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Lethal Lashkar strikes again
[The News (Pak)] Most of the major suicide bombings carried out in Pakistan since 9/11, including the twin suicide hits in Lahore on September 1, killing over 30 people, have a common grandmother -- the al-Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) -- a sectarian turned Jihadi organisation, which is the group of choice for hardcore Pakistani militants who are adamant to pursue their anti-shia and anti-American Jihadi agenda.Terrorism experts believe that there is hardly any difference between the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (the Army of Jhangvi) and theLashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Aalmi (International), which has already claimed responsibility for the twin suicide attacks in Lahore. While Akram Lahori, already languishing in a Karachi jail, is the Salar-e-Aaala of the LeJ, the Al-Aalmi is a predominantly Punjab-based faction and headed by Abdullah Mansoor, who is based in Waziristan. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi uses terror tactics as part of its grand strategy to force the state into accepting its narrow interpretations of the Sunni sectarian doctrines as official doctrines. Besides targeting American interests in Pakistan, the victims of its terror tactics have been leaders and workers of rival Shia outfits, bureaucrats, policemen and worshippers. Launched in 1996 as a Sunni sectarian group, the Lashkar today has deep links with al-Qaeda and Taliban and is considered to be the most violent terrorist organisation, operating in Pakistan with the help of its lethal suicide squad. As with most Sunni sectarian and militant groups, almost the entire LeJ leadership is made up of people who have fought in Afghanistan and most of its cadre strength has been drawn from the numerous Sunni Madrassas in Pakistan. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-03 |
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