Posted on 10/15/2014 9:55:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Six senior figures in the Pakistani Taliban have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a symbol of the terrorists' expanding influence among Islamist groups.
Withdrawing their loyalty to the Afghan Taliban's leader Mohammad Omar, the men - made up of the group's chief spokesman Shahidullah Shahid and five regional commanders - said they will remain members of the Pakistani Taliban, but added they now consider themselves affiliates of ISIS.
The move is likely to have serious consequences for security in Pakistan, particularly near the Afghan border where all six of the men are based, leaving it open to the kind of violence and brutal oppression ISIS has employed in the vast swathes of Syria and Iraq under the group's control.
The official announcement of the six men's declaration of allegiance to ISIS came in the form of an audio recording that emerged yesterday. However rumours had been circulating for weeks that several senior figures in the Pakistani Taliban were set to declare their loyalty to al-Baghdadi.
'I show allegiance to the commander of faithful, Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Qureshi al Hussaini, and will listen and obey every order of you and will follow your orders regardless of what circumstances may be,' Shahid said in the recording.
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One has to wonder why Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive?
They don’t want to lose their heads in case ISIS come knocking...................
So they are dumping Mulla Omar of Afghanistan.
Pakistani had inferiority complex, they always tries to attach themselves with Arabs, but their are DNA is from Hindus. They can’t become Arabs.
It is a good thing Pakistan doesn’t have any Nukes.......
Its not funny, but one can only laugh at how well Obama’s JV team is doing.
Was his remark based on bad intelligence, or the stupid arrogance of believing in his own world theories no matter what realities confront him.
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