Internationalizing the Jihadist Threat from Pakistan-Afghanistan

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT - IPT News ^ | January 25, 2010 | n/a

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"Internationalizing the Jihadist Threat from Pakistan-Afghanistan"

"American terror arrests show reach of al Qaeda-affiliated jihadi groups along Pakistan-Afghanistan border"

IPT News January 25, 2010

SNIPPET: "Much of the Afghan Taliban leadership is in the Pakistani city of Quetta, which borders southern Afghanistan. Supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar reportedly conducts Taliban operations in Quetta and raises money from wealthy Persian Gulf states to supply guns and fighters for the insurgency in southern Afghanistan."

SNIPPET: "Al Qaeda's alliance with terrorist groups in Pakistan and the lawless tribal region bordering Afghanistan has bolstered its ability to plan international attacks directed at the United States and its allies, beginning with the 9/11 attacks. The steady flow of Western recruits - including Americans like Headley and the D.C. college students - to the region to attend terrorist training camps and wage jihad remains another critical point of concern."

Read more at: http://www.investigativeproject.org/1749/internationalizing-the-jihadist-threat-from