Pakistan

[Shahab3]

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1146220">http://mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1146220</a><!-- m -->

By Gul Jammas Hussain
Who is behind the Shia killings in Pakistan?
...
The Pakistani Taliban has been involved in perpetuating a mindless cycle of violence in the northwestern part of the country. They have also carried out countless attacks on Pakistani security forces and government officials, frequently killing common people rather than hitting their intended targets, but provoking sectarian violence has not been part of their modus operandi. These people are mostly from primitive Pashtun tribes who seek revenge against the U.S.-led NATO forces for killing their Pashtun cousins across the border in Afghanistan.
...
However, for some years now, men from various outlawed sectarian groups in Punjab province, such as Sipah-e-Sabah and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, have joined the Tehrik-i-Taliban in order to actualize their sectarian fantasies.
...
It appears to be the work of two different terrorist groups, probably unrelated to each other, each one acting independently based upon its own motives.
...
So it appears that these operations were false flag attacks meant to stir up sectarian and ethnic animosity and produce endless cycles of violence in order to further destabilize Pakistan.