KHYBER PASS & BEYOND (3#) -

The story about the 20-year-old Florida college student who was arrested at a checkpoint on the border of Mohmand Agency FATA is getting fishy.

Anwar Iqbal is now reporting that the youngster has been moved to Waziristan. He should be sent back to Peshawar where his father lives. What is going on here? [dawn]

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Ineffective Labeling: Tribal elders in South Waziristan seized sensitive spy instruments from Spairay Ghar mountain near Angoor Adda, 30 kilometer South of Wana.

+ Of course, the instruments were clearly labeled "Spy Instruments," but, unfortunately, the tribesmen there are completely illiterate. I am being facetious, but it's probably true. [fpost]

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The Exploding Internet: A young tribesman from Mohmand Agency, Abdul Wakeel, 20, has revealed to detectives that his gang is responsible for bombing eight Internet cafes and video shops across the city of Peshawar, according to a report by Javed Aziz Khan.

He was allegedly carrying some sticks of dynamite on his person when he was arrested while traveling on a bus from Bara to Peshawar to blow up another CD shop. [jnews]

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