1.  And recent news reports have indicated that al-Qaida operatives are aligning with Pakistani militant groups.

2.  For example, the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba, or Army of the Pure, raises funds on the Internet.

3.  Indian officials blamed Pakistani extremist groups for the attack.

4.  Pakistani Islamic groups have been holding nationwide protests for the past two months, including a nationwide strike last Friday that left four protesters dead from police fire.

5.  Pakistani Islamic militant groups threatened the government but President Pervez Musharraf went ahead and sent a delegation of Pakistani officials to Kabul Monday.

6.  Pakistani Islamic groups said Saturday that they were outraged that Iran had softened its stand toward British writer Salman Rushdie.

7.  A Pakistani Islamic militant group claimed Saturday that its top leader has met suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden in a remote area of neighboring Afghanistan.

8.  A Pakistani Islamic militant group claimed on Saturday that its top leader has met with suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden in a remote area of neighboring Afghanistan.

9.  After the withdrawal of Soviet troops and the collapse of the Afghan communist regime, the insurgents turned to fighting among themselves and gave weapons to Pakistani Islamic groups.

10.  Another Pakistani group, the Movement for Shiite Muslim Law, accused the United States of double standards and hypocrisy.