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...Reeling from losses in local elections to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's followers early this year, members of the SIIC joined forces in August with the Sadrists and Sunni factions to form the Iraqi National Alliance - excluding Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa party. The Alliance is expected to mount a challenge to al-Maliki in the January 2010 elections. (Read "With U.S. Pullout, Iraq Takes Ownership...
...slew of international aid agencies operating in the area. Still, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has asked for more support. The need for the international community to step up its aid effort was underscored a fortnight ago by the re-emergence of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a banned charity linked to last November's Mumbai massacre, at the center of relief efforts in Mardan. (See pictures of Mumbaikars picking up the pieces...
...office in Rawalpindi directed Qasab to the sprawling campus of the Markaz-al-Dawa wal-Irshad in the town of Muridke, about half an hour's drive from Lahore. Established in 1987 by a trio of veterans from the Afghan jihad with funding from Osama bin Laden, this Wahhabi center quickly became known as the launchpad for militant jihad. But it is much more. Within a few years, the Markaz had expanded to include a madrasah, separate schools for boys and girls, a free hospital and a university. Its founders, Hafiz Saeed, Zafar Iqbal and Abdullah Azzam - the latter...
...conspiracy and facilitation" of an act of terrorism. The accused include Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhwi, the alleged mastermind, and Zarar Shah. Both are considered leading members of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the banned militant group blamed for the attacks. They were arrested in an earlier crackdown on Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a charity now banned after being accused of acting as a front group for LeT. (Watch video of Mumbai residents talking about the attacks...
...latest version of Maliki will be put to the test on Jan. 31, when Iraqis vote in provincial elections. If the Dawa Party - now a junior partner in the Shi'ite coalition - makes big gains, it will be seen as an endorsement of the Prime Minister. Dawa officials have been playing up Maliki's tough-guy credentials, depicting him as the man who forced a reluctant U.S. to accept a withdrawal deadline...