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"Pakistan says truce reached with Taliban; Extension may calm swath of northwest region" by Sherin Zada, Associated Press | February 22, 2009
MINGORA, Pakistan - Pakistan has agreed to an open-ended cease-fire with Taliban militants in the Swat Valley, government officials said yesterday, extending a truce as the country pursues broader, much-criticized talks aimed at calming a large swath of its northwestern region bordering Afghanistan.
Translation: from what the blogs are saying, Pakistan's Army lost this latest round and is suing for peace. Of course, my jooish war daily won't ell me that.
The Taliban leader in Swat, however, said the militants would decide on whether to halt fighting for good only after a 10-day cease-fire announced last Sunday expires - and that decision hinged on the government taking unspecified "practical steps."
Setting up the patsies for blame.
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And as if right on cue:
Also, a roadside bomb killed one person elsewhere in Pakistan's chaotic northwest along a supply route that is used heavily by US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the mother of an American kidnapped in southwestern Pakistan issued the family's first public appeal for his release.
That SMELLS like a FALSE-FLAG to me since the MSM have kept it SO QUIET!!!
Taliban fighters in the Swat Valley have beheaded opponents, torched girls schools and terrorized the police to gain control of much of the onetime tourist haven, despite a lengthy military offensive.
Must be a standard prop paragraph in the database.
Hundreds have been killed and up to a third of the valley's 1.5 million residents have fled.
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In a talks with a hard-line, Taliban-linked cleric, the government agreed Monday to impose Islamic law in Swat and surrounding areas if the extremists stop fighting. It also suspended the military offensive, though it did not pull out troops. The cleric, Sufi Muhammad, was dispatched to persuade the militants to agree to peace.
Yesterday, senior regional official Syed Muhammad Javed told reporters in Swat: "The government and the Taliban fighters have decided to observe a permanent cease-fire. The Taliban has agreed to it and so do we."
Area government official, Shaukat Yousufzai, confirmed that both sides agreed to extend the cease-fire but said talks between Muhammad's group and representatives of Swat Valley Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah - Muhammad's son-in-law - would proceed....
Fazlullah said the Taliban still had to discuss the deal. "We will consult again after the 10-day cease-fire," he said in a radio address. "We will also observe a permanent cease-fire if the government takes practical steps."
Though he did not specify what those steps should be, Fazlullah urged Pakistan to enforce Islamic law in the area and create "an environment of confidence."
The United States, NATO, and Britain - as well as rights activists - have voiced concerns about the talks, with NATO warning it could create a safe haven for Islamist extremists....
Yup, and they are the ONLY ONES STILL SHOVELING the CHARADE of "terrorists" from the CAVES!
And HOW is THIS GOING to HELP, readers?
How is FLOODING WEAPONS into the region going to REDUCE VIOLENCE?
After all, they want to TAKE AWAY YOUR GUNS HERE because of it, shit-chewing Amurkn!!!!!!!
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"Pakistan to arm villagers in northwest to fight terror" by Asif Shahzad, Associated Press | February 23, 2009
ISLAMABAD - Authorities in a Pakistani border province plan to arm villagers with 30,000 rifles and set up an elite police unit to protect a region increasingly besieged by Taliban and Al Qaeda militants, an official said yesterday.
Yup, gonna fight "Al-CIA-Duh!"
Oh, yeah, and about the TALIBAN:
"The U.S. government was well aware of the Taliban's reactionary program, yet it chose to back their rise to power in the mid-1990s. The creation of the Taliban was "actively encouraged by the ISI and the CIA," according to Selig Harrison, an expert on U.S. relations with Asia. "The United States encouraged Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to support the Taliban, certainly right up to their advance on Kabul," adds respected journalist Ahmed Rashid. When the Taliban took power, State Department spokesperson Glyn Davies said that he saw "nothing objectionable" in the Taliban's plans to impose strict Islamic law, and Senator Hank Brown, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East and South Asia, welcomed the new regime: "The good part of what has happened is that one of the factions at last seems capable of developing a new government in Afghanistan." "The Taliban will probably develop like the Saudis. There will be Aramco [the consortium of oil companies that controlled Saudi oil], pipelines, an emir, no parliament and lots of Sharia law. We can live with that," said another U.S. diplomat in 1997."
Who are the Taliban, anyway?
"Something of a catchall term for loosely affiliated insurgents without a singular command structure. Often, the Afghan government favors the phrase 'enemies of the state' (New York Times July 24, 2007)."
"The Taliban is growing and creating new alliances not because its sectarian religious practices have become popular, but because it is the only available umbrella for national liberation," says Pakistani historian and political commentator Tariq Ali. "As the British and the Soviets discovered to their cost in the preceding two centuries, Afghans never like being occupied."
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And today, readers?
"More and more, people here look back to the era of harsh Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001, describing it as a time of security and peace."
Oh, oh, oh!!!! I'm so offended by the AmeriKan MSM and its bullshit!
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And consider this:
"They sat in one girl’s home telling their story, their faces uncovered only because no man was present. But when Mohammed Matloob, the father of one of the girls, walked into the room, the other three quickly pulled their head scarves over their faces. His daughter, Nagina, 16, ordered him to leave the room, which he did, with a surprised shrug."
Aren't the children beautiful?
Oh, what LIES we have been told about Muslims by our Muslim-hating Zionist AmeriKan MSM, Americans!!!!!!
Stiffer action in the North West Frontier Province could help offset American concern that a peace deal being negotiated in the Swat Valley, a Taliban stronghold in the province, could create a haven for Islamist insurgents only 100 miles from the Pakistani capital.
Yeah, WE WOULDN'T WANT PEACE BREAKING OUT!
Village militias backed by the United States have been credited with reducing violence in Iraq. Washington is paying for a similar initiative in Afghanistan.
Yup, VILLAGE MILITIAS are FINE for the LIBERATED, but YOU must TURN-IN or REGISTER YOUR WEAPONS, AmeriKa!
And WHOSE PAYING, Amurkn (chomp-chomp; how's that shit sandwich)??
The United States is already spending millions of dollars to train and equip Pakistani forces in the rugged region near the Afghan border but there was no sign it was involved in the militia plan. A US Embassy spokesman could not be reached for comment.
While OUR ARMY and ITS SOLDIERS FALL APART and OUR ECONOMY IMPLODES!
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Saturday that he will try to "remove the apprehensions of the world community" about the Swat deal when he meets US officials in Washington next week, state-run media reported.
But it was unclear if yesterday's announcement had the backing of national leaders or the powerful army - or if handing out more guns in an already heavily armed society was wise.
Oh, you raise that concern NOW?!!!! Of course, I'm all for arming the freedom fighter against the terrorists!
Mahmood Shah, a former head of security for Pakistan's tribal regions, said arming civilians could trigger civil war in the northwest, where tribal and political tension is at fever pitch.
Maybe that is the U.S. PLAN -- to then be CALLED IN to OCCUPY, I mean, STABILIZE!!!!!!
Shah said authorities should focus on bolstering existing security forces. "This is Pakistan, not Iraq or Afghanistan. There is complete anarchy in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that is not the case here," he said. "It is not going to help."
Why? Because the arms ain't going to you?
Haider Khan Hoti, chief minister of the provincial government, said authorities would distribute the guns only among "peaceful groups and individuals" so they could help police to guard their villages.
Something about "peace" and the "gun" that isn't striking me right. Isn't it POWER and the GUN?
Officials would consult with local police chiefs before handing out the arms and would take them back if they were not used against "terrorists and troublemakers," Hoti's office said in a written statement.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!
Yeah, they are going to TAKE THEM BACK!!
And JUST HOW are they going to DO THAT?
Hoti said the guns were on hand, having been seized from "terrorists and anti-state elements."
What, they interdicted a U.S. eapons run?
He said the province would meet the $40 million bill for the elite provincial police unit of 2,500 officers. "The purpose of setting up this force is to combat terrorism and extremism effectively," he said.
I'm tired of the government created, funded, and directed booga-booga, aren't you, AmeriKa?
The militia plan raises doubts about the coherence of Pakistani efforts to counter Taliban groups who have seized growing pockets of the northwest, forged links with Al Qaeda and carried out a blur of suicide bombings.
And the U.S. will come RIDING to the OCCUPATIONAL RESCUE, right?
Pakistani officials have encouraged residents to establish militias in the semiautonomous tribal areas sandwiched between North West Frontier Province and the Afghan border.
Truthfully, it should BE THAT WAY EVERYWHERE! It's called SELF-DEFENSE!
The pro-Western central government says it will come down hard on groups that refuse to renounce violence and stop supporting cross-border terrorism in return for reconciliation.
By DOING WHAT? USING VIOLENCE against them?
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KHAR, Pakistan - A Taliban commander announced a unilateral cease-fire yesterday in a northwestern Pakistan region where the military says it has killed about 1,500 militants in an ongoing offensive.
The military was not available for comment on the Taliban's move in Bajur region, which lies next to Afghanistan. The announcement follows the introduction of an already week-old cease-fire between the government and militants in the Swat Valley, another northwestern region, in support of a peace process there.
The United States and other Western governments have criticized the Swat truce and negotiations, saying they could create a safe haven for Al Qaeda and Taliban in the region. Unlike in Swat, the Taliban in Bajur had been losing ground in recent months, most analysts say.
So says the lying, agenda-pushing, war-promoting Zionist AmeriKan MSM!!!
Their commander, Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, announced the cease-fire by radio. A government administrator in tribally ruled Bajur said authorities were aware of the announcement.
"We do welcome it. If they will not fire bullets, we will also consider taking a lenient view toward them," Faramosh Khan said.
But, NO PROMISES, 'eh, state shit?
Wow, what a surprise! The U.S. praising mass-murder and killing.
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And I feel a set-up, readers. Why run basically the same item two days in a row when they ignore so many things (or make them one-day wonders).
"Taliban extends Pakistan cease-fire" by Associated Press | February 25, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Taliban militants in Pakistan's Swat valley extended a cease-fire yesterday, strengthening a peace process that Western governments say risks granting a safe haven to extremists close to the Afghan border.
Nevertheless, it remained unclear whether the militants would agree to a government offer to impose a version of Islamic law in the northwestern region in exchange for giving up their weapons.
Well, they are DEFINITELY laying the GROUNDWORK for a FALSE-FLAG EVENT and DESIGNATED PATSIES!
And WHOSE GIVING UP WEAPONS when the U.S. and Pakistan are ARMING PEOPLE? C'mon, jewsmedia, stop the lying, agenda-pushing horseshit, will ya?
Islamabad has dispatched an Islamist cleric with ties to the insurgency to negotiate with militants in the valley, though neither side has given many details on how the talks are going or when a formal agreement is expected.
How much you wanna bet "gunmen" get him?
Troops and insurgents have observed a truce in Swat since Feb. 15, when Islamabad initiated the peace process.
Even though the stink paper just said it was a unilateral truce by Taliban and Pakistan reserves the right to shoot back. The MSM LYING is almost BEYOND BELIEF, isn't it? So ARROGANT and AUDACIOUS!!!!
Swat Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said that the cease-fire had been extended "for an indefinite period" and that he expected the military to also abide by the truce.
I wouldn't!!!!
Late yesterday, militant commander Maulana Fazlullah told his fighters about the truce in a radio broadcast.
"We will make this pact a success to bring peace. I want to ask all of our men not to display weapons, not to attack army vehicles, and not to attack their supply lines," he said. "Anybody who violates these orders should expect a strict action."
And CUI BONO if someone does violate that rigid Islamic heirarchy, huh?
The military has been abiding by the truce but has said it will not withdraw from the valley until there is lasting peace. The military did not immediately comment on the Taliban's announcement yesterday.
Like I said, they reserve the right to bomb, shell, and kill.
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Meanwhile, just across the border (coincidence?):
KABUL - A roadside bomb killed four US troops in southern Afghanistan yesterday, inflicting the year's deadliest single attack on international forces a week after Washington set plans to send reinforcements. An Afghan civilian working with the Americans also died....
--more--"And HOW COME AmeriKa's MSM was COMPLETELY SILENT about THIS TRIP?
A MEDIA BLACKOUT underway?
"House Speaker Pelosi meets with Karzai in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Saturday where the two likely talked about the incoming surge of U.S. forces....
Pelosi also met with U.S. troops during her two-day visit....
Oh, so it is not like they just couldn't fit it in or missed it; they avoided it on purpose!
