Taliban distancing themselves from Al Qaeda

Ha ha !
I wonder if the Taliban thinks this is going to Make everyone Backoff?
And Al Qaida must be a little pissed off about this one !


Dawn.com
WASHINGTON: The blasts in Lahore are the last desperate measures of pro-Al Qaeda militants who are now being abandoned by the Taliban, diplomatic sources told Dawn.

The sources also confirmed a Los Angeles Times report, published on Saturday, that the Taliban militants in Fata were now refusing to collaborate with Al Qaeda fighters.

The Taliban were declining to provide shelter or assist in attacks in Afghanistan even in return for payment, the report said.

“Yes, Pakistani intelligence sources also confirm this assessment,” said a senior diplomatic source who did not want to be identified.

“There is a sizeable shift away from Al Qaeda,” he said. “Very few are left who still support Al Qaeda. The vast majority is distancing itself from them.”

The pro-Al Qaeda militants had been weakened so much in the tribal areas that they were shifting their people to other areas inside Pakistan, he said. “In Lahore, they used the Punjabi Taliban to cause Friday’s blasts,” said the diplomatic source.

“These are the leftovers of the pro-Al Qaeda militants and these are last desperate measures.”

The militants, he said, would ultimately be forced to give up fighting or be eradicated. “They have nowhere to go.”