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2009-04-10 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Steve White 2009-04-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Hi. The Pakistan official is lying. Buner is as good as fallen to the Taliban - Bill Roggio (Long War Journal) even colored it red a while ago (he relies on CENTCOM). Mandeep Bajwa of Orbat.com says the Pakistan Army has already made clear they're not going to fight for Buner. If you read between the lines, the Buner people have begged forgiveness of the Talibans for resisting them. Taliban came in peace only to discuss imposition of Sharia, say the Taliban. This is another lie: they never come in peace, they are not going to withdraw. They've soften up the locals through fear, and they'll be back in force very shortly on the pretext of "you're not doing the sharia thing properly" or "You havent made reparations for our men you killed", or "you're working with the Pakistan government". This is their SOP and how they've taken over darn nearly the whole NWFP. Its very serious.

Posted by Ravi 2009-04-10 23:03|| www.orbat.com]">[www.orbat.com] 2009-04-10 23:03|| Front Page Top

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