Senior al-Qaida commander Abu Yahya al-Libi attended both meetings, as did Sirajuddin Haqqani, the de-facto head of the most feared militant group in Afghanistan. – File PhotoOkay, you want to talk about a meeting of jihadis that if the U.S. had known the locale of the meeting and what could have been....oh lordy, the blow we could have dealt to the enemy in the war in Afghanistan ....as just in the last two months, leaders of the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan traveled to Pakistan to meet with Pakistani Taliban leaders - the meeting was all about trying to get the Pakistani Taliban to step up their efforts against the U.S. and NATO inside of Afghanistan.
Just take a look at the report from DAWN detailing who was at this meeting:
Pakistani militant commanders say prominent al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban fighters have asked them to set aside differences and step up support for the battle against US-led forces in Afghanistan.
The Pakistani Taliban commanders say the request came during two meetings in Pakistan’s tribal region in November and December.
They said Monday that the senior al-Qaida commander Abu Yahya al-Libi attended both meetings, as did Sirajuddin Haqqani, the de-facto head of the most feared militant group in Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s most prominent militant leaders, including Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud, also attended.
Now, let me ask the question...if President Obama is so involved in peace talks and arranging for the Taliban to have a part of a new Afghan government, why are Taliban leaders from Afghanistan pleading with their Pakistani counterparts for help in waging new attacks on American in Afghanistan? Now, one angle on all of this is that the Haqqani network in Afghanistan isn't one bit happy about some of the Taliban faction in Afghanistan talking with the Americans and Afghans and the Haqqanis, along with al Qaeda, are going to do what they can to sabotage those talks. And if the latter is true, this is what Barack Hussein Obama has not even considered....he doesn't even have a clue about the players in this theater.
Al-Qaida, Taliban ask Pakistani militants for help
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistani militant commanders say prominent al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban fighters have asked them to set aside differences and step up support for the battle against US-led forces in Afghanistan.
The Pakistani Taliban commanders say the request came during two meetings in Pakistan’s tribal region in November and December.
They said Monday that the senior al-Qaida commander Abu Yahya al-Libi attended both meetings, as did Sirajuddin Haqqani, the de-facto head of the most feared militant group in Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s most prominent militant leaders, including Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud, also attended. The commanders who described the meetings spoke on condition of anonymity because of their sensitivity.
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