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Monday, May 3, 2010

Spy's murder offers a glimpse at a complicated and changing Waziristan

Washington Post article by Karin Brulliard May 3


Excerpt— "'How could the mujaheddin kill their supporter?' asked Mohammed Zahid, 45, an engineer who was among a modest crowd standing under a baking mid-morning sun at the funeral. The answer, according to emerging clues and security analysts, is that North Waziristan, once a hub of Taliban fighters with links to Pakistan's military, has evolved into a stewpot of militant groups, each with different loyalties. Old Taliban ties may have meant little to the Asian Tigers, the group that said it killed Khawaja and is thought to be a Punjab-rooted organization battling the Pakistani state."

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