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In early September, about a dozen murderous Moslems crossed the border from Afghanistan to Pakistain with pamphlets and flags, urging locals to join the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
. They distributed hundreds of pamphlets in Afghan refugee camps and madrassas in Pakistain's Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
(KPK) regions, according to local hard boys. These pamphlets, published in Pushto, Dari, and Farsi, were titled "Fateh," meaning "victory." "Every Moslem must follow the orders of Caliph and should contribute in whichever capacity he or she can to assist the Islamic State against Taghoot (the enemies)," they said. The pamphlets also said the revival of Islam is only possible through jihad, and the final crusade between Moslems and infidels is imminent.
"The United States invaded the Moslem land, and we will use our force to invade them," said former Al-Qaeda fighter Javed Iqbal, 32, who helped distribute the pamphlets and just returned from fighting in Syria. In many ways, Pakistain is an ideal spot for a group like IS to recruit and grow. For decades, the country has been a breeding ground for terrorism and militancy: It is home to at least 48 jihadist groups, many of which Pakistain's military secretly backs as proxies. According to local sources in Kashmire, IS flags and slogans have been visible sporadically since June, although the Indian Army has helped prevent any terrorist attacks. In Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, which borders Afghanistan and Iran and is the largest province in the country, locals have found walls chalked with messages that glorify the Islamic State and calling for fighters to join.
Local sources in Peshawar and KPK say IS started recruitment in Pakistain two years ago--"even before they emerged as ISIS themselves," a member of the jihadist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
said, on condition of anonymity. "More than 200 fighters have left from Pakistain to join what is now called the Islamic State." Most of these fighters were from the Pak Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and other hard boy groups. Although state authorities deny any such activity, another hard boy commander from Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, also on condition of anonymity, said dozens of fighters left as early as November 2012 "to fight Bashar al Assad, and eventually joined [IS]."