Despite Drone Strikes, Western Terror Recruits Increasing in Pakistan, Afghanistan
'German Taliban' Warns Germany Out of Afghanistan
The US military isn’t the only one having a banner year for recruitment, according to officials a growing number of disillusioned people from Western nations are flocking to Pakistan and Afghanistan to attend terror training camps, despite an increasing number of US drone strikes on those camps and dubious claims of the success of those strikes.
One recent video underscoring the trend was from a group calling itself the “German Taliban Mujahideen.” The video showed German speakers who had gone to Pakistan and were urging all Muslims to travel to the region to join their cause.
The video also urged German soldiers serving in Afghanistan to abandon the ongoing war, cautioning that they could either leave by choice or “return individually in coffins from the occupied territories.”
Recruitment seems to be growing across all major Western nations, though exactly why this is the case is unclear as the war continues to be a very dangerous business for all involved, whether on the NATO side or in the insurgency.
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Amir Goy
October 19th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Such an outcome is as entirely predictable as it is highly unlikely that western 'leaders' are just too stupid as to not have seen it coming. Those designing perpetual war can be proud and laugh all the way to the bank.
Shaun
October 19th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
It was a given – destroy the private sector job market in the United States and make the military the only option for millions of newly created poor people. You could see it coming from miles away. Republicans like to talk about the welfare state but say nothing about the warfare state. Damn them all to hell for their hypocrisy. Yes the Democrats too.