Pakistan: Al Qaeda Not Plotting Attacks From Tribal Areas
No really… I swear…On my grandmothers grave….And what does the word “Terrorist” really mean anyway….whats in a name
Daily Times
SPEENKAY RAGHZAI: Islamabad “disagreed” on Sunday with the United States intelligence assessment that Al Qaeda is using Pakistan’s Tribal Areas to plot attacks on the US as ‘Operation Zalzala’ continues in South Waziristan.
“No Pashtun is a terrorist,” 14 Division GOC Maj-Gen Tariq Khan told journalists while showing them the forward positions of the army in a former stronghold of Baitullah Mehsud. He also disagreed with the US allegation that the Pakistan Army was being lenient with Al Qaeda and the Taliban. “I would disagree with the US claims of [us] being soft on militants.”
School and hospital: Baitullah Mehsud-led Taliban militants used a government-run school as a training centre for suicide bombing and a hospital to make bombs and improvised explosive devices in South Waziristan, the GOC said.
However, Gen Tariq said the international press had “overrated” Baitullah Mehsud. Geo News quoted Gen Khan as saying that the army had not withdrawn from South Waziristan but the troops’ positions were being changed to facilitate the displaced residents’ return.
The civil administration of South Waziristan and military authorities are also formulating a mechanism to ensure militants do not return to their former strongholds.
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May 19th, 2008 at 6:23 am“No Pashtun is a terrorist,” “I would disagree with the US claims of [us] being soft on militants.” In the immortal words of Lumberg “MMmmmmmm Yeaaaahhhh, right.”
These guys look like a Charles Manson fan club…Maybe if we just dropped soap on ‘em they’d all run like hell
May 19th, 2008 at 8:01 amWhen it is said no Pushtoon is a terrorist it must be seen in context. The Pushtoons have a history of militancy that goes back for centuries, however it is usually reserved for those who enter their ’space’ or territory. Remember how the US used the same Pushtoons to get at the Soviet Union. The Al Qaeda and other nuts are a different case all together. The problem is that the Pushtoons had allowed some of these jokers to live in their territory: Thats when the Pak Army comes in, to cleanse the area. Pushtoons become a victim of collaterol damage but nothing that they did not ask for. The matter still remains, the Pushtoons do not go out and commit acts of terror else where. They shall have to be fought to be brought to book but a peace with them on our terms is possible, you cannot have peace with terrorists. Thus if the pushtoons are treated as terrorists then you are likey to have another enemey and another objective, i.e. destroy the pustoons; now do you want to go down that road too? Now if you want an objective discussion and an exchange of views, I am willing to contribute tothis site but if you all want to go about having a crack just for the sake of it; frankly I dont have the time.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:41 am