Update: Looks like Musharaff got a WARNING, too!!!!
"Suicide Bomber Strikes Within a Mile of Musharraf"
Now back to your regularly-scheduled post:
Nothing makes me angrier and sadder than a damaged mosque!
"Pakistanis flee battles; government tries to retake valley from militants"
By Inam Ur-Rehman, Associated Press | October 30, 2007
SWAT, Pakistan - Hundreds of civilians used a cease-fire yesterday between government forces and militant supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric to flee a scenic valley where fighting has killed more than 100 people. The conflict has turned the one-time tourist destination into a new front in Pakistan's battle against Islamic extremism.
Un-fucking-real! How about LEAVING THEM ALONE?!
Authorities sent 2,500 extra police and troops into Swat district last week to confront supporters of Maulana Fazlullah, a militant preacher who has claimed jurisdiction over the area and sought to impose strict Islamic rule.
The toll from the resulting clashes about 90 miles northwest of the capital emerged only after the cease-fire took effect early yesterday.
Security forces backed by helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts in the mountains Sunday. More than 60 militants were killed, said Badshah Gul Wazir, home secretary of North West Frontier province, which includes Swat.
Wazir said 20 security officers and civilians have been killed since Friday but gave no breakdown. Eight other troops and four police officers were missing, he said. On Thursday, a suicide attack on a military truck killed 20 people.
Sirajuddin, a spokesman for Fazlullah, said the cleric's followers killed 30 troops near the village of Charbagh and would hand over the bodies only after the army releases some prisoners. There was no official confirmation of his claim.
Arshad Majid, district coordination officer in Swat, said tribal elders and clerics were holding talks with Fazlullah's aides:
"The cease-fire was announced by militants after these talks, which are progressing well. We hope there will be peace here soon."
As they shell and strafe the place! Fuck off, lying US tool!
Ali Rahman, a local police official, said about 600 people fled the conflict zone, many crammed into buses and others on foot. Some villagers waded across a river and others struggled across fields clutching bags of possessions.
Like him?
Rahman said militants were using the break in the hostilities to bury slain comrades, but in Charbagh they were still calling for holy war over loudspeakers mounted on mosques and vehicles.
Sirajuddin, the militant spokesman who uses only one name: "[The cease-fire was holding], but, if the security forces attack us, our people would also target them with weapons."
He added that they would keep trying to enforce Islamic law.
The fighting intensified Sunday. Mohammed Ijaj, a hospital official, said 11 injured civilians were treated. Local officials said security officers and police had been taken to the hospital.
Fazlullah leads the banned pro-Taliban group Tehrik Nifaz-e-Sharia Mohammedi, or Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law. He has launched a Taliban-style campaign in the Swat region and has called for holy war against the government.
The growing instability in northwestern Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan, has shaken the authority of President General Pervez Musharraf, a key ally in the US actions against terrorists."
Playing with fire, Mushy!
If you lose the army, you and your US masters are done!!!!
And the shitty NYT report?
Tells you nothing of wars, but loads up the plate with BULLSHIT POLITICS instead!
"News Analysis: Bhutto’s Return Brings Pakistani Politics to a Boil"
Really getting tired of that war-ignoring, Zionist piece of propaganda!
