Pakistan Taliban 'sets up a base in Syria'

[muriel_volestrangler]

The Pakistani Taliban have visited Syria to set up a base and to assess "the needs of the jihad", a Taliban official has told the BBC.

He said that the base was set up with the assistance of ex-Afghan fighters of Middle Eastern origin who have moved to Syria in recent years.

At least 12 experts in warfare and information technology had gone to Syria in the last two months, he said.
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Taliban factions feel that Sunni Muslims, who constitute a majority in Syria, are being oppressed by Syria's predominantly Shia rulers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23285245

[Igel]

1. This might get amusing.

In a purely detached, ironic, "let's see how big a cesspool this can become" sort of way.

We ship weapons to our "allies" in Syria.

Our "allies" that receive them are Pak Taliban.

They smuggle them back home, where we're bombing their brothers at arms.

The Pak Taliban use them against NATO forces in Pak or across the border.

Hey, if they're anti-aircraft weapons maybe one of the AA missiles could be used to shoot down the plane in Afghanistan that delivered it to Jordan or Turkey!