Lashkar-e-Omar

Lashkar-e-Omar (The Army of Omar) was an Islamic fundamentalist militant organisation. The group, which was formed in January 2002, was a mixture of elements from three other groups: Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Jaish-e-Mohammed.^{[citation needed]} It also included members of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Its reported mission was to attack Americans in Pakistan.^{[citation needed]} The last leader was Qari Abdul Hai, also known as Qari Asadullah alias Talha.^{[citation needed]}

Several events have been linked to the group. It was reportedly behind a grenade attack on a church in Islamabad on 17 March 2002, which resulted in five deaths and 41 injuries.^{[citation needed]} A couple of months later on 8 May a suicide bomber detonated outside a Sheraton hotel in Karachi.^{[citation needed]} Again in Karachi 10 people were killed when the US consulate was attacked on 14 June. Finally on 28 October 2002, a church in Bahawalpur in Punjab, was attacked by six gunmen, killing 17 Christians and a police officer.^{[citation needed]} Some of its members were also allegedly connected to the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl.^{[citation needed]}