Jihadis From Europe Have Established a "European Village" In the Midst of South Waziristan, Pakistan

I've blogged a number of times about the Germans who have heard the call of radical islam and have traveled to Pakistan to join the Taliban and al Qaeda in the jihadi fight but now it is being revealed that many more Europeans have actually done the same and in fact, they have organized themselves into an actual "European Village" right smack dab in the middle of Jihadi Haven, namely South Waziristan, Pakistan.

From the article at Central Asia Online:

Abdul Ghaffar Al-Almani, 22, was one of five foreign Islamic militants killed during a clash with security forces in South Waziristan April 28.
But something separated Al-Almani from his fellow foreign fighters: Uzbeks, Tajiks, Arabs and others. Al-Almani was born Eric Breininger in Germany.
German police were seeking the Islamic convert on suspicion of membership in the Sauerland Cell, a group of German radicals accused of plotting to bomb foreign targets in Germany, officials told Central Asia Online. They requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.
Germans and militants from other European countries are said to have established a complete “European Village” in South Waziristan, adding a new aspect to the war on terror in the region.

A couple of things I want to say about all of this - first of all, it's my contention that this proves that islam is the root of terrorism and not the other way around like the appeasers in America (and the Obama administration) want you to believe. We literally have European natives who convert to islam and within months, are on the battlefield as jihadis - these individuals are in essence recruited for jihad. Secondly, I find it interesting that these European jihadis have segregrated themselves in South Waziristan - I guess, after they get to Pakistan and actually have to hang out with their Arab and Pashtun and Pakistani overlords, they have decided they'd rather be "away" from that swine and initiate their own community. Who would have thunk it - a form of caste system in jihad.

Foreign militants active in Waziristan


PESHAWAR -- Abdul Ghaffar Al-Almani, 22, was one of five foreign Islamic militants killed during a clash with security forces in South Waziristan April 28.
But something separated Al-Almani from his fellow foreign fighters: Uzbeks, Tajiks, Arabs and others. Al-Almani was born Eric Breininger in Germany.

German police were seeking the Islamic convert on suspicion of membership in the Sauerland Cell, a group of German radicals accused of plotting to bomb foreign targets in Germany, officials told Central Asia Online. They requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.

Germans and militants from other European countries are said to have established a complete “European Village” in South Waziristan, adding a new aspect to the war on terror in the region.
The political agent of South Waziristan, Shahab Ali Shah, declined to comment.

But Mohammad Amin, a tribal elder from South Waziristan, confirmed the presence of a large number of Germans and other militants of European origin.
“They, however, have no individual entity but are associated with Tahir Yuldashev’s Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). They are far more aggressive ... than the local militants”, Amin said.

Wazir tribesmen in South Waziristan opposed the presence of foreigners, said Mahmood Wazir, a resident of Azam Warsak, and so conflict was inevitable.
"When the IMU men gained power in Waziristan and started to target even locals, the tribesmen along with local militants ... seized the Uzbeks’ private jail in Azam Warsak in March 2007 and killed many of the foreigners”, Mahmood said.

Combat raged for two days, and 52 died. Around 45 of those killed were Uzbeks; the rest were tribesmen.
“On April 2 last year, a jirga of elders declared jihad against foreign militants ... and started to raise a tribal lashkar against them”, said Isa Khan, a member of the Yargul Khel tribe. “Heavy fighting concentrated in the village of Doza Ghundai left more than 60 people, including 50 foreigners, killed. Several Uzbeks and foreigners surrendered to the lashkar. Around ten tribal fighters and one Pakistani soldier were also killed”.

Some accounts, though, paint a portrait of foreign fighters becoming both entrenched and comfortable in the tribal areas.
The News International recently reported that affluent settlers from the Uzbek and Tajik areas of Afghanistan had come to Waziristan and Tank and had established mini-states. The Uzbek- and Tajik-Afghans were growing in both numbers and wealth, posing a threat to local tribesmen, the story said. But the militants of European origin pose their own issues.

The German Federal Office of Criminal Investigation (BKA) has a list of about 100 citizens who left for Afghanistan and Pakistan or attempted to join militants, according to news reports. The list includes former Berlin resident Michael W, his Eritrean wife and her minor daughter. Also on the list is a 19-year-old Berliner, Omar H, who disappeared with his girlfriend in January 2009.
“The trend of bringing wives and children to Waziristan is something new", said Amin, who tracks developments in his area.

Pakistani police arrested Nihad C, a citizen of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 2007 for organising terrorist training. The Bosnian was reportedly in contact with jihad supporters in Germany and Bosnia-Herzegovina. During this time, police arrested another German national, Mihael N., in Pakistan. Nihad had planned to deliver Mihael to a militant camp on the Afghan border.
“The campaign of recruiting foreigners into the ranks of militants is being led by Abu Adam, a 24-year-old German, and Abu Ibrahim. Adam, whose real name is Mounir Chouka, received weapons training in the German army ... and later spent three years training at the Federal Office of Statistics. He left his country in 2007", a source told Central Asia Online. A German-Libyan brother-in-law of Abu Adam, Ahmed K, was also among the fighters in the German village in Waziristan.

In a number of videos posted on YouTube, Abu Adam and Abu Ibrahim urge viewers to take up arms for Islam.
“Militants belonging to different Western countries have been killed and apprehended here. The respective governments of these militants (need to take more responsibility) for their flow to the Pak-Afghan border areas and for strengthening militancy in our country”, Delawar Jan, a security analyst, told Central Asia Online.

“Among the foreigners are not only Germans but a large number of Uzbeks; Tajiks; Arabs from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen and Palestine; and Chechens and some from Sweden, Turkey, Canada and other European countries”, sources in the political administration confirmed to Central Asia Online.

The high-profile foreigners who were killed during security operations in the tribal areas include IMU commander Tahir Yuldashev.