All your "facts" came from you @ss I think. Yes, LeJ may be terrorist but Malik Ishaq had been in Jail for 15 years and just released. He doesn't go to Saudia.
Saudis are anti-shia like LeJ but huge difference in doctrine. LeJ is closer to Al-Qaeda (anti-saudiaThe wars are very complex. Iran funds shia extremists like SMP and TNFJ while yes Saudia does fund LeJ but not at state level. There is a huge support amongst the people for Al-Qaeda type fundos but not at state level.
Oh and if LeJ is punjabi TTP, why and how can it be so effective at apparent terror in Balochistan?? Balochistan right now is hell for Punjabis and they can't operate there... so LeJ is All Pakistan and different from TTP. They both have some common goals though.
Here are a few more facts for you.
Malik Ishaq?s bail plea rejected - DAWN.COM
DAWN
March 28, 2013
ISLAMABAD: A judge in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday rejected a request for bail made by Malik Ishaq, the founder of the banned Laskhar-e-Jangvi group, a senior police official Ijaz Shafi said.
Ishaq has been accused of making speeches inciting sectarian hatred against Shias.
Earlier this week, police had detained Ishaq, also linked to the defunct Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, at Lahore airport on his return from Saudi Arabia. He appeared in court on Friday in front of a judicial magistrate amid tight security and was sent to the city’s Kot Lakhpat jail for a 14-day-long judicial remand.
The groups, Laskhar-e-Jangvi and the Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, have been blamed for scores of attacks on Shias in Balochistan and elsewhere in the country.
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So for starters, I guess you can stop propagating myths about Malik Ishaq not visiting Saudi anymore.
- Now, you have admitted that LeJ gets huge amount of funding from Saudi but just not at the state level. Obviously and logically, the Saudi salafi establishment wouldn't fund an organization if it did not further their agenda. So please, spare us the rubbish about there being any difference between LeJ and the salafi doctrine in terms of its violently anti-shia focus. Salafis are anti shia - period!
- Secondly, the fact of the matter is the Saudi government actively funded these sectarian killers in the 80 and 90s with the support of our establishment starting with Zia ul Haq(aka scumbag). Whether the government does so today does'nt matter, because there are powerful non state actors in Saudi funding these thugs - namely the salafi establishment, a junior partner in the ruling alliance with serious clout.
- Thirdly, did'nt quite follow your logic about LeJ/Punjabi militants. So the LeJ militants that are a big part of the Punjabi militant arm of TTP, and perhaps some of the best trained militants in the entire network, can't operate in balochistan because they're Punjabi.....seriously???
Not to mention the Punjabi LeJ militants operating in KP! - stop being so naïve.