User:Geo Swan/not ready yet/Mohammad Rafiq (Taliban leader)

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Mohammad Rafiq
NationalityPakistan
OccupationTehrik-e Taliban Pakistan leader
Known forArrested after trying to deliver a time-bomb

Mullah Mohammad Rafiq is an individual who has been identified as a Taliban leader.[1] Rafiq is accused of planning suicide attacks against Pakistani Naval bases.[2][3] Pakistan's Dawn reports that he was captured, following a foot chase, after trying to deliver a book with a bomb inside to a senior security official in the Islamabad office of Pakistan's Crime Investigation Agency in November 2010.

In December 2004 Newsweek magazine quoted Rafiq's description of a meeting between the Taliban's leader Mullah Omar and Mullah Shahzada Akhund, a senior Taliban leader who had been held in Guantanamo.[1]

After he was captured Rafiq is reported to have identified the Orakzai Agency as the home of terrorist training camps, where suicide bombers are trained to employ vehicle borne-bombs.[2][3] He is reported to have identified Mulla Jamshed, Abdul Hanan and Hafiz Saeed as fellow commanders of the suicide bomb campaign.

Rafiq is reported to have played a planning role in a suicide bombing carried about by his 15-year-old son, on December 2, 2009.[3][4] His son Mohammad Hanif killed two naval officers when he blew himself up at a Pakistani naval base.

Dawn reports Rafiq is a university graduate with a Bachelors of Science.[3] Dawn reports that he has been reported to have been affiliated with the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and Jamaatud Dawa groups in the past.

The Pak Tribune reports he confessed to playing a lead role in the kidnapping of several businessmen.[4]

According to the Press Trust of India Rafiq was cooperating with investigators, and had identified several politicians who had been blackmailed into helping his group.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Sami Yousafzai, Ron Morequ (2004-12-27). "Last days of the Taliban?". Newsweek magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  2. ^ a b "Some politicians are aiding terrorists:Taliban commander Rafiq". Daily Messenger. 2010-11-16. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Arrested Taliban Commander Muhammad Rafiq has alleged that some politicians are aiding terrorists because of fear. Rafiq, who is facing charges of masterminding suicide attack on the Islamabad's Naval Complex, told his interrogators that suicide bombers are given training in Orakzai Agency. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b c d "Terror attack at CIA office foiled; suspect arrested". Dawn. 2010-11-16. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. A senior officer said the man, identified as Mohammad Rafique, was a resident of Orakzai Agency. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead= ignored (help)
  4. ^ a b "Capital police foil terror bid on CIA office". Pak Tribune. 2010-11-16. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. The suspect was trying to sneak into the main office of CIA to blow up the building, official spokesman of the Capital police told our sources. The alleged terrorist was identified as Muhammad Rafique, son of Noor Muhammad, belonging to Jabba, Abdur Rahimkhail, Orakzai Agency. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Some Pak politicians helping Taliban, claims captured terrorist". Press Trust of India. 2010-11-19. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Rafique, who has been linked to JuD, told investigators that certain politicians, including some who are "very important and influential," are compelled to help the Taliban either because of direct threats to them and their families or their vulnerability due to their links to the tribal areas and the country's northwest, The News daily quoted unnamed sources as saying. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead= ignored (help)
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