US men arrested in Pakistan made contacts through Youtube (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Five US men arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of plotting terror attacks used YouTube to praise and discuss strikes on US troops, ABC News said Friday, citing a Pakistani police report.
Pakistani, U.S. agents interrogate five Americans (Tiscali)
SARGODHA, Pakistan (Reuters) – U.S. FBI agents and their Pakistani colleagues interrogated on Friday five young American Muslims who wanted to go to Afghanistan to fight U.S.-led forces, Pakistani officials said.
Pakistan police: Americans’ goal was to join jihad (USA Today)
Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al-Qaeda-linked group and asked for training but were turned down because they lacked references from trusted militants, a Pakistani law enforcement official said Thursday.
N.Va. men allegedly asked to join jihadists, Pakistan says (Washington Post)
Five men from Northern Virginia who were arrested Tuesday in Pakistan traveled abroad hoping to work with jihadist groups and battle U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and they were in contact with a recruiter for the Pakistani Taliban, Pakistani officials said Friday.
US men held in Pakistan will not be deported: minister (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Five young American men arrested in Pakistan for trying to join Islamist militant groups will not be deported unless police clear them of any crimes, a Pakistani minister said Friday.
Pakistan claims blow against Quetta Shura (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 11 (UPI) — The Afghan Taliban was damaged in Pakistan by national forces to the extent that the group no longer poses a threat, the Pakistani defense minister said.
Worried father turned in 5 Americans to Pakistani police (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
SARGODHA, Pakistan Pakistani police arrested five American Muslims this week on suspicion of planning terrorist actions after Khalid Farooq, the father of one of them, turned them in, alarmed that they were determined to fight U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Pakistani officials and friends of the family said Friday.
Pakistan: Detainees sought out extremists (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 11 (UPI) — The five young U.S. men detained in Pakistan tried to join extremist groups there and were turned down, Pakistani investigators say.
Pakistan: UN inquiry due to end Bhutto investigation (Adnkronos)
Pakistan: UN inquiry due to end Bhutto investigation (AKI) – The United Nations commission investigating the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto has arrived in Islamabad to complete the final phase of its inquiries. The three member commission, which began its probe in July, was mandated to submit its report into the 2007 tragedy to UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon by …
