[iwar] [fc:Pakistan.Shuts.Down.Islamic.Group]

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Pakistan Shuts Down Islamic Group

By ROSHAN MUGHAL
.c The Associated Press
  
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani authorities on Saturday shut
down a militant group declared a terrorist organization by the United
States, hours after the U.N.  Security Council ordered all member states
to crack down on terrorist organizations. 

Harakat ul-Mujahedeen, or ``Movement of the Holy Warriors,'' said it was
closing down its seven offices under government orders.  The movement is
one of the largest militant organizations fighting Indian soldiers in
the disputed Kashmir region and was declared a terrorist organization by
United States years ago. 

``The government has ordered us to close because of American pressure,''
said a Harakat commander, Sajjad Shahid. 

The group also has strong ties to Afghanistan and several of its members
were trained there.  Afghanistan is the base of alleged terrorist
mastermind Osama bin Laden, sought by the United States in the Sept.  11
terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. 

Scores of Harakat volunteers are believed to be fighting alongside the
Taliban against the northern-based Afghan opposition forces. 

Two key leaders of the group, Maulana Fazalur Rehman Khalil and Farooq
Kashmiri, went into hiding soon after the Sept.  11 attacks.  Both of
them fought with Afghan resistance forces against the Soviets in the
1980s. 

Harakat's assets were frozen Monday by President Bush along with those
of 26 other organizations and individuals in connection with the
worldwide campaign against terrorism. 

A second Pakistan-based organization, the Al-Rashid Trust, was on Bush's
list.  Pakistan's State Bank froze its assets here this week, but the
trust is technically allowed to continue since it has not been declared
a terrorist organization. 

On Saturday, several Harakat members were seen removing their belongings
from their main office in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-ruled
Kashmir. 

The government's move to shut down the militant organization is likely
to enrage other groups waging an insurgency in Indian-controlled
Kashmir.  Attique-ur-Rehman, another commander of the Harakat group,
vowed to resist the government order. 

``Any Pakistani ruler who will go against us won't stay in power for
long,'' he threatened. 

The United States has courted Pakistani support for its campaign against
bin Laden, who is protected by Afghanistan's hard-line Islamic Taliban
movement. 

Pakistan has maintained close ties to Afghanistan and is the only
country to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of the
country after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates broke ties. 


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