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2006-05-25 India-Pakistan
Recognition Of Taliban 'Administration' On The Cards
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Posted by Steve 2006-05-25 14:36|| || Front Page|| [11125 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 The formation of a target rich environment.
Posted by RWV 2006-05-25 14:54||   2006-05-25 14:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Our government needs a refresher course on why we are against the Taliban and what the definition of "ally" is. If we let Musharaf 'reconcile' with the Taliban, then this war has been meaningless, and we will rival the Europeans we ridicule for world-class appeasement. The Taliban will be back in power and we will be back to pre-9/11.
Posted by Jules 2006-05-25 15:02||   2006-05-25 15:02|| Front Page Top

#3 I agree with Jules.

Al Queada = Taliban = Jihadist = Enemy of Western Civilization.

There is no distinction to be made.
Posted by Mark Z 2006-05-25 15:07||   2006-05-25 15:07|| Front Page Top

#4 This is the natural evolution (i.e. devolution) for these "people". This should alter the ROE and give the green light to actions deemed necessary by the commanders on the scene (e.g. hot pursuit, etc.).
Posted by Ebberemp Phinens2648 2006-05-25 15:08||   2006-05-25 15:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Just to exercize my tinfoil hat....does this mean that the Pak military will not protect these folks form cross boarder incursions?

Are they admitting that they can't handle it so they're opening the door for us?
Posted by AlanC">AlanC  2006-05-25 15:29||   2006-05-25 15:29|| Front Page Top

#6 For a second I thought they meant the Phoenix Cardinals. That would explain several things.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-05-25 15:55||   2006-05-25 15:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds like Perv is granting independence so he can keep hands off when we go in to clean the place out, which he cannot do. Works for me.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-05-25 16:05||   2006-05-25 16:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Reports of long queues of people outside the Taliban offices in South Waziristan seeking solutions to their grievances and also help through the Taliban's policing system, show the popularity of the Islamist militia in Waziristan.


I bet the Waziri trains run on time, too.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-05-25 16:07||   2006-05-25 16:07|| Front Page Top

#9 This looks a lot like it will give the U.S. permission to go bonkers in Wazoo.

Question for everyone. Can the U.S. get a base of operations set up close to the border?
Posted by Mike N. 2006-05-25 16:13||   2006-05-25 16:13|| Front Page Top

#10 This is a GOOD thing. If the Pakis pull back, then we can go after it. Our base of operations can be very close, just across the border in Khost and other locations.
Posted by Brett 2006-05-25 16:23||   2006-05-25 16:23|| Front Page Top

#11 Colombia tried the same thing in regions of that country,essentially giving safe haven to FARC...predictably the results were nt good and a new president had to come in and clean up the mess...if true this is nt good for Afghanistan or the Paks unless the Paks are simply going to say we don't own it you(US) take care of it...creating a Cambodian bombing campaign and all the hell that would create with world opinion...it may be our only option...I'm taking the report with a grain of salt for now
Posted by jkh 2006-05-25 16:37||   2006-05-25 16:37|| Front Page Top

#12 Sources in northern Pakistan have told Adnkronos International (AKI)

I'll start thinking about this when it's a reputable news agency with active voice quotes from named people whose titles indicate they actually know what's been done.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-05-25 17:02||   2006-05-25 17:02|| Front Page Top

#13 TW nails it. This is a nice piece of propaganda.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-05-25 17:06||   2006-05-25 17:06|| Front Page Top

#14 Najam Sethi's Editorial in the Friday Times

Now we hear that Commander Khaleelur Rehman has been given his marching orders barely a year from when he was appointed Governor of the NWFP. This is ominous. It suggests a turnabout of 180 degrees in General Musharraf’s perspective on FATA, the JUI and Talibanism. The irony is that Mr Rehman took a hard line against the insurgents in FATA and against their JUI supporters in the NWFP government on the precise orders of General Musharraf. Now he has been sacked for carrying them out. Indeed, Commander Rehman’s head has been offered as a sop to the very elements who, as General Musharraf recently admitted, had “double-crossed” the army in Waziristan – taken its jirga-recommended money and used it to fuel Talibanism in the region! Unfortunately, this new “flip-flop” on Waziristan policy suggests dangerous trends. One, it seems to be staking Pakistan’s national-security interests at the altar of General Musharraf’s personal political interests. It is aimed at strengthening the JUI and encouraging it to defy the pressures of its Jamaat i Islami ally to heave General Musharraf out by a series of “million-man” marches. Hence the recent statement by Maulana Fazalur Rehman that the JUI would participate in elections and saw no reason to abandon General Musharraf. Two, it is bound to make the US nervous because it will lead to a resurgence of Talibanism in Afghanistan. Indeed, it is almost as if General Musharraf is deliberately thumbing his nose at Hamid Karzai and the international community. Equally, since the move is simultaneously designed to bring the JUI back in power in the next elections, it should be disquieting for those at home and abroad who see the country’s future in terms of a pluralistic, moderate and democratic dispensation based on free and fair elections. Combined with General Musharraf’s “soft tactical spot” for the jihadis, the ambiguities and contradictions in his policies are coming to the surface in the run up to the elections next year.
Posted by john 2006-05-25 18:57||   2006-05-25 18:57|| Front Page Top

#15 Agit Prop indeedy. But this from the same site is purdy good...

A road safety manual containing religious passages warning motorists that their safety depends less on the quality of their driving than on divine will, has riled many in Turkey who see it as an affront to the country's secular principles and carte-blanche for reckless behaviour on the road.
Posted by 6 2006-05-25 19:23||   2006-05-25 19:23|| Front Page Top

#16 Binnie has paid Perv a huge one for this. Who paid? What's aligning global jihad-wise. Is Perv cutting loose from the Iran hit that's coming? or digging in for his share? Stange things are happening.
Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-05-25 20:23||   2006-05-25 20:23|| Front Page Top

#17 Has Pakistan released its Waziristan territory to become an independent state? No? WTF, so then you're saying that Pakistan (and the greater area) would snore through American aggressive action inside Pakistan's borders?

Will these words come to haunt: "the popularity of the Islamist militia in Waziristan"?
Posted by Jules 2006-05-25 21:48||   2006-05-25 21:48|| Front Page Top

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