Taliban stage 2nd attack on Pakistan’s largest international airport

Global Jihad 2014 Pakistan: One Bullet Away from Jihad Nuke

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Fresh on the heels of Obama’s release of the Taliban 5 commando brigade from Gitmo and financing the resurrection of Taliban jihad leadership comes the second attack on the largest international airport in Pakistan by …. the Taliban in Pakistan.
Obama is increasingly the jihadists’ most important and powerful ally.

Karachi airport attack: Taliban claims new attack on security base, Telegraph, June 10, 2014
Taliban says it was behind a new Pakistan airport attack barely 24 hours after they went on the rampage at Karachi’s airport killing 25 people
The Pakistan Taliban claimed it was behind an attack on a security base in Karachi on Tuesday, barely 24 hours after they went on the rampage at the city’s airport killing 25 people.
Officials said gunmen – some on motorbikes – opened fire on a camp run by the Airports Security Force camp, whose personnel killed 10 militants during Sunday night’s bloodshed.
The gun battle was over almost as soon as it erupted, with the attackers fleeing into the city.
Maj Gen Asim Bajwa, the army spokesman, said three to four attackers had opened fire and then fled without gaining access to the facility.
“Chase is on,” he said.
The assault will be a bitter blow to Pakistan’s military and government, who had promised to step up security after the Taliban announced it would launch further attacks.
The daylight raid was little more than half a mile from the scene on Sunday’s chaos.
Jinnah International Airport closed briefly to all traffic, forcing an inbound Emirates flight to return to Dubai.
The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility shortly after the attack ended.
Speaking to The Telegraph by telephone from an undisclosed location, Shahidullah Shahid, spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), said: “This wave of attacks will be continuing in retaliation for shelling and atrocities of the government.”
He added that the TTP remained open to the prospect of peace talks, but not if the government continued its military action against them.

An ambulance takes an injured security worker to a hospital after gunmen attacked an airport training centre in Karachi (Shakil Adil/AP)
The assault began hours after Pakistan’s warplanes took to the air, launching air strikes against targets in the restive north-west.
A statement issued by the military’s press office claimed 25 terrorists had been killed and nine hideouts destroyed in Tyrah Valley – claims that could not be independently verified.
The brazen attack on Karachi airport has increased pressure on the government and military action to launch its long-awaited offensive in the North Waziristan tribal district and clear the area of militant havens. Thousands of families are reported to have left the area in the past 24 hours.
Also on Tuesday, a further seven charred bodies were found in a cold store at Karachi airport, hours after the Pakistani military ended the operation to retake the site, bringing the death toll from Sunday night’s commando raid to 25 guards and civilians.