From The Long War Journal:
9:32 PM (2 hours ago)North Waziristan tribal leaders vow to wage jihad, carry out suicide attacks against the USfrom The Long War Journal Four senior tribal leaders in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency today vowed to carry out suicide attacks against the US to avenge a Predator strike that killed more than 30 people, including 11 Taliban fighters.
The senior tribal leaders said they would wage jihad against the US for yesterday's Predator strike in the Datta Khel area that targeted a compound known to train and host meetings of commanders loyal to top Taliban leader Hafiz Bahadar. The North Waziristan leaders made the statements at the Peshawar Press Club after holding a grand jirga, or council.
"We will take the revenge for our near and dear ones and announce a jihad against the Americans. We will allow our youths to carry out suicide attack on US citizens," tribal leader Malik Jalaluddin said, according to the Press Trust of India.
"We will show how we take revenge. We announce a jihad against the US and her allies sitting in our country," said Malik Jalal Sarhadi Qat Khel, another tribal leader. "We will avenge our tribesmen at any cost, even if it takes a hundred years."
Jalaluddin also denied that al Qaeda and the Taliban were present in the tribal agency.
"There are no al Qaeda or Taliban militants in the agency," Jalaluddin claimed.
It is well known that North Waziristan hosts some of the most dangerous terror groups on the planet. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and non-aligned Taliban groups, the Haqqani Network, al Qaeda, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the Islamic Jihad Group, and a host of Pakistani terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Punjabi Taliban are all based in the tribal agency. The Datta Khel, Miramshah, and Mir Ali areas are major hubs for these groups.
US Predator strikes in North Waziristan have killed numerous senior leaders of al Qaeda, Taliban, and allied terror groups. Some of the top terrorist leaders killed in North Waziristan include Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda's leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as its chief financial officer; Tahir Yuldashev, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Najmuddin Jalolov, the leader of the Islamic Jihad Group; Qari Mohammad Zafar, a top leader in the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi; Abdul Haq al Turkistani, the leader of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party; Saleh al Somali and Osama al Kini, al Qaeda's external operations chiefs; and Abdullah Said al Libi, the top commander of the Lashkar al Zil, al Qaeda's Shadow Army.
The tribal leaders in North Waziristan have been either actively supporting the Taliban and allied terror organizations, or have been sufficiently cowed after years of grooming by the terror groups. Those senior tribal leaders and elders who refuse to cooperate with the Taliban agenda are routinely executed by the Taliban.
Yesterday's strike in Datta Khel sparked outrage and unusual denunciations from top Pakistani leaders, including from Chief of Army Staff General Parvez Kayani. In an official statement released by the Pakistani military, Kayani called the airstrike a "senseless attack" and "aggression against people of Pakistan."
9:32 PM (2 hours ago)North Waziristan tribal leaders vow to wage jihad, carry out suicide attacks against the USfrom The Long War Journal Four senior tribal leaders in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency today vowed to carry out suicide attacks against the US to avenge a Predator strike that killed more than 30 people, including 11 Taliban fighters.
The senior tribal leaders said they would wage jihad against the US for yesterday's Predator strike in the Datta Khel area that targeted a compound known to train and host meetings of commanders loyal to top Taliban leader Hafiz Bahadar. The North Waziristan leaders made the statements at the Peshawar Press Club after holding a grand jirga, or council.
"We will take the revenge for our near and dear ones and announce a jihad against the Americans. We will allow our youths to carry out suicide attack on US citizens," tribal leader Malik Jalaluddin said, according to the Press Trust of India.
"We will show how we take revenge. We announce a jihad against the US and her allies sitting in our country," said Malik Jalal Sarhadi Qat Khel, another tribal leader. "We will avenge our tribesmen at any cost, even if it takes a hundred years."
Jalaluddin also denied that al Qaeda and the Taliban were present in the tribal agency.
"There are no al Qaeda or Taliban militants in the agency," Jalaluddin claimed.
It is well known that North Waziristan hosts some of the most dangerous terror groups on the planet. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and non-aligned Taliban groups, the Haqqani Network, al Qaeda, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the Islamic Jihad Group, and a host of Pakistani terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Punjabi Taliban are all based in the tribal agency. The Datta Khel, Miramshah, and Mir Ali areas are major hubs for these groups.
US Predator strikes in North Waziristan have killed numerous senior leaders of al Qaeda, Taliban, and allied terror groups. Some of the top terrorist leaders killed in North Waziristan include Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda's leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as its chief financial officer; Tahir Yuldashev, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Najmuddin Jalolov, the leader of the Islamic Jihad Group; Qari Mohammad Zafar, a top leader in the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi; Abdul Haq al Turkistani, the leader of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party; Saleh al Somali and Osama al Kini, al Qaeda's external operations chiefs; and Abdullah Said al Libi, the top commander of the Lashkar al Zil, al Qaeda's Shadow Army.
The tribal leaders in North Waziristan have been either actively supporting the Taliban and allied terror organizations, or have been sufficiently cowed after years of grooming by the terror groups. Those senior tribal leaders and elders who refuse to cooperate with the Taliban agenda are routinely executed by the Taliban.
Yesterday's strike in Datta Khel sparked outrage and unusual denunciations from top Pakistani leaders, including from Chief of Army Staff General Parvez Kayani. In an official statement released by the Pakistani military, Kayani called the airstrike a "senseless attack" and "aggression against people of Pakistan."
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