Let’s delay it like Pakistan has delayed the release of Asia Bibi and justice for countless other persecuted religious minorities. Let’s tell them it takes time; it’s a delicate subject, and we extend our sincerest assurances that we’re taking important steps to work on it. “US should delay Pakistan aid: study,” from Agence France-Presse, June […]
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67% of Pakistanis want Islamization of society
And yet we will keep pouring billions into Pakistan, because official Washington doesn’t see the extinguishing of the last vestiges of secular law in Pakistan as anything to be concerned about. The idea that the full Islamization of Pakistani society could mean disaster for the United States (of course, the existing sham alliance is disastrous […]
Pakistan: Murdered journalist was hauled in for questioning and frequently visited by ISI agents, had written message “in case something happens to me or my family”
As Human Rights Watch states, “the onus is on the ISI to prove that it was not holding him in illegal detention, and that its personnel were not responsible for his death.” Will it be “rogue elements” of the ISI who turn out to be behind the murder, or just “miscreants?” Or, since conspiracy theories […]
“Volcano of militancy” in Pakistan: Karachi base attack was launched after talks failed between Pakistani navy and al-Qaeda
The talks were aimed at securing the release of al-Qaeda-linked naval officers. This damning report is the final work of the murdered journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, intended to be the first of a two-part series. The story ends with “Next: Recruitment and training of militants.” One sincerely hopes this report survived even in a draft […]
Journalist who investigated al-Qaeda infiltration of Pakistan’s navy found murdered — had feared retaliation from Pakistan’s jihad-linked spy service
The work of Syed Saleem Shahzad of Asia Times Online has appeared many times here at Jihad Watch. You can see here that he was closely monitoring jihad activity in Pakistan — and given their preference for working under the cover of darkness, it is only natural that they would want him dead. “Missing Pakistani […]
Pakistan: Former navy commando and brother arrested for providing maps to jihadists in base raid
It was obvious the handful of jihadists who destroyed multi-million dollar aircraft and held Pakistani forces at bay for 16 hours had help. They knew exactly where to go and where to find what they wanted. But these two are only the tip of the iceberg where infiltration is concerned, as military and police installations […]
Pakistani jihad group has sleeper cells in U.S.
Are U.S. government and law enforcement authorities sleeping as well? More on this story. “COMMENTARY-Lashkar-e-Toiba: Global Outreach,” by Shrideep Biswas for South Asia Intelligence Review/India Blooms News Service, May 30: Lashkar-e-Toiba ranks right up there in the al-Qaida and related groups as terrorist organizations…(Janet Napolitano, US Secretary of Homeland Security, May 27, 2011) The statement […]
Pakistanis blaming U.S., India for jihad violence
Hey, what about the Zionists? Conspiracy Paranoia and Projection Alerts, and more thoughts on this story: “Amid bombings, Pakistan turns to conspiracies,” by Chris Brummitt for the Associated Press, May 29 (thanks to JCB): ISLAMABAD — Facing a surge in violence after the killing of Osama bin Laden, Pakistanis are taking comfort in conspiracy theories […]
Pakistani Taliban: We don’t work for anyone but Allah
But in Pakistan, conspiracy theories about CIA, Mossad, or Indian intelligence (RAW) roles in, well, everything, abound nonetheless. The two most attractive things about conspiracy theories for Pakistan are that they don’t have to make sense (hey, the enemy is crafty), and they help maintain the state of denial that anything wrong in Pakistan might […]
Afghanistan: Assassination of police commander was planned in Pakistan
There is an element of displacement of blame here, to be sure. It has become quite common for Kabul to downplay the extent of the problem as a phenomenon native to Afghanistan: everything’s fine, no terrorists here! But the fact remains that Pakistan’s double game has made efforts to root out the Taliban a decade-long […]