‘Jihad against America obligation of all Muslims’
* JIP Bajaur commander Wali Rehman says American ‘spies’ to be publicly hanged
Staff Report
KHAR: It is incumbent on every Muslim across the world to fight alongside Afghan Muslims against America, Jaish-ul-Islami Pakistan (JIP) Bajaur Agency commander Wali-ur-Rehman said on Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference at an undisclosed location, he said jihad against the US and NATO forces would continue until they (allies) were driven out of Afghanistan.
He attributed the worsening law and order in Pakistan and its Tribal Areas to the flawed policies of President Pervez Musharraf, which had made Pakistan and its Tribal Areas prone to the US-led allied forces’ attacks. He said that America was the major terrorist in the world and the biggest enemy of Islam and Pakistan.
Spies: Rehman said those spying for America would be strictly punished and would be publicly hanged to teach others a lesson.
He said one of the spies arrested following the bombing of a Damadola madrassa in May by the US, had been beheaded. He said the JIP had sentenced him to death under the Islamic laws.
Rehman said the death sentence awarded to Afghan citizen Jan Wali was not a human rights violation as several innocent people had lost their lives because of his espionage. He handed over the body of Jan Wali and custody of his 12-year-old son, kept in JIP’s custody for the past one month, to Wali’s family on the occasion.
Jan Wali’s son Muhammad Tahir told reporters that his father was punished for the sins he had committed and he did not feel sad for his death.
US spy planes had killed at least 12 people in a missile strike on Damadola, 20 km northeast of Khar on May 14. Pakistani authorities had launched severe criticism on the attacks, terming them an incursion on its sovereignty. US had “regretted” the attack and had offered Pakistani officials to conduct a joint inquiry into the incident.