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Bill Roggio: Taliban are 'patriots,' says Pakistani Army official
Victory Caucus -- All Content —
... Monday, 01 December 2008 The Pakistani Army looks to the Pashtun tribes and the Taliban in the insurgency-wracked northwest as tensions with India rise over allegations of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai terror assault. read ...
The Mumbai Attacks May Escalate Afghan Conflict
Weekly Standard Blog —
... A senior Pakistani military officer responded by calling Taliban chieftains Baitullah Mehsud and Mullah Fazlullah “patriots” and the conflict was due to “misunderstandings.” Baitullah Mehsud is the head of the Pakistani Taliban and a warlord in South Waziristan. Baitullah has defeated the Pakistani military in multiple battles the past several years. Fazlullah is the head of the Taliban in Swat, where the government has been fighting to regain control of the region for over a year. ...
Taliban are ‘patriots,’ says Pakistani Army official
Flopping Aces —
... -The Taliban who took over Afghanistan when the Soviets and Americans abandoned it were backed by Pakistani intelligence as well as Al Queda. Even today, there are innumerable love connections between our ally’s intelligence services and our enemies (the Al Queda network of terrorist groups). ...
Avoiding Escalation After Mumbai
Wonk Room —
... The Pakistani government has already threatened to move some of their 100,000 troops based in northwest Pakistan to the eastern border with India. Reports that representatives of the Taliban offered to raise a three million-strong tribal militia to fight any Indian military action suggest that these groups would in fact embrace the opportunity for such a conflict. The Taliban are already increasing ...
Pakistan's Hypocrisy on the Taliban
Weekly Standard Blog —
... with Baitullah now? Why would a senior Pakistani generals describe Baitullah as "a patriot"when tensions between Indian and Pakistan flared late last year after the Mumbai assault? ...
