[antimedia] antimedia: It's time to get tough with Pakistan....

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Posted by antimedia:
It's time to get tough with Pakistan....
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   ....before they [1]infect the whole region. According to Bill Roggio
   and reporting from the area that he cites, Pakistan is in a civil war
   with the Taliban and Al Qaeda and Pakistan is losing, ceding
   terroritory in Waziristan.

     According to Adnkronos International, the Taliban is now "calling
     the shots in North and South Waziristan." The Taliban and Pakistan
     have agreed on a truce that ensures the Pakistani Army "will not
     carry out operations against them" in North Waziristan. The tribal
     Jirga confirms this, and Pakistani troops have now withdrawn from
     North Waziristan.
     These truces are fueling the resurgence of Taliban and al-Qaeda in
     Pakistan, and by default Afghanistan (also see "Lost Territories.")
     The situation in southeastern Afghanistan has reached the point
     where the Canadians have requested permission to patrol inside the
     Pakistani border. Canadian forces in Kandahar province have killed
     over 200 Taliban during the past two days of Operation Medusa. The
     Pakistani Taliban will continue to pour cannon fodder into the maw
     of Afghanistan.

   NATO is asking for permission to enter Pakistan from Afghanistan to
   pursue fleeing terrorists, but Pakistan has already ceded the area.
   NATO should simply cross over. Pakistan can't stop them, and the
   terrorists are using Waziristan as a safe haven.

References

   1. http://billroggio.com/archives/2006/09/pakistan_negotiates.php