The Hindu : Four Pak.-linked outfits added to U.S. terror list

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Friday, May 02, 2003

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Four Pak.-linked outfits added to U.S. terror list

Washington May 1 . Four militant outfits operating in Jammu and Kashmir, including the Pakistan-based Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, have been added to the list of terrorist groups by the United States.

The other outfits mentioned by the State Department in its annual report "Patterns of Global Terrorism", released yesterday, were the Al-Badr Mujahideen, the Harkat-ul-Jehadi-i-Islamia (HuJI) and the Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen.

The outfits were named in the category of "Other Terrorist Groups", which comprised 37 organisations worldwide.

The report said the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen was formed in 1989 and was the militant wing of the Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islamia. The outfit currently focussed on security forces and politicians in the Kashmir valley. It had also conducted a number of operations against military targets and also "occasionally" struck at civilian targets in the valley.

Interestingly, the report highlighted the "visible splits between Pakistan-based commanders and several commanders in the Kashmir valley."

The Al-Badr, it said was a splinter group of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.

The HuJI mainly consisted of Pakistanis and foreign Islamists, who were fighting in Kashmir. The report said that the group had been linked to mysterious disappearance of five foreigners kidnapped by Al-Faran in 1995.

The Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, it said, comprised mainly Kashmiris and Pakistanis. — PTI

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