China blocks money flow to Pak-backed jihadists

January 28, 2014

Demonstrating its concern that Pakistani-funded terrorists are brewing a witch’s cauldron of jihad in its Western territory, the government of China has signaled that it will crackdown on illicit financial transfers among Islamists in their western frontier.

The key thing for Western readers to understand here is not so much that China is doing anything particularly noteworthy beyond common sense, but to appreciate that most of that part of the world—Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, and China—recognizes Pakistan as a base for terrorist activity.  The American public, except for U.S. forces who have served in Afghanistan and have witnessed this first hand, isn’t being told this basic fact.  The recent budget bill adopted by Congress included some glancing pre-conditions for the resumption of U.S. foreign aid to Pakistan, but John Kerry is likely to endorse the continuation of such aid regardless of the conditions in the bill.MoneyJihad