Afghan report stirs Pakistan debate (US accuses Pakistan of helping groups)

[IndianaGreen]

Source: Al Jazeera

Afghan report stirs Pakistan debate

UPDATED ON:
Saturday, September 26, 2009
16:51 Mecca time, 13:51 GMT

Pakistan's army and its intelligence service, the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), have long been accused of supporting armed groups fighting in Afghanistan.

But the latest warning has come from no less than the US forces' commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal.

In a report submitted to the Obama administration recently, he says "Afghanistan's insurgency is clearly supported from Pakistan".

McChrystal identifies the Shura Council of the Taliban in Quetta, in southwest Pakistan, led by Mullah Omar, as the biggest force fighting the Nato-led troops in Afghanistan.

Then there is the Haqqani network - run by Jalaluddin Haqqani - which is believed to have close ties to al-Qaeda and which uses North Waziristan as its main base.

McChrystal says its funding comes from Pakistan and Gulf Arab networks.

Finally, his report says, there is the Hezbi-I-Islam, run by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a veteran guerrilla from the Soviet war in the 1980s.


Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/09/2009926101231313412.html

[iandhr]

1. YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM

[earcandle]

2. Bush funded Al Queda and the suicide bombers from Pakistan

that seems pretty clear to me.  Osama Bin Laden is dead. 
IMNSHO

[bemildred]

3. This is blowback. nt

[Jazzgirl]

4. IIRC, the money for 9/11 was sent from

Saudi Arabia to the head of Pakistan's ISI. He turned around and wired it ($100k) to Atta. The head of ISI resigned and was never punished. I don't understand why we attacked Afghanistan when the money was clearly from Saudi/Pakistan groups.

[IndianaGreen]

5. According to Robert Fisk, Saudi Arabia has been funding the Taliban for years

Don't forget that Saudi money also funds the global network of Wahhabi madrassas that teach very young boys to hate Israel, Jews, Westernized women, and incites them to martyr themselves.

[Democrats_win]

6. Note: the Denver terrorist trained in Pakistan! Pakistan is a problem for America.

Clearly, America can't sit back and let Pakistan off of the hook. What was the point of invading Afghanistan and then allowing Pakistan to take it's place as a haven for terrorists?