Pakistan: Shi'ite Militias Helping Jihadists Evade Drone Attacks And Cross Safely Into Afghanistan

From Jihad Watch:

Pakistan: Shi'ite militias helping jihadists evade drone attacks and cross safely into Afghanistan


Sunnis and Shi'ites hate each other, but hate the Infidel even more. "Shiite deal gives militants new Afghan access," by Kathy Gannon for Associated Press, November 27 (thanks to JCB):



PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Shiite Muslim militias in Pakistan's tribal regions are helping some of NATOs fiercest enemies evade missile attacks from U.S. drones to cross safely into Afghanistan, a tribal activist told The Associated Press.

Shiites, who control a key piece of tribal real estate, cut a deal with the deadly Haqqani network to give insurgents a safe, alternative route to Afghanistan through Pakistan's Kurram tribal region, said Munir Bangash, who is familiar with the deal. A second tribesman from Kurram confirmed the deal but spoke only on condition of anonymity fearing retribution from the Taliban and from fellow tribesmen.



The deal underlines the problems of shutting down the Haqqani network's access to its bases in Afghanistan from its refuges in Pakistan.



The Haqqani network is blamed for many of the deadliest attacks on US troops in Afghanistan. Washington has been pressing Pakistan to launch a military operation against the Haqqani network in North Waziristan but so far the military has held back, saying its 140,000 soldiers deployed across the tribal belt are already stretched too thin.



Analysts and Afghan government officials have accused Pakistan of protecting the Haqqani network as allies who could be of use after the Americans and their allies leave Afghanistan. [...]



The Shiite militias had to turn to the Haqqanis to strike a deal "because they are so strong. No one else is as strong," Bangash said....



While Kurram's Sunnis have come under Taliban sway, its Shiites have come under the influence of two local militias called Hezbollah and the Mehdi militia -- unrelated to the militant groups of the same name in Lebanon and Iraq, respectively -- Bangash said.



"The Shiites are held hostage to the Hezbollah and Mehdi militias, like the Sunnis are held hostage to the Taliban," said Bangash....





So the Misunderstanders of Islam are in control.

Posted by Robert on November 27, 2010 12:23 AM