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| Al-Qaeda, Taliban setting up camps in J&K |
| 2002-05-29 |
| Al-Qaeda and Taliban members are helping organize a terror campaign in Kashmir to stir up trouble between India and Pakistan, USA Today reported on Wednesday, citing US intelligence officials and foreign diplomats. According to the officials, al-Qaeda and its allies hope to relieve pressure on compatriots hiding out in Pakistan by forcing the Pakistani government to move troops hunting for them to the eastern border with India, the newspaper said. The newspaper said the shifting of Pakistani troops to the Indian border could hamper the US pursuit of al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders believed to be hiding in western Pakistan. Pakistan's promised offensive against al-Qaeda in the west has already fizzled as forces move to the tense Indian border. We've seen this kind of diversion of pressure before. It's the best argument for a direct connection among the South Asian, Palestinian and probably Chechen fronts. On the other hand, it's also an indication that the Council of Boskone/Ernst Stavro Blofeld/Learned Elders of Islam consider the Paks expendable. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |