On the trail of Pakistan's Taliban

Published by You on 10 January, 2009 - 20:22

IMO a VERY good article.

On the trail of Pakistan's Taliban

The authorities in Pakistan have often seemed in cahoots with home-grown terrorists. Not any more. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark report from Islamabad and the border badlands as a new intelligence unit gets serious about tackling the bombers.

As the first reports of explosions at the Taj and Oberoi hotels in Mumbai reached Islamabad just after 9pm on November 26, Pakistan's counter-terrorism investigators twitched. Later that night, CCTV cameras inside Mumbai's Victoria railway station relayed footage of a blood-spattered concourse and the faces of some of the gunmen. The guests fleeing from the hotels told TV reporters that their assailants were speaking Urdu and were hunting down British and American passport holders. Almost immediately, over the border, the Pakistani investigators began pulling out files and photographs that accompanied the "Red Book" - their most-wanted list...

Read more @ The Guardian

Submitted by Beast on 10 January, 2009 - 20:28

At least they're not being held back by red-tape.

Submitted by You on 10 January, 2009 - 20:36

Lol

I always thought the hole side would be at the bottom.

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Submitted by Beast on 10 January, 2009 - 22:38

They're either using artistic license or there's a huge misunderstanding here:

The next day, we find a gift-wrapped rose addressed to us thrown over the wall of our heavily guarded compound. Tied to the stem is a message from the Swat Taliban. "Thinking about you," it says playfully. We had told no one where we would be staying, but they found us anyway - a demonstration of how pervasive is their grip, and how hard it is going to be for anyone who stands in their way, even with the resources the Sig has brought to the conflict.

Submitted by You on 10 January, 2009 - 22:51

What do you mean?

The bit I found chilling was:

Those who resist Baitullah Mehsud have been brutally dealt with - like the 600 elders who spoke out against him in 2005 and were, according to Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, each sent a needle, black thread and 1,000 rupees with which to buy some cloth to stitch their own shrouds; all of them were then killed.

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Submitted by Beast on 10 January, 2009 - 22:58

You wrote:
What do you mean?

I don't see the Taliban doing something so cute.

Maybe some guy had a crush on a hotel resident or hotel maid and he threw the rose over the wall for her.

You wrote:
The bit I found chilling was:

Those who resist Baitullah Mehsud have been brutally dealt with - like the 600 elders who spoke out against him in 2005 and were, according to Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, each sent a needle, black thread and 1,000 rupees with which to buy some cloth to stitch their own shrouds; all of them were then killed.

Yeah, and the book of reconstituted faces of suicide bombers.

:shock: < this smiley comes closest to expressing the yucky feeling

Submitted by You on 10 January, 2009 - 22:59

Beast wrote:
You wrote:
What do you mean?

I don't see the Taliban doing something so cute.

Maybe some guy had a crush on a hotel resident or hotel maid and he threw the rose over the wall for her.

Could be. Or it could be some twisted mind games.

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Submitted by Dawud on 10 January, 2009 - 23:27

You wrote:
Beast wrote:
You wrote:
What do you mean?

I don't see the Taliban doing something so cute.

Maybe some guy had a crush on a hotel resident or hotel maid and he threw the rose over the wall for her.

Could be. Or it could be some twisted mind games.


The Taliban have been watching too many Italian gangster films?
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Gentleness and kindness were never a part of anything except that it made it beautiful, and harshness was never a part of anything except that it made it ugly.

Through cheating, stealing, and lying, one may get required results but finally one becomes

Submitted by You on 10 January, 2009 - 23:31

Just need to nail a horse's head to the front door

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Submitted by You on 11 January, 2009 - 00:03

I found it a good read. Read it last night.

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

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