Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Next up after the Red Mosque siege?

The next episode has already begun in Batkhaila, North West Frontier Province, where the pro-Taliban Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Moham has clashed with the military and seized all highways in the area, including on the Silk Road leading to China.
Pakistan's Iron Fist is to the US' Liking

Militants in the Bajaur Agency of the FATA warned clerics that if they do not take back the fatwa (edict) against suicide bombing, they should prepare to face the consequences. The warning was delivered in a pamphlet in Pushto pasted outside shops in Khar, regional headquarters of Bajaur Agency. The militants also disputed the clerics’ decree that Islam "does not allow intimidation," saying this opinion should also be withdrawn. "Those who are working against the interests of Mujahideen or defaming us should stop doing so," the pamphlet warned. SATP -- Pakistan Timeline

The Pakistani president, General 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 Pakistan. The warning came in a document by the Interior Ministry, which said that Pakistan's security forces in North West Frontier Province abutting the tribal areas were outgunned and outmanned and had forfeited authority to the Pakistani Taliban and their allies.
Taliban militancy could engulf Pakistan, Masharraf is warned.




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