Fighters from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Waziristan have joined the ranks of Maulana FazlullahÂ’s armed supporters to fight security forces and impose the Sharia (Islamic system) in Swat, well placed sources told Daily Times on Tuesday.
| Let's translate that: Mullah Radio was a probe, to see how determined the government was to hold on to Swat. The probe revealed there was no substance behind the Pak army's presence and either no spine to be found in the local administration, or the local administration is sufficiently sympathetic as to present no serious obstacle. Now it's time for the reinforcements to be sent in, after which Ayman's branch of al-Qaeda can set up shop behind only the thinnest of veneers. |
Sources said that the beheading of four security forces personnel in Swat was an act of foreign militants and they would start more beheadings if the government intensified attacks on them. “The regrouping of Islamic militants in Swat has implications for NATO forces in Afghanistan as well as for the wider fight against global militancy,” sources added.
A displaced Abdul Rahim, a resident of Matta, currently living in Peshawar confirmed the presence of foreigners and said he had seen some armed people speaking in Arabic and other languages of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Maulana Fazlullah’s spokesman, Sirajuddin, however, denied involvement of outsiders in the ongoing battle with the security forces. “We have nobody from abroad, our own men are involved in the fighting,” he said. |