Yousaf al-Salafi, allegedly the head of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Pakistan, has reportedly confessed to receiving funds channeled through the U.S. for use in recruiting militants to fight in the Syrian civil war.
According to Pakistan’s The Express Tribune, an affiliate of the International New York Times, Pakistani authorities said on Jan. 22 that they arrested al-Salafi, a Pakistani-Syrian, with two other ISIS operatives, in Lahore. Al-Salafi was in fact arrested in December, but the arrest was just being publicly announced in January.
He reportedly confessed to receiving about $600 for every recruit he sent to Syria and that he was working with the support of an unnamed Islamic cleric in charge of a mosque in Pakistan.
The source told The Express Tribune that during interrogation, al-Salafi revealed that his drive to recruit militants in Pakistan to fight in Syria was being funded by money routed through the U.S.
“During the investigations, Yousaf al-Salafi revealed that he was getting funding – routed through America – to run the organization in Pakistan and recruit young people to fight in Syria.”
“The US has been condemning the IS activities but unfortunately has not been able to stop funding of these organizations, which is being routed through the US. The US had to dispel the impression that it is financing the group for its own interests and that is why it launched an offensive against the organization in Iraq but not in Syria.”
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