The head of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror organization, Shiekh Maulana Abdur Rahman, has been captured after a 48 hour stand off. The JMB is al Qaeda's affiliate organization in Bangladesh. Rahman is one of three leaders of the JMB and is said to be the 'spiritual leader' of that group.

Good riddance. Bill Rogio has extensive coverage.

UPDATE: More at Counteterrorism blog. more...

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President Bush is scheduled to visit Pakistan in a few days. Keep an eye on Pakistan. Should anything happend to the present dictator, Musharraf, it would be disastrous for the U.S. Pakistan has nuclear weapons, is absolutely filled with extremists, and has a history of supporting terrorism.

In late 2004, a bomb ripped through a Marriot hotel in Islamabad.

AKI:

Initial inquiries into Thursday's suspected suicide boimbing outside the US consulate in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi which killed at least four people — including an American diplomat - suggest that the explosive was packed in a Pakistan Navy vehicle. However, the reports have yet to be officially verified. Sources told Adnkronos International (AKI) that several underground militant groups had recently threaten to commit acts of violence after the arrest of some of their members. The attack comes just days before US president George W. Bush is scheduled to visit Pakistan.

The blast occurred at 8.50 am near the Marriot hotel and the US consulate in Karachi. The area where the explosion took place was a car park reserved for hotel staff, and is normally off-limits to outsiders. At the time of explosion, the only car that did not belong to the any member of the hotel staff, was that of the Pakistan Navy. The blast created a crater some 3 metres wide.

The American consulate in Karachi has yet to comment on the blast but Bush who is currently in India as part of his first visit since he became president in 2001, has confirmed that one foreign service officer was killed in the blast. He also said that the attack would not affect his visit to Pakistan.

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Great. Our allies, the Pakis. If you've seen the video, you know why I blog and why this pisses me off. more...

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Bush makes first state visit to Afghanistan since Ike. New York Times:

President Bush made a surprise five-hour visit to Afghanistan today to meet with President Hamid Karzai and to see for the first time the country created after the United States went to war against the Taliban in retaliation for the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

In a news conference with Mr. Karzai, Mr. Bush said he remained confident that Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, would be captured, and that the Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar would be apprehended as well. The two are believed to be hiding across the border in Pakistan. "It's not a matter of if they're captured or brought to justice, it's when they're brought to justice," Mr. Bush said.

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