We will strike if raided: Madrasa

8220;Of course there are no suicide bombers in the mosque. If the President is so well aware of the bombers, he must disclose their names,8221; he said.

He sidestepped Musharraf8217;s charge that the mosque housed some militants of Jaish. Gazzi and his elder brother, Abdul Aziz were known for their pro-Taliban rhetoric.

They were also accused of amassing a lot of prime land in Islamabad and were known to have strong ties with Jaish, specially its breakaway wing which was held responsible for 2003 suicide attacks on Musharraf.

As Ghazi, with a gleaming AK-47 riffle hanging on to his shoulder, warned of strong retaliatory strikes and asked the government to remove the Rangers, a grim situation prevailed in Islamabad as militant students and the soldiers went ahead with building heavy sand bunkers and fortified the area around with heavy barbed wire.

Ghazi admitted that there were weapons in the mosque but said that they were all 8220;licensed8221;.