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| And now there is Tehrik-e-Taliban Balochistan! |
| 2009-03-07 |
| Pakistani Taliban have now surfaced in Balochistan by organising themselves under the banner of Tehrik-e-Taliban Balochistan. Engineer Asad, claiming to be its spokesman, said in a phone call from an undisclosed location in Balochistan that their organisation had no link with the Baitullah Mahsud-led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). It wasn’t possible to verify the claim made by Engineer Asad or to know more about his identity. The man, who spoke Pashto in an accent peculiar to Balochistan, explained that the members of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Balochistan (TTB) were all Pakistanis. He said the struggle of the TTB was against non-Muslims and Western forces that had attacked and occupied Islamic countries. He said the TTB was opposed to fighting the Pakistani security forces and law-enforcement agencies and turning Pakistan into a battlefield. Instead, he said, the TTB was committed to fighting the enemies of Islam. The TTB spokesman termed suicide bombings un-Islamic. He condemned the suicide attack that targeted and missed the JUI-F provincial head, Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani, and other party leaders at a seminary in Pishin district on Monday. The blast killed six people. Engineer Asad said the TTB wasn’t involved in the Pishin suicide bombing. He said it had no dispute with Maulana Sherani or the JUI-F. “We respect the JUI-F and consider it as our ally. This suicide bombing is the work of our enemies,” he argued. Maulana Sherani, it may be recalled, had blamed a group of the Afghan Taliban led by Mulla Dadullah, who was later killed by US forces in Afghanistan, for a previous attack on his life some years ago. His allegation created rift between the JUI-F and Afghan Taliban. It also caused differences in the JUI-F, as one faction of the party didn’t believe that the Afghan Taliban were behind the failed attack on the life of Maulana Sherani. If one were to believe Engineer Asad, then the group of Pakistani Taliban operating in Balochistan is different than those active in the NWFP and its tribal areas. The TTB is the latest among the Taliban groups now functioning in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The TTP members are almost all Pakhtuns but it is possible that the TTB would have some Baloch activists. The militants hailing from Punjab and operating in the NWFP and Fata are often referred to as Punjabi Taliban. |
| Posted by:Cherelet and Tenille1095 |
| #6 rw - see the color chart to the right. Look particularly at the gray bar. Pappy's a moderator. And you're a foul- |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-07 23:46 |
| #5 pappy who the fuck you think you are? The guy who just ended you tragically short tenure here? |
| Posted by: badanov 2009-03-07 23:39 |
| #4 pappy who the fuck you think you are? juct because you have a handicap tag thinks you know every thing about everything. do me a favor and before you get your razzy scooter off the gov shoot yourself |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-03-07 23:32 |
| #3 seriously don't be a smartass when you're not god at it, the taliban is all over afgan and pakistan who you think startied them smartass |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-03-07 23:31 |
| #2 Because it a) opens a new front on Afghanistan and b) also gives the Pakistanis a potentially brutal armed faction that will fight the Balochis for power - meaning they don't have to bring the military in. Seriously - stick to the pot-legalisation posts. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-03-07 22:10 |
| #1 and we give a shit why? |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-03-07 20:41 |