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US UMAV attackes in Pakistan/Afghanistan |
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The links between anti-India groups and Osama's jihadis have been known at least since 1998 when members of Harkat-ul-Ansar, AL-Jehad, Hizb, Jamiata fighter group focused on Kashmir, training alongside al-Qaida members in Afghanistan were killed in a US missile attack. In fact, the very first reference to India by Osama came in May 1998 when he said in a press conference at Khost in Afghanistan that he would love to join the jihad in Kashmir if the Pakistani authorities allowed him. Osama's answer came in response to a question from a Pakistani journalist. In the same conference, he announced the formation of International Islamic Front for Jihad Against the US and Israel.