Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf is expected to make an important announcement on extremism during an address to the nation in the next day or two.
According to http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IG03Df03.html .
This seems to go hand in hand with the New York times story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/30/world … wanted=all
The warning came in a document from the Interior Ministry, which said Pakistan’s security forces in North-West Frontier Province abutting the tribal areas were outgunned and outnumbered and had forfeited authority to the Taliban and their allies.:
The Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, was warned this month that Islamic militants and Taliban fighters were rapidly spreading beyond the country’s lawless tribal areas and that without “swift and decisive action,” the growing militancy could engulf the rest of the country.
The warning came in a document from the Interior Ministry, which said Pakistan’s security forces in North-West Frontier Province abutting the tribal areas were outgunned and outnumbered and had forfeited authority to the Taliban and their allies.
“The ongoing spell of active Taliban resistance has brought about serious repercussions for Pakistan,” says the 15-page document, which was shown to The New York Times. “There is a general policy of appeasement towards the Taliban, which has further emboldened them.”
The document was discussed by this country’s National Security Council on June 4 while General Musharraf was present, the document notes…
“It’s a policy of appeasement,” said Brig. Mahmood Shah, who was the senior Pakistani government official in charge of security in the tribal areas until last year. “It hasn’t worked. The Talibanization has increased in the past year.”
Sounds like a different tune than what he was singing in November.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh … ghan29.xml
Why the change of heart? Didn't he give them what they wanted? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan_Accord
Could it be that some people can't be reasoned with? Now that civil war could be on the horizon is it possible that it is growing out of Musharrafs control?
According to http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IG03Df03.html .
This seems to go hand in hand with the New York times story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/30/world … wanted=all
The warning came in a document from the Interior Ministry, which said Pakistan’s security forces in North-West Frontier Province abutting the tribal areas were outgunned and outnumbered and had forfeited authority to the Taliban and their allies.:
The Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, was warned this month that Islamic militants and Taliban fighters were rapidly spreading beyond the country’s lawless tribal areas and that without “swift and decisive action,” the growing militancy could engulf the rest of the country.
The warning came in a document from the Interior Ministry, which said Pakistan’s security forces in North-West Frontier Province abutting the tribal areas were outgunned and outnumbered and had forfeited authority to the Taliban and their allies.
“The ongoing spell of active Taliban resistance has brought about serious repercussions for Pakistan,” says the 15-page document, which was shown to The New York Times. “There is a general policy of appeasement towards the Taliban, which has further emboldened them.”
The document was discussed by this country’s National Security Council on June 4 while General Musharraf was present, the document notes…
“It’s a policy of appeasement,” said Brig. Mahmood Shah, who was the senior Pakistani government official in charge of security in the tribal areas until last year. “It hasn’t worked. The Talibanization has increased in the past year.”
Sounds like a different tune than what he was singing in November.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh … ghan29.xml
Why the change of heart? Didn't he give them what they wanted? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan_Accord
Could it be that some people can't be reasoned with? Now that civil war could be on the horizon is it possible that it is growing out of Musharrafs control?
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