An ex-Taliban commander said Islamic militants led...

An ex-Taliban commander said Islamic militants led by Al-Qaeda want to strike quickly against US interests in Pakistan in retaliation for the death sentence in the Daniel Pearl murder case and a crackdown on Muslim extremists.
Fazul Rabi Said-Rahman, once the top Taliban military commander in eastern Afghanistan, said it was important to the militants to act quickly because Pakistani security forces were stepping up pressure on Taliban and Al-Qaeda members who fled the US military campaign in Afghanistan.
"There will be another big attack in Pakistan, and it will happen soon," he said in an interview.
But he would not discuss details except to say the attack would be carried out in a Pakistani city.
The warning was similar to one he conveyed less than three weeks before the June 14 car-bombing at the US Consulate in Karachi, which killed at least 12 Pakistanis.
Said-Rahman said the attack would be in response to a death sentence handed down to Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was convicted in the kidnap-slaying of Pear. "The Muslim brothers will do this, but the leaders will be Al-Qaeda" he said.".