Taleban announces Swat Ceasefire

[Divine Discontent]

Source: BBC

Taleban fighters in north-west Pakistan's restive Swat valley have announced a 10-day ceasefire.

The move came after local officials signed a deal with a militant leader to enforce Islamic law in the district.

The ceasefire halts fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taleban militants in Swat that has raged since November 2007.

Once one of Pakistan's most popular holiday destinations, the Swat valley is now mostly under Taleban control.




Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7891410.stm

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that seems like a positive. I hope it is, and not a ploy.


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[ForPeace]

1. No it is not positive - it's a repressive Taliban regime

The Taleban have set up their own system of Islamic justice, as they understand it, and have closed down schools, denying education to tens of thousands of children ...

[Divine Discontent]

2. I understand what the Taleban represents and does, I was trying to figure out why they'd do a cease

fire? I was wondering if they are doing it to draw the opposing troops closer, to attack them, or to get the US to attack them and the non-Taleban just to flare up the flames...

[stillcool]

12. it's a good thing they close down...

those schools. Keep those kids safe from bombs. You did know the U.S. began negotiating with the Taliban a while back? Apparently the people of Afghanistan feel safe with the Taliban. I guess that's what happens when you live in a country that has been at war for decades.

[ohio2007]

3. LOL. and what comes after the 10 day cease fire?

enforcement of sharstan laws and full recognition given them by the UN or they'll blow up more all girl schools ?

Foreigners among 32 killed in S Waziristan missile attack

WANA; A US missile strike killed 32 people, most of them Uzbek nationals in South Waziristan on Saturday.

snip

A senior Taliban leader told British news agency deceased are the members of Al Qaeda and majority of them belonged to Uzbekistan.

The strike by US drones was the third such attack since U.S. President Barack Obama took office last month.


http://www.geo.tv/2-14-2009/35148.htm

They only respect strength.

[Divine Discontent]

4. yep, their leaders need to be taken and tried for crimes against humanity, the shit they do is nasty

[ohio2007]

5. Pakistan has to bring the big hurt to swat instead of sending member of "The Department of Peace"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/world/asia/26pstan.html?_r=1

btw

It's Feb 15th in Taliban land
Time to lay down the law;

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3660502&mesg_id=3660502

[Divine Discontent]

6. ha! thank you & for the link. eom

[ohio2007]

7. Pakistan will have to trade land for...Cease fire

sound familiar?

Pakistan to end military operation and
implement sharia in Malakand Division

snip
The military has failed to defeat Faqir's forces despite waging a brutal military operation that began in July 2008. Bajaur is a stronghold for the TNSM and serves as a major hub for al Qaeda and Taliban operations in eastern Afghanistan. The joint al Qaeda and Taliban Shadow Army has conducted operations alongside Faqir and Fazlullah's forces in Bajaur and Swat.


The peace agreement will ease the pressure on the Taliban in Bajaur, provide a safe haven neighboring areas, and allow the Taliban and allied extremist to concentrate forces in the tribal agency.
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/pakistan_to_end_mili.php

Their rockets can hit Islamabad by the end of this year if they choose to end any hudna

[stillcool]

13. No..our leaders need that done to them...

but what they hey..let's go kill more of them!! Give them some American style freedom!

[Ex Lurker]

8. We'll just send drones to bomb them while their defenses are down

why doesn't the US ever offer a ceasefire? Embarassing that the ostensible "bad guys" look more moderate than the US.

[ohio2007]

10. Pakistan surrendered to the parallel government they never controlled

and I don't think you now the situation over there at all.

"Pakistan" imposes Islamic law in Taliban stronghold

snip

"This is definitely a surrender," said Khadim Hussain of the Aryana Institute for Regional Research and Advocacy, a thinktank in Islamabad. "If you keep treating a community as something different from the rest of the country, it will isolate them."

Javed Iqbal, a retired judge, speaking on Pakistani television, said: "It means that there is not one law in the country. It will disintegrate this way. If you concede to this, you will go on conceding."...


snip
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/15/pakistan-islamic-law

who will stand up for the school girls and boys forced into living in the 7th century ?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3695737&mesg_id=3695737
Certainly not us.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0MKsDzyJfw&feature=related

Wed Jan 21

Taliban demands end to music on Pakistan buses

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090121/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_no_music

Wed Jan 21,
the day the music died

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvsst7xXsl4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g8s6rd08VM&feature=related

[acmavm]

9. Islamic law enforced by a bunch of Medeavil minded whackjobs.

That poor country. Those poor people.

edit: To explain that any kind of 'law' in the hands of crazies like this is not a good thing.

[Crooked Moon]

11. indeed

i have a hard time applauding the notion that the taliban will quit killing military enemies in exchange for killing civilians for breaking their medieval laws.