 | We had this story the other day, on the Pakistan side... |
The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Mullah al-Hajj Omar, has threatened to launch new attacks against American and British troops present in Afghanistan. In an interview with the Arab newspaper, al-Sharq al-Awsat, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban also denied harbouring members of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in Waziristan. "Here we are not al-Qaeda militants, he said, "We are only local Taliban militants of Waziristan."
| There is a difference. The Taliban are local Pashtun religious fanatics who want to impose their brand of Mohammedanism on their own country and their neighbors by force. Al-Qaeda is an international organization made up of Arab religious fanatics who want to impose their brand of Mohammedanism on their neighbors and the entire world by force. |
The mullah announced the intension to invite all Taliban militants inside the Afghan territory to carry out attacks against the foreign troops in the country.
| This will set up a situation in which the United States and the NATO forces will feel obliged to cross the border into Pakistan when chasing the bastards down. |
In 2004, Omar together with a group of other militant leaders in South Waziristan, signed a peace treaty with Pakistani troops. However now he intends to hit foreign stoops present in the neighbouring country. "This is our jihad," he explained " and for us it's a duty."
| "We don't expect to be bothered by any Pak troops while we're doing it, either." |
| Now, now, they've got the border under control, remember? |
A veteran war against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, the 45-year-old mullah also fought against American forces after the fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in late 2001.
| And did a bangup job of it, we might add. |
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