Sunni-Shi’ite Jihad Update. “Sectarian clashes in Pakistan kill 70: officials,” from Agence France-Presse: PESHAWAR – Fighting between rival Sunni and Shia Muslims in northwestern Pakistan’s troubled tribal belt has claimed 70 lives, security officials and state media reported Sunday. State television said another 150 people were injured as heavily armed tribesmen clashed in the Kurram […]
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US moves to tie aid to Pakistan to its success in fighting jihadists
In talks all around the country for years now I’ve been advocating tying U.S. aid to Pakistan, as well as to Egypt, to its combating of the jihad ideology. This is not that, but it is closer than we have been. “U.S. aims to reshape Pakistan aid,” by Peter Spiegel for the Los Angeles Times: […]
Pakistan: Jihadists extend their reach, capture more territory
“The success of the militants in Swat has caused new concern in Washington about the ability and the will of Pakistani forces to fight the militants who are now training their sights directly on Pakistan’s government…” Of course many don’t have the will to fight the “militants,” because they share their ideology. “Militants Gain Despite […]
Italy: Pakistani man sentenced to 30 years in jail for daughter’s ‘honor killing’
“She was found with her throat slit buried in the garden of her family home with her head facing Mecca.” An update on this story. “Italy: Pakistani man sentenced to 30 years in jail for daughter’s ‘honour killing’,” from Adnkronos International: Brescia, 13 Nov. (AKI) – A Pakistani man in Italy, Mohammed Saleem, and two […]
Pakistan losing territory to pro-Taliban rebels
Bush wants Musharraf to hold elections, but it may already be too late for that. “Pak losing territory to pro-Taliban rebels,” from the Times of India (thanks to James): ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Pakistan is fast losing chunks of its territory to pro-Taliban rebels. On Wednesday, it lost yet another town in the picturesque valley of Swat […]
Pakistan: Reforms fail at many madrassas
More background here on why the Musharraf regime is fighting for its life. The madrassas — all too many of them — “were preaching jihad before September 11, and they are still preaching jihad.” And they don’t mean an interior spiritual struggle, either. “Osama is a Muslim, and whatever he is doing is in the […]
Jihad terror in UK sourced in Pakistan
Here is more indication of how energetic the tottering Musharraf regime has been in fighting jihadists in Pakistan. More on this story: “Terror in UK sourced in Pakistan: MI5 chief,” by Prasun Sonwalkar for Indo-Asian News Service : Over the last five years, much of the command, control and inspiration for attack planning in the […]
Aussie FM: Pakistani intelligence services linked to Taliban
While the United States “reimburses” Pakistan billions of dollars for its “efforts” in the “war on terror,” Alexander Downer takes a more realistic view. “Pakistan ‘less than robust’ at combating extremism,” by Craig Skehan in the Sydney Morning Herald (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): The Howard Government has accused elements of Pakistani military intelligence of […]
Pakistan considers Sharia rule in Swat valley to appease jihadists
Capitulation. “Pakistan considers Taliban rule in volatile valley – Summary,” from Deutsche Presse Agentur : Islamabad – Pakistan is considering enforcement of Islamic laws in Pakistan’s north-western Swat valley to meet the demands of pro-Taliban militants who briefly seized and then released around 100 security personnel after nine days’ fierce fighting that left more than […]
Did you hear the one about the grocery clerk in New Jersey who turned out to be an assassin for a Pakistani jihad group?
No, it’s no joke. “Official: Militant Pakistani group causes terror concerns in New York,” from The Associated Press (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): NEW YORK: A follower of an Islamic militant group caused a previously undisclosed scare in 2004 when someone in his truck took mobile phone photos of the support structures of the Brooklyn […]