Al-Qaeda's guerrilla chief lays out strategy

[zippy890]

Source: Asia Times Online

By Syed Saleem Shahzad


ANGORADA, South Waziristan, at the crossroads with Afghanistan - A high-level meeting on October 9 at the presidential palace between Pakistan's civil and military leaders endorsed a military operation against the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda in the South Waziristan tribal area - termed by analysts as the mother of all regional conflicts.

At the same time, al-Qaeda is implementing its game plan in the South Asian war theater as a part of its broader campaign against American global hegemony that began with the attacks in the United States of September 11, 2001.

Al-Qaeda's target remains the United States and its allies, such as Europe, Israel and India, and it does not envisage diluting this strategy by embracing Muslim resistances on narrow parameters. In this context, militant activity in Pakistan is seen as a complexity rather than as a part of al-Qaeda's strategy.


Militants have been particularly active over the past few days. Last Thursday,
a car loaded with explosives rammed into the compound wall of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, killing at least 17 people. Then on Saturday, militants staged an audacious attack on the the Pakistani military headquarters in Rawalpindi, the twin city of the capital, Islamabad. On Monday, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in market town in the Swat Valley region, killing 41 people and injuring 45 others.






Read more: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KJ15Df03.html

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I don't know what to make of this article, on the one hand its the old bluff and bluster statements os these militants. on the other hand they've been awfully successful recently... so apparently they are setting a trap for US- drawing forces to Afganistan while the real battle is going on in Pakistan- to destabilize this unsteady government.that has nuclear weapons.




what a high stakes strategy going on here on all sides. Will the US take the bait?


Anybody else have opinions on this - please read article, and respond.

[blindpig]

1. Hook, line & sinker.

No ifs, the deal is done. The necessities of Empire, which are the necessities of Capital, preclude any other conclusion. No skin off the nose of Capital, it ain't paying and only stands to profit. The inconveniences of murder, mayhem, massive destruction and a bankrupted treasury are but 'externals' and not taken into account.

[blindpig]

2. Dupe

[Wizard777]

3. The tribal leaders need to realize that Allah cannot be bought or bribed with Bin Laden's money -

or even his deeds in the name of Islam. Oh hell, especially his deeds in the name of Islam. Usama should save his money. This Al Masih Ad Dajjal will have Iblis to pay for those destructive deeds.

[ensho]

4. kick

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