Pakistan Troops Demolish Tribesmen's Homes

[DoYouEverWonder]

AP Wire

March 26, 2004, 6:45 AM EST

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Troops demolished homes Friday of tribesmen accused of sheltering al-Qaida fighters, while the government said it would reserve judgment on a tape purportedly of the No. 2 figure in the terror group calling for the overthrow of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

Pakistan's military has now demolished about 40 to 50 of the mud-brick, fortress-like homes of tribesmen on the border of Afghanistan who are accused of proving protection to foreign al-Qaida fighters, officials said on condition of anonymity.

Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayyat told lawmakers on Thursday that more than 20 terrorists were confirmed killed and that he expected 30 to 35 more bodies of terrorists would be recovered as the operation concludes.




Isn't destroying people homes a violation of the Geneva Convention?


Combatants must distinguish between civilian and military property and attack only military property. (Protocol I, Art. 48)

[maddezmom]

1. where have we seen this before?

:(

[IndianaGreen]

6. Such a successful tactic!

It always recruits more people for the resistance.

[JoFerret]

2. Winning hearts and minds

with the Sharon method. Bound to work.

[snippy]

3. This is why they love us and greet our troops with

floral program related activities.

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. That's why they shoot those missiles and mortars

they don't have Fed Ex in that part of the world to deliver the flowers. That's not a rocket launcher, it's a floral delivery system.

[markus]

5. Yes, let's adop the Israeli model

Terrorism and death is clearly good for business. We wouldn't want this to stop.

Bush and his crew *want* the never-ending war on terror to replace the Cold War, or they can never continue in office.

[varun]

7. Musharraf's days are numbered

by violating the tribal areas, he has angered the conservative in Pakistan, who are going to make more attempts on Musharraf's life.

[Barrett808]

8. So they've just lost Waziristan

What a cluster fuck.