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Pakistani Taliban claim failed New York bomb attack
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DUBAI (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attempted car bomb attack in New York's Times square, a statement on an Islamist website said on Sunday.
The statement said it was to avenge the killing of two Islamists and "Muslim martyrs."
"The Pakistani Taliban announced its responsibility for the New York attack in revenge for the two leaders al-Baghdadi and al-Mahajer and Muslim martyrs," said a statement on a website commonly used by Islamists.
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Comments (14)
inspiron1525 wrote:
Uh, this “commonly used by islamists website? So where is the link?
philnagle wrote:
Will the administration now call them Islamic terrorists. Their surrender to political correctness is embarassing.
rarbrar wrote:
“…surrender to political correctness…” is a ridiculously loaded and logically fallacious statement. Oh, and who cares what we call them, anyway? Please exlain the significance.
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