I'm nearly speechless. Everyone and their brother has been knocking the Pakistani government for the ridiculous peace agreement they agreed to with the Taliban in the Swat Valley last week, and now, from the article here at The Long War Journal, it is being said that the government may also be looking to deal with the islamic nutcase Sufi Mohammed on two more deals in both Bajaur and Waziristan. What the fuck? Am I the only one that sees the Taliban, who have been dodging American hellfires and getting the piss blown out of them by Pakistani artillery, simply negotiate a safe haven in these areas? Here's some of the idiocy from the article:
For all we know, there was a joint directive given to Sufi Mohammed from Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar stating that he was to accomplish a safe haven for both Taliban and al Qaeda jihadists in NW Pakistan - of course, the directive must have said that provisions have to be explicit that jihadists can enter and leave the territory unmolested so they can wage war in Afghanistan.
Well, let 'em make their peace agreements - it's time to push the envelope with the Pakistani government and literally bring in the bombers from Afghanistan and turn these areas into dust. Repeat Tora Bora here - sure, give al Qaeda time to move all of their top management into the area THEN bomb the shit out of it. The Pakistani government has shown no backbone with the Taliban or al Qaeda - I doubt they would put up that much of a fight against us Americans making these areas parking lots.
After negotiating a ceasefire and putting together the framework for the implementation of sharia, or Islamic Law in the district of Swat, Sufi Mohammed has offered to mediate between the government and the Taliban in the tribal agencies of Bajaur and North and South Waziristan.
The announcement was made as Sufi continues to mediate between the Taliban and the political leaders of the Malakand Division and the district Kohistan, the PakTribune reported. The Pakistani military and the Taliban agreed to an indefinite ceasefire as the peace agreement, known as the Malakand Accord, is negotiated.
The peace agreement calls for the military to halt operations and return to barracks in exchange for the implementation of sharia in the districts of Malakand, Swat, Shangla, Buner, Dir, Chitral, and Kohistan. The Taliban have demanded that its prisoners be released and an amnesty granted for its members. Both sides have halted operations and have begun to dismantle checkpoints. But since the ceasefire was put into effect, teh Taliban have kidnapped and released a senior Swat official and prevented a military convoy from entering the town of Mingora.
For all we know, there was a joint directive given to Sufi Mohammed from Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar stating that he was to accomplish a safe haven for both Taliban and al Qaeda jihadists in NW Pakistan - of course, the directive must have said that provisions have to be explicit that jihadists can enter and leave the territory unmolested so they can wage war in Afghanistan.
Well, let 'em make their peace agreements - it's time to push the envelope with the Pakistani government and literally bring in the bombers from Afghanistan and turn these areas into dust. Repeat Tora Bora here - sure, give al Qaeda time to move all of their top management into the area THEN bomb the shit out of it. The Pakistani government has shown no backbone with the Taliban or al Qaeda - I doubt they would put up that much of a fight against us Americans making these areas parking lots.
Report: Sufi Mohammed to negotiate peace in Bajaur and Waziristan
The Pakistani government currently has peace agreements with the Taliban in North and South Waziristan, where the Taliban have held sway for years and run a parallel government.
In Bajaur, where the fighting has been ongoing since August 2008, the Pakistani military took control of a strategic valley that linked the region to Afghanistan. Faqir Mohammed, the leader of the extremists in Bajaur, declared an indefinite ceasefire earlier this week.
Daily Times reported that Bajaur's political agent said the military agreed to a 4-day ceasefire. But Major General Tariq Khan, the Inspector General for the Frontier Corps, said in an email to The Long War Journal that the military has not ceased offensive operations. Bajaur's political agent repeated the claim of a military ceasefire today, Daily Times reported.
Sufi Mohammed is the spiritual leader of the outlawed Movement for the Implementation of Mohammad's Sharia Law. He claimed to have eschewed violence after being released from prison in November 2007 as a condition of a similar failed peace agreement in Swat. Sufi led more than 10,000 Pakistanis into Afghanistan after the US invasion in 2001. Mullah Fazlullah, the radical anti-government cleric behind the insurgency and terror attacks in Swat, is his son-in-law.
Sufi and the Swat Taliban maintained very close links to the radical administration of the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, the pro-Taliban mosque in the heart of Islamabad whose followers enforced sharia and kidnapped policemen just one mile from the seat of government. The Pakistani military stormed the Lal Masjid in July 2007 after a several-month standoff. More than a hundred followers and more than a dozen soldiers were killed in the battle.In recent interviews, Sufi declared his hatred for democracy and the West, and described Mullah Omar's regime in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 as "ideal."
“From the very beginning, I have viewed democracy as a system imposed on us by the infidels. Islam does not allow democracy or elections,” Sufi told Deutsche Presse-Agentur just days before the Malakand Accord was signed. “I believe the Taliban government formed a complete Islamic state, which was an ideal example for other Muslim countries."
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