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India-Pakistan
'US, India, Israel backing Mehsud'
2009-06-18
A former close aide to Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud has said the US, India and Israel are behind the Taliban commander, who he termed the biggest enemy of Islam, Dunya News reported on Wednesday. Qari Turkistan told Dunya News that the cause of his differences with Mehsud was his attacks on mosques and madrassas, explosions in markets and the slaughtering of religious scholars and troops -- "which is not Islam".

He said jihad was being fought in Afghanistan, Kashmir and Iraq but there was no jihad in Pakistan. He said he hoped the operation launched against Baitullah would succeed within a month. Qari claimed he had the support of a majority of the Mehsud tribes, adding that Baitullah is only supported by Chechens, Uzbeks and between 300 to 400 Mehsud tribesmen.
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