By Nagesh Bhushan

Latest report released by CSIS under the heading "CURRENTS AND CROSS CURRENTS of RADICAL ISLAMISM " which Analyzed Radical Islamism, says the state of Pakistan and it's intelligence apparatus ISI ,continues to fund terrorist organization Lashkar -e-Tyba and also notes that idea of Global jihad is prevalent in Pakistani circles . In in its 32 page report examining the radical Islamism around the world said " Global radicalism continued to be shaped by the deepening insurgency in Iraq, in which radical Islamists from inside and outside that country play a pivotal role. In the months following the Berlin meeting, the bombing of the London Underground, the attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh and Amman, and a stream of revelations about radical Islamist activity from Europe to the Middle East to South Asia and Australia — where a group of conspirators were arrested for plotting an attack against that country’s sole nuclear facility — had also to be taken into account. " .

With regard to Pakistan it said the notion of Global Jihad is well entrenched in Pakistani Islamist discourse . "In Pakistan, it was observed by a number of participants, jihadists have increasingly sought to achieve greater mobilization through frequent reference to events outside of South Asia — the American invasion and occupation of Iraq above all. In this sense, the global jihad has become a more important part of Pakistani Islamist discourse." says the report . Pakistan has become a training camp for all Jihadis , " while reports of the actual participation of Pakistani radicals in fighting in Iraq remain at best apocryphal, Pakistan continues to play a role as a source of training and indoctrination for radicals from outside the country. (An example of this is the case of Willy Brigitte, who was born in Guadeloupe, converted to Islam in France, trained in a Pakistani terrorist camp and apprehended in Australia, where he was preparing an attack.) " .

The report says ISI is playing a major role in Pakistani Islamic radicalism and unacknowledged state support is further accelerating , " the nature of Pakistani radicalism has been more conditioned by unacknowledged state support, particularly from the nation’s military intelligence agency, ISI, than is the case anywhere else. " . LeT continues to receive resources from state to wage proxy war in Kashmir says the report , "The provision of funding and other resources to organizations such as Lashkar-e-Tayba ensures both the continued existence of such groups and their availability to the state as proxies for combat in Kashmir and Afghanistan, though they also provide some restraint. In addition to these semi-official groups, others that view most of the historic jihadist groups as insufficiently ardent have appeared, including some that have targeted U.S. and other Western facilities. "

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"In Pakistan, it was observed by a number of participants, jihadists have increasingly sought to achieve greater mobilization through frequent reference to events outside of South Asia — the American invasion and occupation of Iraq above all. In this sense, the global jihad has become a more important part of Pakistani Islamist discourse. And while reports of the actual participation of Pakistani radicals in fighting in Iraq remain at best apocryphal, Pakistan continues to play a role as a source of training and indoctrination for radicals from outside the country. (An example of this is the case of Willy Brigitte, who was born in Guadeloupe, converted to Islam in France, trained in a Pakistani terrorist camp and apprehended in Australia, where he was preparing an attack.) This point was underscored by one expert, who emphasized that the nature of Pakistani radicalism has been more conditioned by unacknowledged state support, particularly from the nation’s military intelligence agency, ISI, than is the case anywhere else. The provision of funding and other resources to organizations such as Lashkar-e-Tayba ensures both the continued existence of such groups and their availability to the state as proxies for combat in Kashmir and Afghanistan, though they also provide some restraint. In addition to these semi-official groups, others that view most of the historic jihadist groups as insufficiently ardent have appeared, including some that have targeted U.S. and other Western facilities. "