Kashmiri Jihad In London

Turns out the latest terror plot originated in Pakistan.

Five years after 9/11, Pakistan remains a deeply problematic ally in the war on terror. Despite regular promises of cooperation--and the occasional arrest of an al Qaeda bigwig from a safe house in Karachi or Lahore--the country continues to draw terrorists from Birmingham to Bangalore. Gen. Musharraf presents himself as the last line of defense between the mullahs and Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, but in fact, as has been amply documented by the Pakistani diplomat and scholar Husain Haqqani, the relationship between the army and the jihadists is symbiotic rather than adversarial. The army plays up the terrorist threat in order to consolidate its position in Western capitals, while at best turning a blind eye to the violence they export.

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