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2007-10-20 India-Pakistan
Waziristan to be pacified 'once and for all'
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Posted by Fred 2007-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ]  Top
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#1 Waziristan to be pacified 'once and for all'

If they don't we can should.

Aside from the sanctuary afforded them in the Waziristans, their presence there also has a direct bearing on their funding: money can be transferred through bank and non-bank channels, including the informal fund transfer system known as “hawala”.

It's long past tea to dismantle the hawala network. It is the equivalent of jihad's Western Union and funnels huge amounts of zakat into terrorist causes. All of this is just one more reason to strip Islam of its religious protections. Contributing to any Muslim charity needs to be outlawed right along with the charities themselves. The mere existence of taqiyya makes it impossible to be assured that donations do not reach the jihadis.

As Fred notes, this article contains several frank admissions that demand immediate redress. For all the political capital invested in it, Pakistan resembles the Palestinians more than a little. Neither side of the aisle wants to admit that Musharref's tidy little hellhole is an abject failure and a primary source of global terrorism. Each and every American politician needs to have this article branded onto their backside.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-10-20 05:11||   2007-10-20 05:11|| Front Page Top

#2 This indeed is a most revealing article, and due in no small part to Fred's fantastic inline commentary.
Posted by Ptah">Ptah  2007-10-20 07:28|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]  2007-10-20 07:28|| Front Page Top

#3 "would leave Pakistan and never return"

Quite a few have been doing that this year, though not so meny lately. For a while we were getting reports of 20-100 at a time being killed in Afghanistan.
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2007-10-20 09:08||   2007-10-20 09:08|| Front Page Top

#4 The Great Khan pacified the region very effectively. I suspect that is about the only way to get the very last iota of malfeasance out of the place. At the very least, ban every humanitarian and medical access to the region and let nature take its own course. Watch the bird flue take hold. Let them choose between the words of their imams and the science of the West for their children and future.
Posted by Procopius2k 2007-10-20 10:49||   2007-10-20 10:49|| Front Page Top

#5 A qualified estimate by intelligence officials is that successful military pacification of the Waziristans would slash Afghan resistance by 85 percent, while also delivering a serious setback to the Iraqi resistance.

Duh! Hopefully, Pakis are beginning to realize that AQ and Talibs are their enemy too. Still waiting to see the "once and for all pacification." The only way this is going to happen is that Pakis are going to have to get serious about going after AQ and Talibs and denying them sanctuaries--easier said than done. AQ and Talibs are going to have to realize the price for membership is death and that there is no percentage in continuing.
Posted by JohnQC 2007-10-20 12:06||   2007-10-20 12:06|| Front Page Top

#6 that successful military pacification of the Waziristans would slash Afghan resistance by 85 percent, while also delivering a serious setback to the Iraqi resistance.

the Taliban is a Pak, not an Afghan phenomenon. So now I stand corrected: it's a 15 percent Afghan, 85 percent Pak phenomenon...


What about the Northwest Frontier Provinces?
Posted by Whaigum Bucket8954 2007-10-20 14:31||   2007-10-20 14:31|| Front Page Top

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