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2006-01-30 India-Pakistan

US didnt coordinate Bajaur attack with Pakistan: Musharraf

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Posted by Fred 2006-01-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Actually, the locals in the FATA/NWFP are taxed, though it's closer to what we would understand as tribute than any kind of actual revenue system. They pay set amount to the local government in return for it leaving them alone in their primitive culture, which seems to be the way that things have been since at least the end of the Raj. I think that the closest thing we have to that in a Western conception would be something on the order of a suzerainty, but I'll defer to Paul or john on that score.

Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling 2006-01-30 02:55|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2006-01-30 02:55|| Front Page Top

#2 There is a big difference between the systems in place in the NWFP and FATA, despite having the same demography.

The NWFP is a province of the Pakistani nation, with a state parliament and representation on the federal level, just like Punjab and other provinces.

The FATA exists as an almost sovereign entity, with the current system completely unchanged since the days of the British Raj when there were constant low level wars to get the area under control, before the Brits gave up and simpy accepted nominal loyalty from the tribal leaders. In the FATA centrally appointed governors operatre like colonial administrators, able to punish a tribe for the crimes of some of it's members and so on.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2006-01-30 04:41|| 2006-01-30 04:41|| Front Page Top

#3 So what's the cost of Perv if he allows us to have our way there?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-30 08:17|| 2006-01-30 08:17|| Front Page Top

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