UK Institute: Terror Threat Widens

[AP/Washington Post] Senior researchers at Britain's International Institute for Strategic Studies warned Tuesday that "neo-Taliban" groups operating in Pakistan's tribal areas may soon become a global menace. Nigel Inkster, who directs a risk analysis unit at the London-based security think tank, said, "There is some evidence they were involved with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and that they have dispatched terrorists to the United Kingdom and Spain." International terrorism remains a "growth industry," he added.


2008-02-06 01:00:00

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