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| Pakistan's western border 'breeding ground for IS' |
| 2015-10-18 |
| [DAWN] As Pakistain takes its battle against Lions of Islam to its logical end in its tribal borderlands, another virulently violent and deadly threat is rearing its head on the country's western borders in Afghanistan, where local residents and journalists say the self-styled Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... or Daesh [Islamic State] has gained a toehold to spread its influence on both sides of the borders. The group has resources and manpower and found safe havens in the foothills of the White Mountain (Speen Ghar) on the other side of the Durand Line, where it has virtually established its writ. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 from one of the foreign policy articles Wretchard quoted on FB. The real reason for Pakistan’s nuclear expansion isn’t India — it’s for blackmailing the United States. So fearful has Washington been of Pakistan’s nukes being sold, stolen, lost, sabotaged, or accidentally used that during George W. Bush’s administration, it reportedly spent as much as $100 million trying to secure the arsenal. Since 2001, the Pakistan Army has also received more than $20 billion in military support from the United States, even as it has continued to support groups like the Haqqani network that have killed hundreds of Americans. This is the greatest shakedown in history. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2015-10-18 22:31 |
| #2 Pakistan is a breeding ground for IS |
| Posted by: paul 2015-10-18 14:52 |
| #1 'breeding ground for IS' I propose it's not the breeding as much as the birthing. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-10-18 09:34 |