ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Taliban chief claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a police academy, saying he wanted to retaliate for U.S. missile attacks on the militant bases on the border with Afghanistan. Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the United States, also vowed to “amaze everyone in the world” with an attack on Washington or even the White House. The FBI, however, said he had made similar threats previously and there was no indication of anything imminent.–Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Pakistani Taliban threaten strike on Washington D.C.
By The Associated Press
March 30, 2009