Pakistan to arm village militias to fight terror

[Hugo Chavez]

Who wants to bet that all these weapons end up in the hands of the Taliban and "Al-Qaida?"


ISLAMABAD – Authorities in a Pakistani border province plan to arm villagers with 30,000 rifles and set up an elite police unit to protect a region increasingly besieged by Taliban and al-Qaida militants, an official said Sunday.

Stiffer action in the North West Frontier Province could help offset American concern that a peace deal being negotiated in the Swat valley, a Taliban stronghold in the province, could create a haven for Islamist insurgents only 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the Pakistani capital.

cont... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090222/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

[Nordic Superman]

Pakistan welcomes the Taliban and islamists at many levels of government.

Recently they appeased a movement allowing for sharia like discipline in the Swat Valley and Hillary Clinton thinks they're doing that right thing.

A similar "truce" (appeasement) is being mused for Afghanistan by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates.

[240 is Back]

taleban will be a part of the new afghan govt.

which means before long, it'll be 1998 all over again, and we'll be negotiating with the taleban for oil pipeline rights.  Hopefully they'll be smarter thsi time.