Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts

Shocker: Pakistan can’t come up with a suspect in kidnapping and murder of journalist who criticized Pakistani intel agency

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The Obama administration believed Syed Saleem Shahzad’s killing was ordered by Pakistani intelligence, and Pakistan angrily denied the outgoing Joint Chiefs chair’s allegations that Islamabad sanctioned the killing. Shahzad’s final article was on failed talks between the Pakistani navy and al-Qaeda, which sought to secure the release of al-Qaeda-linked naval officers. He then disappeared. The […]

Al-Qaeda commander to Pakistani jihadists: “For God’s sake, give us fighters”

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It is a curious coincidence, at the very least, that just as al-Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban are both apparently feeling the heat, America’s hands are tied on drone strikes. “Al-Qaida, Taliban seek Pakistani militants’ help,” by Ishtiaq Mahsud and Sebastian Abbott for the Associated Press, January 2: DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Prominent al-Qaida […]

Pakistan: Asia Bibi, a Christian jailed on false “blasphemy” charges, to spend another Christmas in prison

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Does Pakistan think it makes its Islamic republic look strong and powerful to persecute this woman and reduce her to this state? Quite to the contrary, it conveys a sense of fear, both that Islam cannot stand on its own merits in the free market of ideas, and of angering violent Islamic supremacists who may […]

Karzai eyes Pakistan after massacre of Shi’ites marking Ashura

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While Pakistan’s interior minister thanked the Taliban for not causing bloodshed there, Afghanistan was not so lucky, and a Pakistan-based jihadist group claimed responsibility. In addition to the slaughter carried out yesterday, the jihadists are knowingly inviting — and hoping for — a wave of retribution in blood. “Afghanistan to consult Pakistan over claim for […]

Pakistan: Interior minister “thanks” Taliban for not attacking Shi’ites’ Ashura observances

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Hallmark doesn’t make a card for that. One must consider the source, however. Interior Minister Rehman Malik is the same official who has ordered the blocking of “un-Islamic” web sites and text messages, demanded the pope and Interpol denounce the Florida Qur’an burning, and said he would shoot a person who committed blasphemy against Islam […]

NATO “braces for reprisals” from Pakistani-backed jihadists in retaliation for airstrike

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“This will come back at us, and at a time and a place of their [the ISI’s] choosing.” “Nato braces for reprisals after deadly air strike on Pakistan border post,” by Julian Borger and Saeed Shah for the Guardian, November 27: Nato forces in Afghanistan were braced on Sunday for possible reprisals from Pakistani-backed insurgents […]

Afghan officials: “Forces were retaliating for gunfire from two Pakistani army bases”

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This account supports a senior Western official’s statement that the airstrikes were a defensive measure, and suggests another case of curiously close proximity between jihadists and Pakistani military posts. U.S. officers reportedly also believed the Pakistani military was providing cover for jihadists in a firefight in late October, along with other recent allegations of jihadists’ […]

What could go wrong? Pakistan reportedly starting peace talks with Taliban

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After all, the truce with the Taliban in North Waziristan in October of 2006 was such a smashing success — for the Taliban. The risks are clear: Pakistan would have an excuse not to take action against the Taliban as long as “talks” are pending, or may enter into another disastrous agreement. The Taliban would […]

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