Pakistan Frees Taliban Leader, Signs Pact For Peace

It's worse than I had thought. The new Pakistani government is showing the world that they have less backbone than Spain or Italy (and that's hard to do). Read this excerpt from the article here at Breitbart:

Pakistan freed a pro-Taliban cleric and quickly signed an accord with his hard-line group Monday, the first major step by the new government to talk peace with Islamic militants and break with President Pervez Musharraf's policy of using force.
The day's developments began with the release of Sufi Muhammad, who is believed in his 70s, after more than five years in custody following his dispatch of thousands of followers to fight in Afghanistan.
A few hours later, the government of North West Frontier Province said Muhammad's group signed a pact renouncing violence in return for being allowed to peacefully campaign for Islamic law. Security forces have the right to "act against" any extremists who attack the government.

First of all, I'll bet ANYONE out there any sum of money you want that the Taliban and tribes in the Swat Valley and NW Provinces do NOT live up to their end of this agreement - that would be the easiest money I ever made. These people are liars and devils - they have no morals, they make promises and break them like you and me throw down a fast food burger.

What I want to concentrate on here though, is the signal this sends to the U.S. The Pakistani government, by setting Muhammad free, has basically told America to get fucked. Sufi Muhammad is the Taliban leader that sent THOUSANDS of his jihadists INTO AFGHANISTAN when the U.S. and Coalition countries went in to displace the Taliban in Afghanistan after 9/11. Muhammad has American and European blood on his hands - which is exactly why Pakistan's Musharraf had him locked up. But now this dhimmified, naive bunch of moonbats in charge in Pakistan have set this piece of shit loose and believe me, they will pay for it when the Taliban teaches them the ultimate lesson in setting a fox loose in the henhouse.

If I was America, I'd rip up any agreements with Pakistan, begin bombing the shit out of Al Qaeda and the Taliban INSIDE Pakistan immediately, and send a special ops team in to assassinate Muhammad.

Pakistan frees pro-Taliban leader, makes peace with group

Analysts cautioned it would take time to judge the new approach, noting Musharraf also struck truces with some groups that U.S. officials have complained gave Pakistani militants as well as Taliban and al-Qaida fighters a chance to build up their strength.
The anti-government sentiments in the region affected by Monday's deal are seen as less intractable than those held by Taliban sympathizers in the tribal regions of Waziristan, where U.S. officials believe Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders are hiding.
Provincial government spokesman Faridullah Khan said the pact covers the Swat Valley and neighboring districts in this area along the Afghan frontier.
It was not clear if the deal was accepted by Muhammad's son-in-law, Mualana Fazlullah, whose fighters seized control of the Swat Valley last year, prompting a bloody army offensive.
Fazlullah's spokesman could not be reached for comment late Monday. Fazlullah is reportedly at odds with Muhammad, and experts expressed doubts the younger militant would change.
"I think Maulana Fazlullah will continue with whatever he is doing," said Mehmood Shah, former security chief for Pakistan's tribal areas.
Talat Masood, a retired general and security analyst, said the deal with Muhammad demonstrated the new government's willingness to try dialogue with militants and could increase pressure on Fazlullah and others to lay down their arms.
"But it's a long way before you can make any judgment as to whether this is a success," he said, citing the previous failed peace efforts with pro-Taliban militants.
"We have to see ... to what extent both parties are going to abide by the agreement and whether the militants use this period to consolidate," he said.
Pakistan's national government, led by the party of assassinated Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, wants to use dialogue and development to curb militancy in the tribal region. The North West Frontier provincial government, which is led by a Pashtun nationalist party, has joined the effort.
It is a major shift from the more aggressive approach that Musharraf's military regime took with U.S. support after Pakistan joined the war on terror following the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Western nations have voiced support for dialogue if Pakistan's militants renounce violence, but the release of Muhammad could cause some unease. Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad could not be reached for comment late Monday.