
Good news first:
Taliban jihadists shaving their beards and trying to flee
The great courageous mujahedin crumble at the first sign of resistance. “Taliban men shaving beards to flee: Army,” from the Times of India, May 16 (thanks to Jihad Watch):
KOTA: Taliban fighters are shaving off their beards and trying to flee from a Pakistani army offensive in their Swat bastion, the military said on Friday.Clashes had erupted in various parts of the region, the military said on Friday, adding it was achieving successes. It also appealed to civilians to identify Taliban fighters trying to flee.
“We have confirmed reports that these Taliban terrorists, after shaving off their beards and cutting their hair, are fleeing from the area,” the military said. “We request the people of Swat to identify them,” it said, while providing a telephone number for informants to call or send text messages….
Bad news next:
Al-Qaeda diversifying its alliances with Pakistani jihadist groups
“‘During recent fighting in Bajaur, senior Pakistani officers repeatedly insisted that the local villagers had been led astray by shadowy international militants,’ the correspondent said…”
Funny how these alleged misunderstanders of Islam keep finding each other and uniting under a shared set of goals. Despite the claims below that the conflicts inside Pakistan are “essentially local,” the common thread among these groups and acts of jihadist violence from London to Algeria to the Philippines is the imperative to subjugate the entire world under Islamic law. If they were into bumper stickers, they might read: “Think jihad globally, wage jihad locally.”
“Al Qaeda trying to establish links with jihadi groups,” from Dawn, May 13:
“Long live Taliban! Death to infidels!’” — the rhetoric Pakistani Christians must endure
Not to mention the actual violence. More on this situation. “Spiralling violence targets minorities,” from the Times of India, May 15:



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