Jihad & Terrorism Studies Project

March 31, 2012 Special Dispatch No.4619 Taliban Press Statement On Recent Taliban Attacks: 'We Shall Not Let The Foreign Invaders Rest in Peace In Any Part Of The Country And Shall Spill Their Blood' A press statement issued by a spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban's shadow government in the country) claims that recent attacks on the U.S./NATO forces are revenge for the desecration of the Koran and the killing rampage by a U.S. soldier. The statement says: "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as the real representatives of its Muslim nation, solemnly pledged that it shall take revenge... and in doing so shall demonstrate to its people that it is in fact the mujahideen of [the] Islamic Emirate who are the true protectors of their honor, sanctities and freedom." The full text of this report is available to MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Subscribers. Subscription information is available at this link. JTTM subscribers can visit this page to view the report.