Schools? No. Suicide bombs? Mais oui! “Female bombers ready in Waziristan: Punjab home secretary,” from GeoTV, June 18:
LAHORE: Eastern Turkistan Islami [sic] Party has prepared a female suicide bomber in Waziristan, which may target any important personality or a building, sources told Geo News Thursday.
If the name seems familiar, Bermuda just got four new residents from the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. Analysts differ on whether ETIM and the Turkistan Islamic Party (spellings vary between “Turkistan” and “Turkestan”) are part of the same entity. Whatever the affiliation of the group in this story, their reported activity provides another example of jihadists from supposedly localized disputes finding common cause, with a common reading of Islamic teachings on jihad.
Punjab Home Secretary Nadeem Hasan Asif dispatched a letter to the Law Enforcement Agencies.
The letter says the female bomber may be wearing a cloak (burqa).
The Home Secretary warned the LEAs of Punjab to be more alert and vigilant, adding the terrorists of Turkistan Party have planned targeting the significant installations by pipe bombs.