One would have thought that the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims would rise up and not allow Saeed to preach. But once again, no such luck. Tiny Minority of Extremists Alert: “‘Mastermind’ of Mumbai attack preaches at mosque in Lahore,” by Zahid Hussain in The Times, November 21 (thanks to Kris): Come Friday prayers in […]
Report: Pakistani intel helped Mullah Omar flee Quetta
Fiend, er, Friend and Ally Update. “EXCLUSIVE: Taliban chief hides in Pakistan,” by Eli Lake, Sara A. Carter, and Barbara Slavin for the Washington Times, November 20 (thanks to Alan): Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Afghan Taliban, has fled a Pakistani city on the border with Afghanistan and found refuge from potential […]
Pakistani Army ran training camps for jihad group
No one should be surprised by this. But all the learned analysts who know how much we need Pakistan will be. Double Game Update: “Pakistani Army ran Muslim extremist training camps, says anti-terrorist expert,” by Charles Bremner in the Times Online, November 14 (thanks to Kris): The Pakistani Army ran training camps for a Muslim […]
Spencer: Pakistan Defeats the Taliban — Again
In my column in Human Events this morning I discuss Pakistan’s longstanding double game: The Taliban, sponsor of Osama bin Laden, terror-makers for decades, are on the ropes — at least in Pakistan. Pakistan’s foreign minister, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, delivered the good news on Sunday: the Taliban is being routed along the Afghanistan border. […]
Clinton to Pakistanis on Al-Qaeda top dogs: “I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are, and couldn’t get to them if they really wanted to”
Challenging them on Al-Qaeda, but not on women’s rights But of course the Pakistani authorities say they’re doing all they can. As they did all through the years in which they were funneling American anti-terror money to the jihadists they were supposed to be fighting. “Clinton Challenges Pakistanis on Al Qaeda,” by Mark Landler in […]
Jihadist/martyrdom bombers hit aeronautical complex, restaurant in Pakistan
As the government attempts to show that it really is using U.S. money to fight against the jihadists. “Bombs Strike Northwest Pakistan as Taliban Attacks Escalate,” by Khalid Qayum for Bloomberg, October 23 (thanks to all who sent this in): Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) — Two bombs struck northwestern Pakistan today as militants escalated near-daily attacks […]
US arms the jihad, produces F-16s for Pakistan
Dhimmi idiocy. “Lockheed Martin Unveils First New F-16 for Pakistan in Ceremony Attended by Air Force Chiefs,” a press release, October 13 (thanks to DFS): FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct 13, 2009 /PRNewswire- unveiled the first of 18 new F-16s being produced for Pakistan in ceremonies today at its Fort Worth, Texas, facility. Officials including the […]
Sayyed: An Uneasy Alliance
Tashbih Sayyed, the editor of Muslim World Today, explains in FrontPage why Pakistan will never be able to stamp out jihadist sentiments, and why Musharraf has turned to Israel. As a close U.S. ally in the war against terror, Pakistan has been designated a “major non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally,” allowing the Islamic Republic to […]
Pakistan continues to aid terrorist camps: India
A Stop-the-Presses Alert from “Pak continues to aid terrorist camps: India,” from the Navhind Times (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): New Delhi Aug 3: India today reiterated that the logistic infrastructure of the terrorist training camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) remains intact and that infiltration from across the border has increased in […]
‘US must not condone Pak. military’s support to militancy’
Bravo, Husain Haqqani. From PTI, with thanks to Nicolei: Washington, June. 30 (PTI): The US should not condone the Pakistani military’s continued support of militants and “state sponsorship” of Islamic fundamentalists as also the use of intelligence apparatus to control local politics, an adviser to the country’s former Prime Ministers today told a powerful American […]