The New Islamic Republic of al-Qaedaistan
One of the most overlooked and under-covered stories of the week is the new deal Pakistan has cut with the leaders of the tribal region of North Waziristan. Welcome to the new Islamic Republic of al-Qaedaistan.
It is the capitulation of Pakistan in the real war on terror. Pakistan has agreed to pull its soldiers out of that tribal region and redeploy them on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The tribal leaders promised in return not to let the Taliban use the province as a base to attack Afghanistan.
However, Pakistan also agreed not to send its military into the province to pursue Bin Laden, al-Qaeda or other terrorists in the province, including Taliban. That creates the same conditions for running training camps and a command center for al-Qaeda that they had in Afghanistan.
As long as al-Qaeda leaves Musharraf, Pakistan and Afghanistan alone, Bin Laden and his cohorts have the province to themselves, free of any Pakistani military interference in their activities, and immunity from capture or arrest.
Nothing in the agreement says that the terrorists can't attack U.S interests anywhere else in the world from the tribal region. We could certainly use those troops being wasted in Iraq on the Afghan-Pakistan border. If we had them we could use them to attack real terrorists in North Waziristan, since Pakistan has copped out on the war on terror.
It is the capitulation of Pakistan in the real war on terror. Pakistan has agreed to pull its soldiers out of that tribal region and redeploy them on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The tribal leaders promised in return not to let the Taliban use the province as a base to attack Afghanistan.
However, Pakistan also agreed not to send its military into the province to pursue Bin Laden, al-Qaeda or other terrorists in the province, including Taliban. That creates the same conditions for running training camps and a command center for al-Qaeda that they had in Afghanistan.
As long as al-Qaeda leaves Musharraf, Pakistan and Afghanistan alone, Bin Laden and his cohorts have the province to themselves, free of any Pakistani military interference in their activities, and immunity from capture or arrest.
Nothing in the agreement says that the terrorists can't attack U.S interests anywhere else in the world from the tribal region. We could certainly use those troops being wasted in Iraq on the Afghan-Pakistan border. If we had them we could use them to attack real terrorists in North Waziristan, since Pakistan has copped out on the war on terror.
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