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| Pakistan's Punjab centre for 'jehadi' recruitment |
| 2004-07-11 |
| Even though the NWFP Pashtuns get all the attention, it is the Punjabis who make up most of the Pak Jihadis. However because the Army and ISI is dominated by Punjabis also, they seem to be easier to control than the Pashtun Jihadis. In a disturbing development, Pakistan's Punjab province bordering India has emerged as the biggest recruitment centre for 'jehadis' in the country and Sindh is being rapidly converted into another major source for fighters. More than 50 per cent of 'jehadis' in Pakistan come from Punjab province alone. Around 8,000 of them have been killed so far fighting security forces in Jammu and Kashmir while another 4,000 have died in Afghanistan, according to a leading think-tank. Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba has 29 recruitment centres in Punjab, Jaish-e-Mohammad nine and other outfits active in Kashmir, excluding Hizbul Mujahideen, 14 centres, Strategic Foresight Group says in its recent publication 'Pakistan's Provinces'. The sectarian group Sipah-e-Sahaba, also has 16 offices all over the province out of 28 in the entire country. The presence of over 5,500 religious seminaries has also given a boost to the recruitment of 'jehadis' from Punjab. Of these, 3,000 belong to the Deobandi school of thought, 1,500 are Barelvis, 800 Ahle Hadis and 120 are Shia seminaries. Even extremist religious party Jamaat-e-Islami, has 100 seminaries in the province, the think-tank says. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #2 I'm tellin' you....we're going to have to rain fire down on these filthy muslim animals.....sooner or later. Unless we're all ready to change our way of life, or die. If we don't take off the gloves, if we don't commit to VICTORY, it's over folks. Fuck the geneva convention....if only one side lives by it's "rules of war", it's useless. It ties the hands of those who believe in the rule of law. This is for keeps, folks. They know it.....we don't. |
| Posted by: Halfass Pete 2004-07-11 8:46:32 PM |
| #1 A Pakistani cabdriver from Punjab province was shot to death in his cab just outside of DC two days ago. I was watching the news and saying hmmm... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-07-11 12:31:38 PM |