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TTP thugs acting on instructions from their Saudi masters - surprise surprise!

The Independent - UK Donors in Saudi Arabia have notoriously played a pivotal role in creating and maintaining Sunni jihadist groups over the past 30 years. But, for all the supposed determination of the United States and its allies since 9/11 to fight "the war on terror", they have showed...

The Nation Jalees Hazir The flurry of high-level visits between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia that started with the installation of the Sharif government has intensified and is reaching a sort of a crescendo these days. After visits by quite a few members of the all-important royal family, the...

Anyone with an iota of common sense knows now that talks will go nowhere. Waging war on the TTP is the only way to sort out these salafi funded thugs - and in doing so neutralizing the agenda of their Salafi masters in Saudi.

Apart from PTI, the PML N government needs to ask our so called Saudi 'friends' to explain as to why the bulk of TTP funding is coming from the Salafis in Saudi. Some tough questions need to be asked of the Saudi crown prince.

Babar Sattar THE leaders in Pakistan seem possessed by magic. Is there another logical explanation for the deliberate effort of our rulers to nurture and strengthen the scourge of terror? The debate on whether the terrorists are misguided simpletons or vicious agents of our external enemies is...

Babar Sattar THE leaders in Pakistan seem possessed by magic. Is there another logical explanation for the deliberate effort of our rulers to nurture and strengthen the scourge of terror? The debate on whether the terrorists are misguided simpletons or vicious agents of our external enemies is...

Lee Jay Walker - MTT Al-Qaeda affiliates and a plethora of Sunni Islamic jihadist movements in Syria are highlighting the ultra-reactionary reality that exists wherever jihadists are based because of sinister forces throughout the Gulf region. In the Gulf you have certain families and...

Middle East Forum A History of Violence Contrary to prevalent Western beliefs, Wahhabism is not an old Islamic tradition and the House of Saud does not enjoy a credible historic claim to rule over Arabia. Indeed, Wahhabism emerged only 250 years ago under the guidance of an obscure fanatic...

Mullah Aziz is accurately reflecting the sentiments of the TTP in demanding " sharia". So where does this so called sharia come from?? During a TV interview today, he proudly pointed to the global revolution to implement so called sharia( read: salafi doctrine) currently underway in Syria...

Apparently Army Chief is paying Saudi a visit. I'd be curious to know the intent of the trip. It is time we bluntly told the Saudis to shut down the funding channels for the TTP currently being run by their Salafi backers in Saudi. Perhaps the military chief will explain to the Saudis the...

TTP - From Deobandi links to Salafi influence DAWN TEHREEK-i-Taliban Pakistan, which was formed as an umbrella organisation for more than two dozen militant outfits in December 2007, in South Waziristan has since evolved considerably from its roots. From the very start, Salafi and Saudi...

DAWN KARACHI: A US official in a cable sent to the State Department stated that “financial support estimated at nearly 100 million USD annually was making its way to Deobandi and Ahl-i-Hadith/Wahabi clerics in south Punjab from organisations in Saudi Arabia ostensibly with the direct support of...

Sounds good to me.

Well said. The Saudis have been overtly active in Syria and Iraq while covertly funding TTP and LeJ in our backyard. That said, they are not just feeding the scorpions to keep them away, but rather keeping the scorpions happy and leveraging as and when needed to serve the big agenda. The goal is...

WSJ The Golden Chain The "Golden Chain" or a list purported sponsors of al Qaeda that was seized in March of 2002 raid by Bosnian police authorities of the premises of the Benevolence International Foundation in Sarajevo. The list includes at least 20 top Saudi and Gulf State financial...

NY Times Sept. 23—The U.S. government has known for years that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest source of funds for global jihadist terrorism, including funding of the 9/11 attacks against the U.S., but has, to date, refused to take any effective action against it. Something which...

European Parliament identifies Wahabi and Salafi roots of global terrorism Murtaza Haider Updated 2013-07-22 It is not merely the faith or oil that flows out of Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich Arab state and its neighbours are busy financing Wahabi and Salafi militants across the globe. A recent...

France 24 News Since the 2011 Arab revolts, a loose network of underground zealots has evolved into a potent and highly vocal force. Behind the remarkable rise of Salafism lies the world’s leading producer of oil – and extremist Islam: Saudi Arabia. When protesters incensed by an anti-Muslim...

Time for keeping quiet is long gone. The Saudis must dismantle the support network for TTP and if the civilian government is too timid to convey this message, our military will ensure the Saudis do the needful.