Posted on 11/17/2009 8:10:34 AM PST by NormsRevenge
One of the most wanted Taliban leaders in Pakistan has escaped to Afghanistan and is planning new attacks on Pakistani forces, he has told the BBC.
Maulana Fazlullah founded the Swat Taliban to enforce a hardline version of Islamic law.
The government at first accepted his demands, but later accused the militants of reneging on a peace deal and sent troops into the valley.
Maulana Fazlullah was said by officials to have been wounded or killed in July.
Threats
"I have reached Afghanistan safely," Maulana Fazlullah told BBC Urdu.
"We are soon going to launch full-fledged punitive raids against the army in Swat."
The voice was recognisably Maulana Fazlullah's - he has a very distinct way of pronouncing words.
I have spoken to him on several occasions and met him twice.
Maulana Fazlullah was calling from an Afghan number and sounded in good spirits when he called on Monday.
He said that those claiming success for the Swat operation should try to prevent drone attacks and the US security firm Blackwater from operating in Pakistan.
He issued a warning to the North West Frontier Province's information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain.
"The authorities should beware, especially Mian Iftikhar Hussain, whose fate will be like that of Najibullah," he warned, referring to Dr Najibullah who was Afghan president before the Taliban hanged him in 1996 when they took Kabul.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
All right! Now all those extra troops Obama sent to Afghanistan can be used as the anvil to the Paki’s hammer.
. . . oh, yeah, that’s right - O hasn’t figured out what to do yet.
Nevermind.
What the Fazlullah is goin’ on with Fazlullah ?
O is getting his knob polished in Japan. Leave him out of this.
That is exactly right. What it would have taken to make this a crusher is a little coordination between the U.S. effort and the Pakistani effort. The blame for the wasted opportunity goes straight to the top.
Our forces in Afghanistan need to greet Maulana Fazlullah with a jdam or hellfire to light up his life.
ADDING links:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?tag=Pakistan&blog_id=15
http://www.longwarjournal.org/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?tag=Afghanistan&blog_id=15
http://www.longwarjournal.org/images/Swat-Taliban-wanted.jpg
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/11/mullah_fazullah_in_afghanistan.php
“Mullah Fazlullah, in Afghanistan, vows to relaunch Swat insurgency”
By BILL ROGGIO
November 17, 2009 11:39 AM
I thought he was dead...but then, Baitullah “died” half a dozen times too....
Perhaps the drones will find him.
ping
BUMP
Actually, after the picture of 0 in front of the Emperor.... I’m not so sure if your version is exactly how it all went down.
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