U.S. Urges Pakistan to Use Force in Tribal Region

RoyGBiv

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Mon May-03-04 06:15 AM
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U.S. Urges Pakistan to Use Force in Tribal Region

U.S. Urges Pakistan to Use Force in Tribal Region

KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military urged Pakistan on Monday to kill or capture foreign militants holed up near the Afghan border and expressed concern over Pakistan's recent amnesty for several tribal militants.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan (news - web sites), Lieutenant-General David Barno, said foreign fighters -- including some from Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s al Qaeda -- were still launching attacks from Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal belt near the Afghan border.

"We clearly still see significant elements of foreign fighters there. There are Arabs, Chechens, Uzbeks, others who are not Pakistanis, who are not part of the tribes, that are still using that area to advance their terrorist aims," Barno said.

He said it was too early to say whether Pakistan's amnesty to five tribal leaders suspected of sheltering al Qaeda members would help clear the area of insurgents.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=721&e=3&u=/nm/20040503/wl_nm/afghan_usa_pakistan_dc

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ze_dscherman

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Mon May-03-04 07:09 AM
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1. Pakistan will be very happy to start a civil war

NOT

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ixion

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Mon May-03-04 07:43 AM
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2. got force?

You know, it's tragic that this maladmin's response to everything is force. Got a problem? Why, use overwhelming force! That solves everything. What's a few thousand innocent civillian deaths?

The more you tighten your grasp, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.

-- Princess Leia, 'Star Wars'

But of course, logic such as this is lost on the ol 'blood and guts' BushCo.

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bemildred

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Mon May-03-04 09:05 AM
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3. Well, the problem is that they do no have "overwhelming force".

That should be clear by now, I think.
It's like the reverse of Teddy Roosevelt,
Talk loudly and carry a little stick.

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anakie

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Mon May-03-04 09:13 AM
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4. If force could have subdued the tribal areas

dont you suppose that one or another of the military dictators Pakistan has had over the last 5 decades would have done it.

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icymist

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Mon May-03-04 11:23 AM
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5. Pakistan is not exactly what I'd call an ally.

We're wasting our resources in Iraq while al Qaeda remains. Lovely! Just lovely!

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