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Pakistani Truce Already Falling Apart
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U.S. military officials tell ABC News cross-border attacks by the Taliban are up "300 percent" since President Musharraf declared a "truce" with tribal leaders in the troubled Northern Waziristan region that borders Afghanistan.
"Politically, it is very sensitive for us to raise this issue with Pakistan," said a senior NATO officer in Kabul. "But the facts are the facts."
Reports from the district capital Miram Shah say Taliban vigilantes now patrol the streets, while Pakistani government officials and the military are all but absent.
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U.S. military officials say militants are openly ignoring the truce's requirement that they lay down down their weapons.
NATO took over the Afghan coalition in early October, amid the fiercest fighting since the Taliban government was toppled five years ago.
Senior NATO officials say there is growing fury among the 26-nation alliance that Islamabad is doing little to stem the violence coming from its border areas.
"If the Pakistan army is not willing to clean this up in a sustained manner," worries a top U.S. military official, "I just do not know what we are going to do."
Although the peace deal with Islamabad specifically forbade the Pakistani tribesmen from forming a parallel government, Taliban rulers in the region have issued a strict legal code, even announcing plans to begin taxing vehicles that pass through their district.
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As Lewis Black once said. The Republican are a party of bad ideas, but the Dems are a party of no ideas....at least the Reps are doing something. Does anyone know what the Dems would do? I mean specifically? Nope!
Posted by: Matt | Oct 25, 2006 2:44:14 PM
Reality check people:terrorism is not going away until we as a nation get together and stop using middle eastern crude oil and that just i'snt going to happen anytime soon.Why?you may ask.Well it's because oil men are calling the shots and they are destroying our country at the same time.Of course they don't care about that because they have theres and screw the rest of you peasants.Wake up America!But alas it may already be to late.
Posted by: MATTHEW | Oct 25, 2006 4:14:18 PM
One thing for sure, Hillery can't screw it up any worse than the republicans already have. They have had complete control for the last 6 years and look at where we are at. What right do we have to militarly force another country to conform with our way of thinking? The third world countries do not live like we do, most are just trying to get drinking water and food for the day. I guess the Bush approach is to kill several hundred thousand of them and then there will be more food and water for the fittest survivors.
Posted by: Charlie Ellenburg | Oct 26, 2006 8:43:32 AM
"When Hillary gets in office, she'll know how to handle this. Just pull all troops out and let the taliban take control again!!!"
OK Sport, in case you didn't notice, the article is about how the Taliban is taking control now because of the brilliant leadership of GWB.
Posted by: Spoton | Oct 26, 2006 4:45:04 PM
GW BUSH our selected one keeps confusing OSAMA with SADDAM.The Chicken Hawks er draft dogers destroyed the WRONG country.Vote for all Democrates in November and 08 and fumigate the White House.
Posted by: hobojo | Oct 26, 2006 5:26:56 PM
they will take it over as the good people are like sheep,waiting to be slaughtered by the evil.
Posted by: rugby | Nov 21, 2006 9:47:07 PM
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