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| Pakistani Taliban emerging as a major threat, says IISS |
| 2008-02-06 |
| The border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan are the worst militancy-affected areas, with a total of 65 terrorist groups in operation, according to a report released in London on Tuesday. The 2008 Military Balance report issued by the International Institute for Security Studies (IISS) sees a growing threat from Al Qaeda and the Taliban movement. According to Nigel Inkster, director of transnational threats and political risk at the institute, as quoted by Reuters, the findings reflect the changing nature of conflicts over the past 10 to 15 years. “We’re seeing less and less inter-state conflict and more and more intra-state conflict involving a wide variety of armed groups — the number just keeps on spiralling.” He said while the roots of these groups lay in localised issues, very recently they had shown an inclination to link themselves to a wider agenda. Global struggle: Led by Baitullah Mehsud, the Waziristan-based group has recently expanded to align itself with global struggles. “Because of the wider ramifications of unrest in the region, the Pakistani neo-Taliban, as it is called, has become a potent and growing threat,” he warned. “Mehsud has linked himself formally with the Afghan Taliban and has been quoted about the need to annihilate the United States and Britain, so he is adopting a wider political agenda,” Inkster added. He said the fastest growing threat came not from Al Qaeda or any of its offshoots in Iraq, but probably Tehreek-e-Taliban — the Pakistani Taliban movement. “In South Waziristan they are actually pretty well established and the Pakistani army can’t really take them on full frontal,” Inkster told Reuters. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 The IISS, based in London, is both a limited company in UK law and a registered charity. It has offices in the US and in Singapore with charitable status in each jurisdiction. [nice The IISS was founded in 1958 in the UK by a number of individuals interested in how to maintain civilised international relations in the nuclear age. Much of the InstituteÂ’s early work focused on nuclear deterrence and arms control and was hugely influential in setting the intellectual structures for managing the Cold War. The Institute grew dramatically during the 1980s and 1990s, expanding both because of the nature of its work and its geographical scope. Its mandate became to look at the problems of conflict, however caused, that might have an important military content. This gave fresh impetus to the Institute as it began to cover more comprehensively political and military issues in all continents. As this mandate developed, the Institute worked hard both to provide the best information and analysis on strategic trends, and to facilitate contacts between government leaders, business people and analysts that would lead to the development of better public policy in the fields of international relations and international security. International Institute for Security Studies (IISS) sees a growing threat from Al Qaeda and the Taliban movement. No Shiite Sherlocks! IISS is like a Wilsonian pop corn fart which disappears in the roaring wind of a cat #5 Islamic ISI Hurricane. In fact, The ISI farts in the general direction of the IISI. :) |
| Posted by: RD 2008-02-06 13:44 |
| #3 NPR was pretty excited about a called cease-fire between pakistain and the north, and also about a helicopter crashing with three pakistain generals on board. (I know, already used the Murine twice this morning). |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-02-06 11:44 |
| #2 The border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan are the worst militancy-affected areas, with a total of 65 Fixed that. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-02-06 10:14 |
| #1 on SPACEWAR > ISS: AGHANISTAN MAY BECOME A FAILED STATE AS INSURGENCY SPREADS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-02-06 02:00 |