in arranging it.

After meeting the TTP leadership, they would put forth their point of view before the government negotiators, he said.

After the peace talks between the TTP negotiators and the Pakistan government-appointed committee kicked off Thursday, hopes of a positive outcome were virtually dashed following Aziz's threat to walk out.The global jihadist insurgency would have happened regardless of the war in Iraq

It is becoming accepted dogma in some political circles that the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq created ISIS and other jihadist forces that are now wreaking havoc in the region. This line was even used by Obama during an interview with Vice News and, predictably, the Guardian’s resident hard-left fruitcake Seumas Milne today churned out a piece on the idea that was littered with half-truths and cynical contortions.

Milne, in one fell swoop, defends those waging war against British and American soldiers for a jihadist cause whilst claiming the US actually intended to create ISIS in a grand divide-and-rule strategy. Of course, for the likes of Milne the truth is less important than opportunities to maximise the