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- Ten militants stormed Pakistani naval ship after mistaking it for U.S. vessel
- Armed group were easily overwhelmed, with three killed and seven arrested
- Jihadists thought navy frigate in Karachi dockyard was U.S. aircraft carrier
- USS George Washington believed to have been nearby on day of the attack
- Al Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent was formally established just two weeks ago
- Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri hoped to revive fortunes of his ailing terror group
- Would-be jihadists are now more likely to join rival Islamic extremists ISIS
- ISIS sympathisers took to Twitter to mock Al Qaeda's failed Karachi attack
Ten heavily armed militants from the terror cell had planned to storm an American military vessel in Karachi's sea dock - but found a Pakistani naval frigate in it's place.
The men were easily overwhelmed before they could do any damage, investigators said, with three of the militants killed and the remaining seven arrested.
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri formally announced the founding of a terror cell in the Indian subcontinent two weeks ago in the hope of reviving his ailing extremist group, which has suffered diminishing support since the unprecedented rise of rival Islamic extremist group ISIS.
Target? The vessel Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent tried to attack may have been the USS George Washington, which is believed to have been stationed off the coast of west Pakistan on the day of the incident
Location: Fishing boats are moored near a naval dockyard in Pakistan's port city of Karachi. On September 5, Al Qaeda militants attempted to storm a U.S. military vessel here, but found a Pakistani naval frigate in it's place
Despite the failure of the terror attack on September 6, Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent claimed responsibility - adding that the men involved were all former members of the Pakistani navy.
'The Naval officers who were martyred on Saturday in the attack on Karachi were Al Qaeda members. They were trying to attack American marines and their cronies,' the group said in a statement released last Thursday.
'The Pakistani military men who died defending enemies of the Muslim nation...are cursed with hell', they added, apparently still incorrectly under the belief that the vessel was a U.S.aircraft carrier.
It is thought the vessel the group tried to attack may have been the USS George Washington, which is believed to have been stationed off the coast of west Pakistan on the day of the incident, having left Japanese waters the previous day.
Investigators denied that the militants were all former members of the Pakistani navy, saying only one of the 10 men was from a naval background.
There were also suggestions that the attack may not even have been carried out by Al Qaeda at all, and that its increasingly desperate leadership is simply claiming credit for another group's botched work in the hope it makes them appear operational at a level beyond their real capabilities.
This line of inquiry appears to be reinforced by the delay of five days between the failed storming and Al Qaeda's statement claiming responsibility - with the terror group possibly waiting to see if the real culprits came forward to admit to their embarrassing failure before claiming it for themselves.
A senior investigator speaking to the Telegraph described the attack as a 'complete failure' and suggested there may be further arrests relating to the incident.
'They were well-equipped and came with the intention of taking a ship into their custody but they were caught in the initial stages,' the unnamed source was quoted as saying.
The formation of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent was tailored to counter the flagging image of the group - which has suffered a reversal in fortunes since former leader Osama bin Laden died.
Al Qaeda previously carried out atrocities such as the simultaneous United States embassy truck bombings in East Africa in 1998, the September 11 airplane attacks in the United States in 2001, and the London Underground bombings on July 7, 2005.
But since its founder Osama Bin Laden was killed by a team of U.S Navy Seals in Pakistan in 2011, the group appears to have lost direction somewhat - not least after subsequent leader al-Zawahiri blacklisted former Al Qaeda loyalists ISIS last year for being too brutal.
ISIS has since gained vast swathes of territory in the Middle East and attracted thousands of Western extremists to fight unders its banner in Syria and Iraq - including at least 500 Britons.
Earlier this year ISIS' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the terror group a 'caliphate' and announced himself as the caliph - the spiritual leader of all Muslims worldwide.
The group has also carried out the sickening filmed murders of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and of the British aid worker David Haines.
News of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent's failure to carry out the terror attack was met with mockery by ISIS sympathizers, who branded the group out of date and condemned its campaign of one-off terror attacks without ever attempting to seize territory.
Read more: Al Qaeda's new Indian branch laughing stock of the terror world after mistakenly attacking Pakistani frigate instead of an American aircraft carrier | Mail Online
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.......... They are talking about Indian subcontinent....... Other than that India has nothing to do with it......
I don't believe this. Pure nonsense!
