A Militant Hit Squad Gone Rogue?

Jalaluddin Haqqani (R), the Taliban's Minister for Tribal Affairs, points to a map of Afghanistan during a visit to Islamabad, Pakistan while his son Naziruddin (L) looks on in this October 19, 2001 file photograph. REUTERS/Stringer/Files

Dreaded Militant Hit Squad Goes Rogue In Pakistan -- Yahoo News/Reuters

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A blindfolded man stands on explosives, trembling as he confesses to spying for the CIA in Pakistan. Armed men in black balaclavas slowly back away. Then he is blown up.

One of his executioners -- members of an elite militant hit squad -- zooms a camera in on his severed head and body parts for a video later distributed in street markets as a warning.

Al Qaeda, the Pakistani Taliban and the Haqqani network -- blamed for a September 13 attack on the U.S. embassy in Kabul -- picked the most ruthless fighters from their ranks in 2009 to form the Khurasan unit, for a special mission.

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My Comment: The Khurasan unit is made up mostly of Arabs and Uzbeks .... operating in a region where they are the foreigners. I am sure this is not going over well with the locals, but it is illustrative on how concern militant groups like the Haqqani network are with spies and informers.