Search Results for: Pakistan,

Journalist, tourist, or…jihadist? He says he was just visiting a friend. Of course. Maybe that’s how John Walker Lindh, pictured above, aka Johnny Taliban, the Marin County Mujahid who was captured in Afghanistan fighting alongside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, got to the area as well. “American Man Arrested Near Afghan Border in Pakistan,” from AP, […]

Poverty-Causes-Islamic Radicalization/Terrorism Alert. You know, like multi-millionaire Osama bin Laden, who opted to live the life of a jihadist hiding in caves, all because he was…broke? What’s strange is that this sort of thing is usually peddled by Westerners, but here it’s a Pakistani official who is trying to make this connection. All well and […]

It would have cast into doubt so many of the bedrock assumptions of the “war on terror,” you see. Friend and Ally Update: “Taliban leader killed by SAS was Pakistan officer,” by Christina Lamb in the Times, October 12 (thanks to Satinder): British officials covered up evidence that a Taliban commander killed by special forces […]

Masood is the brother of Hafiz Saeed, a Pakistani jihadist whose group, Lashkar-e-Toiba, has left a bloody wake in Kashmir and India. Has anyone ever questioned Masood about what he thought of his brother’s activities and the ideology that inspired them, or would that have been in poor taste? “Mass. imam admits immigration fraud, will […]

More evidence regarding what everyone is increasingly becoming familiar with: Pakistan’s perfidious nature. Friend-and-Ally Update. “Pakistan’s spies ‘support terrorism,’” by Tamim Hamid for Quqnoos, October 4: A LEAKED report from Spain’s intelligence service has accused Pakistan’s spy agency, the ISI, of supporting terrorism. Broadcast on Spanish radio, the report said the ISI provides terrorists in […]

“Dude! I love this book!” Al-Qaeda’s Adam Gadahn is the first American to be charged with treason since World War II. A few years ago he invited me to convert to Islam and turn my sword against the enemies of Allah. Dude, I don’t even own a sword. And he called me a “Zionist crusader, […]

This from the same man who also asserted that “if a state is truly Islamic it would have to kill the apostate.” “Linking terrorism with Islam not justified: Munib-ur-Rehman,” from Associated Press, Pakistan, October 2: ISLAMABAD, Oct 2 (APP): Islam is a religion of peace and brotherhood and linking terrorism with it is not justified, […]

But what do you bet he wouldn’t call the 9/11 attacks terrorism? “Prime Minister Terms US Attacks Inside Paksitan [sic] Terrorism,” from Pakistan News, October 1 (thanks to Kyros): ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has termed the US attacks inside Pakistan’s territory as terrorism. Speaking to media persons at Prime Minister House here […]

More confirmation of what everyone should know by now about the duplicity of our Friend and Ally Pakistan comes today from Spain: “Spanish intelligence document says Pakistan ‘helped arm Taliban,’” by Fiona Govan in the Telegraph, October 1 : A leaked Spanish intelligence document alleges that Pakistan’s spy agency was helping arm Taliban insurgents against […]

Even though the latter did not cross into Pakistan’s airspace. Yet another Friend-and-Ally Update. “NATO says Pakistani troops fired at their chopper,” from AP, September 25 (thanks to jcb): KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO says Pakistani troops fired at their helicopters patrolling eastern Afghanistan, but no damage is reported. In a statement, NATO says its helicopters […]