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India-Pakistan
Hundreds in Pakistan Pay Tribute to Bin Laden
2013-05-03
[An Nahar] Hundreds of Islamists rallied in Pakistain's southwestern city of Quetta Thursday to pay tribute to al-Qaeda chief the late Osama bin Laden
... who is now neither a strong horse nor a weak horse, but a dead horse...
on the second anniversary of his death.

Organized by a pro-Taliban faction of Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
(JUI), headed by Maulvi Ismatullah, some 450 participants at the rally chanted: "Long live Islamic jehad and long live Mulla Omar!" an Agence La Belle France Presse news hound at the scene said.

Many of them were also carrying portraits of bin Laden.

The JUI's central secretary for information, Maulana Abdul Sattar Chisti, paid tributes to bin Laden.

"We are observing death anniversary of an Islamic hero, who was killed by American and Pak agents," he said.

"Bin Laden's martyrdom gave a new impetus to jehad against forces inimical to Islam," he added.
Posted by:Fred

#4  See also DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PAKISTANI TALIBAN VOW TO FOLLOW IN OSAMA BIN LADEN'S FOOTSTEPS, on the anniversary of his death.

* SAME > PAKISTANI TALIBAN/TTP [elements = sub-groups] JOINING AFGHAN TALIBAN IN [2013] SPRING OFFENSIVE.

VERSUS

* OTOH SAME > PAK ARMY PICKS TALIBAN AS ENEMY OVER AL-QAIDA.

* SAME > PAK MILITARY INTENDS TO BACK AL-QAIDA CANDIDATES FOR THE NEXT PARLIAMENT, e.g. AQ-affiliate Jaamat Islami [JI].

Islamabad + Pak Army hating OBL = Al-Qaeda by supporting pro-Qaeda Groups for formal political office???

* WORLD NEWS > [HuffPo] MUSLIMS NOT FIGHTING THE WAR YOU THINK THEY'RE FIGHTING.

ARTIC = Contrary to its rhetoric, Al-Qaeda is more about fighting for the FUTURE OF ISLAM, NOT THE USA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-05-03 22:19  

#3  Talk about a target rich environment.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-05-03 10:16  

#2  Misread the headline - 'Gay tribute to Bin Laden'

Paki showtunes? Guess I need another cup of coffee...
Posted by: Raj   2013-05-03 09:38  

#1  Afghanistan is not the problem Pakistan and Saudi is.
Posted by: Voldemort Sneremp9970   2013-05-03 07:17  

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