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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 06:08 PM
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Pakistan seeks lasting Swat truce
Source: BBC

Pakistan has announced a "permanent ceasefire" with Taleban rebels in the north-western Swat valley.

Syed Mohammad Javed, commissioner of Malakand, which includes Swat, revealed the deal. But the Taleban say they are still deciding whether to accept it.

A spokesman said they would wait to see whether a deal to implement Sharia law in Swat was honoured by the government.

Swat, once one of Pakistan's most popular holiday destinations, has long been blighted by militant violence.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7903453.stm



In effect, if this happens, the Taliban will have their own country.

Let's hope that the women who desire to be treated as human beings are able to flee this doomed area...
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Idealism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 06:23 PM
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1. Pakistan is officially a failed state.
Time to pack it up boys; Grab all the nuclear warheads you can and get to the EVAC point.
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