Monday, October 29, 2007

Hot War Front

Think this would be easy for you, readers?

So how do you think they like it?

"
Thousands Flee Strife in Northern Pakistan"

MINGORA, Pakistan, Oct. 28 (Reuters) — Thousands of Pakistanis are fleeing a northwestern town and outlying villages because they fear a showdown between the security forces and an Islamist militant Taliban-style movement, residents said Sunday.

In clashes on Sunday, 10 militants were killed by troops backed by helicopter gunships, said an army spokesman, Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad.

General Arshad: “Troops have their own mortars and have been firing at those militants,” “Until such time as these people are evicted from the area and peace is restored and innocent people are given full security, I think this is going to continue.”

Of course, you assholes setting foot in there with your shit-covered boots didn't do anything!

I heard they just wanted to be left alone:

"
WHAT THEY SEEK To be left alone."

But the violence is their fault?

Uh-huh!


On Sunday, fighting flared in Charbagh, three miles west of Mingora, when suspected militants fired at paramilitary fighters. Residents said tension was also rising in another town, Khwazakhela, 15 miles west of Mingora.

A frightened town resident, speaking on the condition of anonymity for security reasons:

People are leaving their homes. All shops and markets are closed.”

Badshah Gul Wazir, a top official at the provincial home ministry, said that he was unaware of the exodus from Khwazakhela.

Swat, a scenic area close to Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, has experienced a surge in militant activity since Maulana Fazlullah, a pro-Taliban cleric, started an illegal FM radio station and urged his followers to fight to put Islamic Shariah law into effect.

Illegal radio station? Pakistan's Free Speech in action, huh?


Maulana Fazlullah is the de facto leader of a pro-Taliban group, Movement for the Implementation of Muhammad’s Shariah Law.

Authorities have blamed his militant followers for attacks on the security forces and bomb blasts in Swat, where they have been forcing residents to follow a strict Islamic code.

Muslim Khan, an aide to Maulana Fazlullah, told reporters on Saturday:

The government should implement Shariah in Swat if it does not want fighting.”

Based on all the MSM lies that pushed me over the edge this summer, one could reasonably conclude that Mr. Khan is correct!!!!!