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Lashkar-e-Taiba moves offices to Kashmir
2001-12-26
  • Lashkar-i-Taiba has shifted its offices from Pakistan to Jammu and Kashmir. It will now be headed by Maulana Abdul Wahid of Poonch, who replaces Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chairman of the Jamaat al-Dawa, the new name for the Markaz al-Dawa wal-Irshad. The Jamaat will carry out a political, religious and reform program in Pakistan. The Jamaat, he said, would also discharge its obligations with respect to the defense of the country.
    Translated, they've moved outside Pakistan to pretend they're not a Pakistani organization. The parts of Jammu and Kashmir they've moved to are in the Pak-controlled areas, otherwise the Indos would annihilate them. Mullah Wahid reports to Hafiz Saeed, who remains the big cheese. Changing the name of the "holding company" confuses issues with things like watch lists and for people with short attention spans. The organization itself will continue its efforts to subvert Pakland on political and religious fronts while attempting to look virtuous, and if the government interferes with them too much they'll launch a Taliban-style revolt against Musharraf in favor of someone more compliant. Not real subtle, are they?
  • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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