Edited on Fri May-05-06 04:09 PM by Dr. Jones
ON EDIT: After a quick re-read of this article, I discovered that Bush is ASKING PAKISTAN to aerial bomb certain areas of its own country. America will not be involved, at least on the level that it first appeared.
Sorry about that, sometimes things aren't always what they seem at first glance. TRUTHOUT emailed me this story today. Note the bolded text below, that the civilian casualties would be considered "acceptable" because the civilians would simply be labeled as "Taliban sympathizers."
This is so sick and bizarre I can't even believe it's happening. In this case, Bush is prompting Pakistan to do this dirty work. But still, it's disgusting!
Acutely aware of this, the US is leaning heavily on Pakistan, its key ally in the "war on terror" in the region, to go on the offensive against the strong Taliban foothold in the North and South Waziristan tribal areas on the border with Afghanistan.
What the US is asking for, in effect, is a Tora Bora-style aerial bombing of the area, similar to that undertaken in the mountains of that name in Afghanistan during the rout of the Taliban five years ago. (Incidentally, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden escaped from Tora Bora long before the bombs began to fall.)
The Taliban are integrated into the local population and there would be high civilian casualties. This is considered acceptable as civilians would be deemed Taliban sympathizers. Source:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HE05Df02.html
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