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| Islamic State commander arrested from Lahore |
| 2015-01-22 |
[NATION.PK] Pak security forces enjuggedDrop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! a man they believe is the commander of 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.... group in the country as well as two accomplices involved in recruiting and sending fighters to Syria, intelligence sources said today. Authorities in South Asia are concerned about the rise of the krazed killer group in a region already beset by home-grown insurgencies fighting to topple local governments and set up strict Islamic rule. Three intelligence sources, said the man, Yousaf al Salafi, was arrested in Lahore and confessed during interrogation that he represented IS in Pakistain. 'Al Salafi is a Pak Syrian who reached Pakistain through Turkey five months ago,' said one source. 'He crossed into Turkey from Syria and was caught there. Somehow he managed to escape and reached Pakistain to establish ISIS (IS).' The account could not be independently verified. The source said one of his accomplices, Hafiz Tayyab, was a prayer leader in Lahore and was involved in recruiting Paks and sending them to fight alongside Islamic State in Syria, charging IS about $600 per person. Rifts among the Taliban and disputes about the future of the insurgency have contributed to the rise of Islamic State's popularity but security sources believe there are no operational links yet between IS and South Asia. |
| Posted by:Fred |