Recording of Malik Faisal Akram’s call to England was obtained and reported by 'Jewish Chronicle'. In it, he promised to die a ‘martyr’, ranted about US’ overseas wars.
The gunman who demanded Siddiqui’s release in exchange for hostages at a Texas synagogue this weekend was latest in long line of jihadi attempts to free al-Qaeda-linked neuroscientist.
The gunman, now dead, had reportedly demanded the release of Siddiqui, who has alleged connections to Al-Qaeda & is serving 86-year sentence in US prison for attempted murder.
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Pakistan Television network’s acting MD sacked in ‘begging’ goof-up and government raises the release of terrorist Aafia Siddiqui from US jail.
In the capitals that will now be the unhappiest, a Kamala Harris victory was presumed, and a lot of actions and calculations were predicated upon that.
India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.
The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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