Laschkar-e Taiba
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Laschkar-e Taiba |
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| Lineup | 1986 |
| Country | Pakistan , Afghanistan , Kashmir , Bangladesh |
| Type | Terrorist militia |
| Strength | several thousand |
| Location | Muridke , Punjab , Pakistan |
| Colours | Black-and-white |
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| Current commander |
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed |
Laschkar-e Taiba ( Urdu لشكرِ طيبه DMG Laškar-i Ṭayyiba , literally “Army of the Pure”, also Lashkar-i-Tayyaba , Lashkar-e-Tayyaba , Lashkar-e-Toyba or Lashkar-i-Toiba ) is an Islamist terrorist organization in Kashmir with centers in Muridke and Punjab (Pakistan) .
It was founded in 1990 as the military arm of the Islamic mass organization Markaz Dawa wal Irshad ( Center for Sermon and Guidance ). The aim of the foundation was to support the mujahideen in the Afghan war against the Soviet Union. Around 1,500 fighters were deployed in Afghanistan. However, the group was hardly involved in major battles. 5 of the contingent died. The official establishment was preceded by the establishment of a training camp in Jaji in the Afghan province of Paktia in 1987 . After the Soviet withdrawal, the group oriented itself towards Kashmir. The LeT advanced to become the largest jihadist private army on the Asian continent. The recruits are mostly composed of members of the lower middle class, mostly with a high level of education. The majority of them come from the cities of Punjab and are recruited through legal and open activities of the Center for Preaching and Guidance in Pakistan, which operates Koran schools and mosques there.
The group was named on a list of terrorist individuals and organizations published by the EU in 2003.
Laschkar-e Taiba members have carried out serious terrorist attacks in India in the past . They have been linked to the 2006 Mumbai bombings and the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai . Its goal is the introduction of an Islamic State in South Asia and the "liberation" of the Muslims living in the Indian part of Kashmir ( Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh ).
The organization has been supported by the Pakistani government for years. However, under pressure from India and the USA, support was discontinued in 2002 . In India, Pakistan, the United States, Great Britain , Russia and Australia the grouping is banned as a terrorist organization . In December 2008, however, US intelligence agencies believed that Laschkar-e Taiba was still receiving support and protection from the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI .
In March 2012, the United States put a $ 10 million bounty on Hafiz Mohammad Saeed .
The bomb specialist Abdul Karim Tunda , counted as part of the LeT, was caught in August 2013.
literature
- Stephen Tankel: Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba . Columbia University Press, New York 2011. ISBN 978-0-231-70152-5 ; Table of contents: gbv.de (PDF)
Web links
- Organization profile. The Washington Post, December 5, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harvey W. Kushner: Encyclopedia of Terrorism . Edition illustrated. SAGE, 2003, ISBN 0-7619-2408-6 , pp. 212-213
- ↑ Chapter 6. Foreign Terrorist Organizations . Retrieved February 27, 2019 (American English).
- ^ Lashkar-e-Taiba, Pakistan Army of the Righteous . CRW flags. April 1, 2018, accessed January 19, 2018. (English)
- ^ Mariam Abu Zahab: Salafism in Pakistan - The Ahl el-Hadith Movement . In: Roel Meijer: Global Salafism - Islam's New Religious Movement . New York 2009, p. 136 f.
- ↑ 2003/902 / EC: Council Decision of December 22, 2003 implementing Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EC) No. 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures aimed at certain persons and organizations to combat terrorism and to repeal of Decision 2003/646 / EC : No. 13 in the second section concerning organizations
- ↑ Terrorist admits according to media training in Pakistan , Neue Zürcher Zeitung of December 1, 2008
- ↑ Who are the Lashkar-e-Tayiba? ( Memento of March 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Dawn of December 3, 2008
- ^ Thomas K. Gugler, From Kalashnikov to Keyboard: Pakistan's Jihadiscapes and the Transformation of the Lashkar-e Tayba . In: Rüdiger Lohlker (Ed.): New Approaches to the Analysis of Jihadism: Online and Offline . Vienna University Press, Göttingen 2012, pp. 37–62.
- ^ Richard A. Oppel Jr., Salman Masood: Pakistani Militants Admit Role in Siege, Official Says . The New York Times , January 1, 2009
- ↑ Ten million dollar bounty for Pakistani Islamist. Österreichischer Rundfunk , April 3, 2010, accessed on April 3, 2012 .