad in the Path of Allah." The DPC's key leaders include Hafiz Muhammad Saeed; Maulana Samiul Haq (Emir of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party and former Pakistani senator, who is known as the father of the Taliban); Lt.-Gen. (retired) Hamid Gul, the former chief of Pakistani military's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI); senior Pakistani politician and former federal minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed; and others. To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6051.htm. Special Dispatch No. 4470—Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project/Afghanistan/Taliban/U.S. and the Arab & Muslim World Note to media and government: For a full copy of this report, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban's shadow government) has released a video interview with a former Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier who had opened fire on his Australian trainers at a remote training camp in Uruzgan in November 2011. The Dari-language interview was published on the Urdu-language website of the Islamic Emirate. After the incident in November 2011, all Afghan soldiers were disarmed and confined to a barracks. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan had confirmed there were three injured and no casualties. Various media reports indicated that the killer escaped in a military Humvee. The latest video released by the Taliban's Al-Emarah Studios features the interview with the now-former Afghan Army soldier Muhammad Rozi, son of Muhammad Usman, from Hazarsumooth district in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province. The video is a rare release by the Taliban in the Dari language (their videos are usually in Pashtu). The Afghan soldier is a non-Pashtu speaker. Starting with recitation of Koranic verses about jihad against infidels, a message is read for "Afghan youth," urging them to join the Taliban's jihad against the "infidel invaders" and their "puppets." The video accuses Afghan government officials of double-standards in seeing a difference between the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and that of the U.S. To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6050.htm. To view this report, you must be a paying member of the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM). For membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line. Special Dispatch No. 4469–Pakistan/Taliban/Martyrdom/U.S. and the Arab & Muslim World/Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project Note to media and government: For a full copy of this video, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email. Following are excerpts from a video-clip featuring Maulana Fazluallah, Leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, which was posted on the Internet in December 2011. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3286.htm. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan member: "You are aware of how Tehrik-i-Taliban from the Malakand province… All praise to Allah, many martyrdom attacks have been carried out. We have approximately 300 martyrdom-seekers in our ranks, and from amongst them we dispatched four martyrdom-attackers, who have struck in Teemalgarah and in other places. At present, these ten martyrdom-attackers are ready. If Allah wills it – then they will set off soon." To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6049.htm. To view this report, you must be a paying member of the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM). For membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject linePakistani Jihadist Organization Jamaatud Dawa/Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Reappears on Internet, Promotes Antisemitism and Jihad, Leads Mass Protests Against America and India
Taliban Website Interviews Former Afghan National Army Soldier Turned Jihadist Who Fired On His Australian Trainers: '[At the Training Camp] We Used to Talk about Jihad All the Time'
Maulana Fazluallah, Leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Gives Pep Talk to Potential Suicide Bombers: 'May Allah Allow You to Reach the Biggest Targets'
Thursday, 2 February 2012
On January 22, 2012, participants wave Jamaatud Dawa flags at a Defense of Pakistan rally
Following the November 26, 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, the Pakistani government banned various Pakistani terror organizations, among them Jamaatud Dawa, the charity arm of the leading jihadist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Both the Jamaatud Dawa and LeT – along with various groups associated with them and their leaders – have been outlawed by the UN Security Council. Later, the group renamed itself Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation. After the Pakistani ban, the websites of Jamaatud Dawa and its associated publications were closed down. However, the organization is making a comeback on the Internet via its websites and the video-sharing site YouTube. Jamaatud Dawa is led by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, who is wanted in India for masterminding the Mumbai terror attacks.
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