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Mighty Pak Army cuts deal with Taliban factions | ||
2009-10-21 | ||
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The army, in the midst of an operation in South Waziristan, has struck deals to keep two powerful, anti-US tribal chiefs from joining the battle against the government, officials have said.
US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said he was unaware of an agreement to keep some militant factions out of the fight for now, but other US officials said the strategy was not surprising or necessarily worrisome. Because the faction loyal to TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud poses the most direct threat to Pakistan, it is the logical first target, US officials briefed on the offensive said. Security analysts said the army had little choice but to cut deals with rival Taliban factions to have a chance of success. "If the army opens up multiple fronts, they will be deluged," said Khalid Aziz, a former administrator in the northwest. Meanwhile, army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said there was no agreement with the two men, but "there is an understanding with them that they will not interfere in this war". He said the army "had to talk to the devil" to isolate its main target. | ||
Posted by:Steve White |
#2 TOPIX > PUNJABI TALIBAN TAKE OVER MILITANT FORCES AGZ PAK ARMY. * BHARAT RAKSHAK > MAOISTS: IFF TALIBAN ATTACK INDIA, WE WILL FIGHT THEM. CPI will side wid the People of India agz PAK ATLIBAN, as says CPI Politburo Member-CPI Combat Forces Commander KOTESWAR RAO [aka KISHENG]. FYI KISHENG > denotes or warns that CPI has "strong ties" to Ultra-Left movements + alleged Terrorist outfits, includ KASHMIRI MILTERR GROUPS, from at least 36 world countries. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-10-21 23:46 |
#1 He said the army "had to talk to the devil" Good thing that had that direct line in Lahore. |
Posted by: gromky 2009-10-21 05:27 |