The TTP said: “Its just the beginning, we have taken revenge for one (Mehsud), we have to take revenge for hundreds.” “We carried out this attack on the Karachi airport and it is a message to the Pakistan government that we are still alive to react over the killings of innocent people in bomb attacks on their villages,” the TTP spokesman said. Shahidullah Shahid moreover dismissed the Pakistani governments peace talks methodoly as a “tool of war”. Shahidullah Shahid said the attack was planned much earlier but had been postponed due to the peace talks. The TTP spokesman in a statement issued to the media said that the attack was also carried out to avenge the killing of Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike. “We carried out this attack on the Karachi airport and it is a message to the Pakistani government that we are still alive to react over the killings of innocent people in bomb attacks on their villages,” TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said. Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was revenge for the armys air strikes in areas along the Afghan border where the insurgents are based.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 07:18:53 +0000
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