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After Syria and Iraq, Islamic State makes inroads in South Asia
Reuters ^ | 09/07/2014 | BY HAMEEDULLAH KHAN AND SAUD MEHSUD

Posted on 09/07/2014 1:28:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Islamic State pamphlets and flags have appeared in parts of Pakistan and India, alongside signs that the ultra-radical group is inspiring militants even in the strongholds of the Taliban and al Qaeda.

A splinter group of Pakistan's Taliban insurgents, Jamat-ul Ahrar, has already declared its support for the well-funded and ruthless Islamic State fighters, who have captured large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria in a drive to set up a self-declared caliphate.

"IS (Islamic State) is an Islamic Jihadi organization working for the implementation of the Islamic system and creation of the Caliphate," Jamat-ul Ahrar's leader and a prominent Taliban figure, Ehsanullah Ehsan, told Reuters by telephone. "We respect them. If they ask us for help, we will look into it and decide."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: india; isis; pakistan; southasia

1 posted on 09/07/2014 1:28:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Islam is poison.

No matter where, or when.


2 posted on 09/07/2014 1:30:00 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: SeekAndFind

On the other hand we have this news:

ISIS threat to U.S. mostly hype

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3201345/posts

And of course, Obama saying this:

” ... if a JV team puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant.”


3 posted on 09/07/2014 1:30:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: Travis McGee

4 posted on 09/07/2014 1:31:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

5 posted on 09/07/2014 1:35:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“the ultra-radical group”- OF MUSLIMS..........................
I am sick and tired of this trying to make out like this is about this group or that group. They are all following ISLAM...


6 posted on 09/07/2014 1:37:49 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: Travis McGee

(Islam is poison.
No matter where, or when.)

This person gets it............


7 posted on 09/07/2014 1:39:26 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Pakistan has been a Muslim country for eons.
India has had MILLIONS of Muslims for eons also. The alternative is Hinduism. Yikes.
8 posted on 09/07/2014 1:41:44 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: SECURE AMERICA

Click the pic to link to the full-text Free Republic thread.

9 posted on 09/07/2014 1:42:11 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: BenLurkin
Ugh, MUST you post SUCH a huge photo if him?
He's a pimp, nothing more, nothing less.
10 posted on 09/07/2014 1:42:50 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain

Hussein — a pimp?

He’s more suited to the role of gay prostitute.


11 posted on 09/07/2014 1:44:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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